Belarus Information Ministry restricts access to e-medium over Putin praiser's appeal
Access to the website Kyky.org has been restricted due to ‘dissemination of information that is harmful to the national interests of the Republic of Belarus’, the Information Ministry reports.
There is every likelihood that the Ministry is referring to the article by businessman Alyaksandr Knyrovich ‘Feat Of One Is Always Crime Of Another’, which is dedicated to the Second World War. The author’s opinion is in marked contrast to the official version of the war events. In particular, he recalls the partition of Poland and the Baltic which was conducted by Nazi Germany and the Sovied Union. Moreover, the author believes that the victory was Pyrrhic for the USSR due to the unprecendented number of victims and blames Soviet military commanders for it saing that their actions were ‘bungling’. Knyrovich accuses the Belarusian and Russian authorities of impounding the truth and window dressing.
On June, 14 pro-Russian activist Vyacheslav Dianov posted a screenshot of the Information Ministry’s formal response to his appeal to take a close look at the article above:
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On June, 18 The Ministry of Information announced the restriction of access to the site Kyky.org.
“A number of publications of the information resource contains insulting remarks on the state holiday of the Republic of Belarus – Victory Day, onthe citizens who are taking part in it; contests the importance of this event in the history of the state, which distorts the historical truth about the Great Patriotic War. Moreover, the articles on the site Kyky.org has taboo words, abusive remarks addressed to members of certain social groups, nationalities and religions,” the report says.
An official warning about blocking the website has not been reseived yet, Kyky.org editor Pavel Svyardlou told journalists.
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Vyacheslav Dianov who filed the complain to the Ministry of Information, was one of the organizers of ‘silent protests’ in Minsk in 2011. He was granted asylum in Poland as a democratic activist and fighter against Lukashenka regime. Being in Poland, Dianov was awarded scholarship for university studies within Konstanty Kalinowski scholarship program.
Soon after Russia annexed Crimea and a war conflict flared up in Donbas, Dianov changed sides and started praising Putin’s policy and ‘the heroic past’ of the USSR.
In the course of journalistic political experiment ‘Who Is Ready To Sell Out To Putin’ set by website 1863x.com, Dianov agreed to co-work for a mouthpiece of pro-Kremlin propaganda.
