Polotsk Novopolotsk Country for Life Chat Freedom to Sergey Tikhanovsky

Affiliated media: Polotsk Novopolotsk Country for Life Chat Freedom to Sergey Tikhanovsky, Telegram chat

Incident date: November 26, 2021

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

Location: Belarus, Polotsk

Additional information:

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus declared an «extremist formation» the Telegram chat called Polotsk Novopolotsk Country for Life Chat Freedom to Sergey Tikhanovsky.

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