The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus announced the arrest of the administrator of the Telegram channels “Maya Kraina Belarus”, “Belarus 24”, “Basta”, “Belarus of the Brain” and “Elekhtarat”.
my“The administrator of several destructive Telegram channels was detained. Employees of the GUBOPiK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs went to a 33-year-old unemployed woman from Minsk, who is the administrator of the destructive Telegram channels Maya Kraina Belarus, Belarus 24, Basta, Belarus of the Brain and Elekhtarat, the press service said. Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus”.
In addition, according to the ministry, the woman ran the European Belarus public and actively accompanied it on social networks, for which she received about 600 Belarusian rubles (a little more than $230) monthly from the main coordinator of the campaign of the same name.
“Participants of these resources put forward political demands, call for strikes and stoppage of production at state-owned enterprises, protests and resistance to the police”, – the message says.
“The chats also publish insults and threats against law enforcement officers, as well as disseminate information aimed at destabilizing the situation”.
The press service reported that during the search of the apartment of the Minsk woman, six mobile phones, a laptop, a hard drive, a flash drive, € 700, a bank payment card and protest paraphernalia were seized.
“The woman has been recognized as a suspect in a previously initiated criminal case on organizing and participating in mass riots, actively cooperating with the investigation and giving confessions”, – the Interior Ministry said.