Telegram channels Nexta, Nexta-Live and Luxta were added to the list of extremist groups in Belarus

In Belarus, the opposition Telegram channels Nexta, Nexta-Live and Luxta were added to the list of extremist groups. About it informs press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Telegram.

“The Ministry of Internal Affairs has decided to recognize a group of citizens carrying out extremist activities through the Telegram channels NEXTA, NEXTA-Live and LUXTA, an extremist formation and banning its activities,” the message says.

Telegram channel Nexta actively covered the rallies in Belarus after the presidential elections in August last year.

We will remind, earlier one of the former founders of Nexta Roman Protasevich was under investigation together with his girlfriend, a Russian woman Sophia Sapega. To arrest the couple, the Belarusian authorities carried out a whole special operation, which caused an international scandal. On May 23, a Ryanair plane en route Athens – Vilnius landed at the Minsk airport after receiving a message about mining. On the instructions of Alexander Lukashenko, a fighter was raised to accompany the passenger plane. Lukashenka personally gave the command to land the plane.

Protasevich was accused of inciting social hostility, organizing riots and organizing actions that grossly violate public order. And Sophia Sapega was charged with inciting social hostility, as well as participating in riots.

Protasevich and Sapega began to cooperate with the investigation and were released under house arrest. Roman Protasevich has repeatedly appeared in the state media of Belarus. On the air of the ONT TV channel, he spokethat he respects Alexander Lukashenko and considers him “a man with eggs of steel.” Protasevich also criticized the Belarusian opposition. In the frame, the journalist appeared with traces of handcuffs, and Roman’s relatives expressed doubts that he spoke of his own free will.

August 10 Sofia Sapega appeared on the air of the show “This is different” on the state TV channel “Belarus 1”. In an interview, the Russian woman spoke about the events of May 23. According to Sapieha, “from the conversations with Roman it was concluded” that “someone from the working collective” of Protasevich was involved in the landing of the Ryanair plane in Minsk. She added that “no KGB officers on the plane did anything to us.” “They weren’t there,” the Russian woman emphasized.