Belarusian authorities block access to Russian news agency KINGDOM, which covers events in the countries of the former USSR from a pro-Kremlin position. This is the first completely Russian media, access to which is closed by Minsk, writes Radio Liberty.
Before that, access to the website was closed in Belarus “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, the edition of the Belarusian version of which was located inside the country.
On blocking “Regnum” drew attention October 30 “European radio”… The reasons for this decision were not disclosed. The authors of the agency have repeatedly criticized the Belarusian authorities for their anti-Russian policy, from their point of view, and called for closer, up to the annexation, integration of Moscow and Minsk.
Earlier, the Belarusian authorities blocked access to Western and independent media, including editorial websites Radio Liberty and TV channel “Present time”… The pro-state Russian “Komsomolskaya Pravda” was forced to stop working in the republic after one of the newspaper’s journalists Gennady Mozheiko was arrested by the authorities for his material.
Minsk has stepped up pressure on the press and civil society representatives in the country following the presidential elections in August 2020. Then the opposition, disagreeing with the official election results, held a series of mass protests. Despite this, for the sixth time, the winner of the vote was announced Alexander Lukashenko.
Thousands of criminal cases were opened in the country against citizens disloyal to him, tens of thousands were forced to emigrate. At the rate human rights center “Spring” As of October 30, there are 831 political prisoners in the republic.
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