{"id":599937,"date":"2026-11-06T20:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T17:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=599937"},"modified":"2026-11-06T21:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T18:24:00","slug":"interior-ministry-investigates-vitsyebsk-host-over-remarks-about-colleague-using-the-term-prikorytniki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/interior-ministry-investigates-vitsyebsk-host-over-remarks-about-colleague-using-the-term-prikorytniki","title":{"rendered":"Interior Ministry Investigates Vitsyebsk Host Over Remarks About Colleague Using the Term \u201cPrikorytniki\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The Interior Ministry is investigating a Vitsyebsk event host over remarks he made about a colleague at a corporate party. A complaint against the man was submitted through the ministry&#8217;s \u201cWe Are Always Nearby\u201d chatbot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pressmvd\/25477\">According<\/a> to the Interior Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pressmvd\/25477\">,<\/a> the 38-year-old host, while performing at a corporate event in the Vitsyebsk District, <em>\u201cmade disparaging remarks about a colleague, including the use of obscene language. The Vitsyebsk resident also criticised his colleague&#8217;s professional interactions with government organisations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The ministry published an excerpt from a recording of the performance. The man says: <i>\u201cHe&#8217;s already booked some bank for a corporate event, so don&#8217;t screw him over. ****, right? Send him this video, ****. To your 20-percent prikorytniki <\/i>(<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a derogatory Belarusian term for people perceived as benefiting from their ties to the authorities &#8211; \u2013 Ed.)<\/span><i>, or however many percent you have.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Interior Ministry has launched an investigation, following which the man&#8217;s actions will receive a legal assessment. The police also warned of liability, including criminal liability, for <em>\u201cposting online content for hype and likes that does not correspond to reality and creates a distorted public perception of what happened.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The incident was previously reported by Vitsyebsk blogger and event host <b>Vitaly Savelyeu<\/b>. In a TikTok video, he said that he and his colleagues \u2013 wedding hosts \u2013 had gathered to celebrate the end of the season. During the event, participants held a \u201croast\u201d, making harsh jokes about one another. Two hours after Savelyeu&#8217;s performance, a police patrol arrived and asked him to provide explanations over a joke about one of his colleagues. The complaint alleged that Savelyeu had made \u201cinsulting remarks of a political nature\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Interior Ministry is investigating a Vitsyebsk event host over remarks he made about a colleague at a corporate party. A complaint against the man was submitted through the ministry&#8217;s \u201cWe Are Always Nearby\u201d chatbot. According to the Interior Ministry , the 38-year-old host, while performing at a corporate event in the Vitsyebsk District, \u201cmade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":599938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6aee1b45b15c2.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Interior Ministry Investigates Vitsyebsk Host Over Remarks About Colleague Using the Term \u201cPrikorytniki\u201d"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-society"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599940,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599937\/revisions\/599940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}