Nasha Niva declared “extremist formation”

Nasha Niva is the old­est Belaru­sian pub­li­ca­tion, its his­to­ry dates back to 23 Novem­ber 1906. The first 42 issues were pub­lished in Belaru­sian Cyril­lic and Latin alpha­bets. The pub­li­ca­tion of the news­pa­per was stopped in 1915 due to World War II – as Ger­man troops were approach­ing Vil­nius.

In 1991, Nasha Niva was revived in Vil­nius under the edi­tor­ship of Siarhei Dubavets. In 1996, the newspaper’s office moved to Min­sk. In June 2018, Nasha Niva stopped pub­lish­ing a paper ver­sion, how­ev­er, two months lat­er an illus­trat­ed his­tor­i­cal mag­a­zine was issued.

Bel­sat TV, Bela­PAN and RFE/RL  Belarus media out­lets were already rec­og­nized as extrem­ist for­ma­tions.

32 media rep­re­sen­ta­tives are in cap­tiv­i­ty in Belarus.