Affiliated media: YouTube-channel «Fabryka Novyn» , Video “It’s Not Me, WE ARE FOR PEACE!” LUKASHENKO CAUSES A SCENE IN THE UN HALL. He Even Shocked Putin"

Incident date: December 1, 2025

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Mogilev

Additional information:

The Leninsky District Court of Mogilev has declared the video “It’s Not Me, WE ARE FOR PEACE!” LUKASHENKO CAUSES A SCENE IN THE UN HALL. He Even Shocked Putin", published on the Ukrainian YouTube channel Fabryka Novyn (identifier: youtube.com/@novynyua), to be extremist informational material. This resource is part of the Platforma project, an information and news content aggregator “about Ukraine, the world, and everything in between”. The channel has 4.33 million subscribers. On the basis of the court’s decision, the Ministry of Information of Belarus has added the internet resource to the Republican List of Extremist Materials. Under Belarusian law, the distribution and storage of materials recognised as extremist entail administrative liability for both publishers and users.