Supporter of 'Russian world' who taught ideology detained in Minsk


[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”405776″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Historian Yury Paulavets was arrested on 6 December, ‘Belaruski Partizan’ reports.

Paulavets worked as an assistant professor of humanities at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio Electronics (BSUIR), where he taught political science and ideology of the Belarusian state. The 37-year-old man was born in Zhodzina and had radical pro-Russian views, online media report.

[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”405801″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Yury Paulavets wrote articles for the “Regnum”, “Western Russia”, “Ruspravda», eadaily.com, 4esnok.by.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Yury Paulavets also criticized the Belarusian authorities for their contribution to the “nationalism” and willingness to sell the country in exchange for Western loans.

According to unconfirmed information, he was charged under article 130 of the Belarusian Criminal Code “Incitement of Ethnic Hatred”.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Head of information and communication, Siarhey Kabakovich, told nn.by he could neither confirm nor deny this information.

BSUIR officials also did not confirm the information about Paulavets arrest.

His last post on “Facebook” was published on 5 December.

belsat.eu, belaruspartisan.org

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