GUBOPiK officers announced the arrest of pagan Nazis with white-red-white symbols
GUBOPiK officers arrested three residents of Mogilev. According to law enforcement, the youths created a network of Telegram channels where they promoted Nazi ideology. “They visited the territories of churches and Catholic churches with homemade swords to intimidate believers in Mogilev,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports. The arrest video showed a white-red-white flag.
GUBOPiK officers arrested a 21-year-old resident of Mogilev who, according to them, created and administered a Telegram channel that promoted and glorified Nazism. The channel's audience consisted of 1,500 subscribers.
During the investigation, law enforcement officers discovered two more residents of Mogilev who “also adhered to Nazi ideology and were creators of similar resources.”
“The men identified themselves as pagans, did not recognize traditional values, celebrated Hitler's birthday, and denied Victory Day. They visited the territories of churches and Catholic churches with homemade swords to intimidate believers in Mogilev,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs states.
With the force support of the special forces unit “Grom” (Thunder) of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the defendants in the case were arrested.
At their places of residence, Nazi flags, literature promoting Nazism, unregistered symbols, as well as instructions on explosives and cold weapons were discovered and confiscated, the Ministry of Internal Affairs claims. The video shows a blurred white-red-white flag.
The discovered Telegram channels were recognized as extremist materials.
Criminal cases have been initiated for the rehabilitation of Nazism, the denial of the genocide of the Belarusian people, and for the creation of an extremist formation.
The detainees face up to 12 years in prison.
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