Belarus Blocks Pro-Kremlin Russian News Agency Regnum
udf.byThe pro-Kremlin Regnum website has published numerous articles criticizing Belarus for supposedly “anti-Russian” policies and urging the rapid unification of the two countries. (file photo) The authorities in Belarus have blocked access to the website of the pro-Kremlin Russian news agency Regnum. The October 30 move was the first time Minsk has blocked access to a Russia-based media site, although it earlier blocked the Belarus-based version of the Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda.
The government of longtime leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka did not issue a statement explaining the decision to block Regnum. The website, however, has published numerous articles criticizing Belarus for supposedly “anti-Russian” policies and urging the rapid.