Affiliated media: CityDog.io, Instagram-account

Incident date: December 23, 2025

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Soviet District Court of Minsk has designated the Instagram account citydog_by (instagram.com/citydog_by) as extremist informational material. This account belongs to the online magazine CityDog.io, which focuses on Belarusians. Following the court’s decision, the Ministry of Information of Belarus has added the online resource to the Republican List of Extremist Materials. Under Belarusian law, the distribution and storage of materials deemed extremist entail administrative liability for both publishers and users.