In particular, two new publications appeared.

The editorial office does not comment on the restoration of access to the resource.



Prior to that, the site had not been updated since August 12.

The editors called the restriction of access to the site a decision of the Ministry of Information.

At the same time, she clarified that the "blocking of the website is deep", that the employees of the publication have lost the possibility of access to the administration of the site.



At the moment, the resource is available abroad, in Belarus - only for a part of Internet users.

Editor-in-chief of "Narodnaya volya" Iosif Sieredich

  • "Narodnaya Volya" is an independent Belarusian social and political newspaper, founded in 1995 by

    Iosif Siedrich

    after Lukashenka's decree removed him from the leadership of Narodnaya Gazeta, which was founded by the Supreme Soviet.

  • In 2021, the publication lost the opportunity to be published in Belarus in printed form, the editors deliver pdf-versions of issues to subscribers by e-mail.

The power struggle against non-state media

In 2020–2021, a number of independent national and regional newspapers ceased to be published.

Most of the newspapers stopped publication due to political pressure after publication - they were not allowed to continue publishing in Belarus.

Problems with printing houses arose before the editors of the publications:

  • "Belgazeta",

  • "Brest newspaper",

  • "Gazeta Slonimskaya",

  • "Information walk",

  • "Komsomolskaya Pravda in Belarus"

  • "Leader-press".

  • "People's Will",

  • "New Time",

  • "Regional newspaper",

  • "Free News Plus",

  • "Hantsavi time".

Many editorial offices and journalists' homes were searched.

Some newsrooms were searched several times.

Financial problems caused the closure of two more independent newspapers popular in their regions.

At the beginning of last year, the publication of "Borysovsky News" ceased to be published, and at the end of 2020, the last issue of the newspaper "Volnoye Glybokaye" was published.

A number of non-governmental information portals also encountered problems.

Products of websites and social networks of such mass media as:

  • "Belsat"

  • "Belarusian Partisan"

  • "Our Niva"

  • Radio Svaboda

  • Express.by

  • By.tribuna.com

  • Tut.by

  • "Brest newspaper"

In Vorsha, by the decision of the prosecutor's office, the regional portal Orsha.eu was blocked, in Gomla "Svobodnye Novosti Plus", in Vitebsk "Vitebsky Kurier".