The Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (Gipper) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus made a proposal to deprive the Belarusian citizenship of the person who committed crimes of extremist orientation. This was told by the head of the department Andrei Parshin in an interview with Minsk Pravda.
“At the moment we are together with the interested state bodies, legislative initiatives are being developed to ensure the national security of the state,” Parshin said.
He explained that it was necessary to deprive citizenship regardless of the method of its acquisition. And as an additional measure, the state intends to confiscate the property of criminals. In addition, according to Pashina, the Ministry of Internal Affairs proposed to establish unconditional administrative responsibility for a subscription to Internet resources whose materials are recognized as extremist.
previously it became known that the authorities of Belarus intend to prosecute to the criminal responsibility of Telegram channel subscribers recognized by extremist formations. This classification has recently received many opposition channels that actively covered protests in the country after the presidential election a year ago.