Olga Starostina

Affiliated media: Belsat TV , Journalist

Incident date: August 19, 2025

Attack type:

• Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

It has emerged that a second criminal case has been opened against Belsat TV journalist Olga Starostina. Starostina herself informed the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) about this. No further details are known. However, it can be assumed that the charge relates either to “assisting extremist activity” or to “participating in an extremist formation”.