Alexander Klaskovsky

Affiliated media: Pozirk , Journalist

Incident date: July 31, 2025

Attack type:

Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Belarus, Horki

Additional information:

The Horki District Court of the Mogilev Region designated the Facebook pages and Telegram channel of journalist and political analyst Alexander Klaskovsky as extremist informational material. On the basis of the court ruling, Belarus’s Ministry of Information added these online resources to the Republican List of Extremist Materials. Under Belarusian law, the distribution and storage of materials recognised as extremist carry administrative liability for both publishers and users.

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