Ruslan Ravyaka

Affiliated media: Intex-press, Website editor

Incident date: July 8, 2021

Attack type:

• Search with a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Baranavichy

Additional information:

KGB officers searched the editorial office of Intex-press and the flats of the media outlet’s management. They confiscated equipment from the office, including system blocks from the accounting department. The ruling, which they presented, stated that the search was conducted as part of the investigation of a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 289 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (an act of terrorism committed repeatedly or by a group of persons by prior conspiracy). The law enforcers then searched the flats of the media outlet’s editor-in-chief Uladzimir Yanukevich and website editor Ruslan Ravyaka — they also seized equipment and digital data carriers. After the searches, Yanukevich and Ravyaka were summoned for interrogation.