As the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports, at first "the once popular TV journalist

Dmytry Semchenko

came into the field of view of the employees of GUBAZIK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who were identifying participants of protest telegram channels and chat rooms .

Further activities made it possible to discover that there are many supporters of extremism at his current place of work.

As a result, 20 employees of the Belagra company, a supplier of Belarusian agricultural machinery and spare parts to the CIS countries, were recently detained."



The Ministry of Internal Affairs also reports that "a large number of military paraphernalia and symbols were discovered and confiscated in the company's office.

By the way, even the furniture there was selected in the appropriate color scheme."

Administrative reports "for the distribution of extremist materials" were drawn up on the detainees.

Along with that, as follows from the message of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, some may also face criminal charges: "for inciting social enmity;

active participation in actions that grossly violate public order;

participation in the activities of extremist formation".



"The company, which closely cooperates with state-owned enterprises and receives considerable profit from it, engaged in anti-state activities," the Ministry of Internal Affairs concludes.



It is also stated that "the operatives have strong grounds to believe that the director is involved in bribing an official of the partner company for winning the tender.

Marijuana was found in the workplace of one of the employees, who was previously convicted of illegal drug trafficking."

  • On the morning of September 29, security forces came to the office of "Belagra" company, some employees were detained.

  • Dmitriy Semchanka

    , a former employee of the state TV channel ANT

    ,

    on October 3

    arrested for 13 days, his relatives told "Mediazon".

    He was tried for distributing "extremist materials".

  • In addition, on September 16, the court arrested Semchenko for 15 days on charges of petty hooliganism, and fined his wife Yulia 960 rubles for "reposts from extremist channels."

  • In August 2020, Dmytry Semchenko resigned from the ANT TV channel, where he headed the presidential pool of journalists.

    In September 2020, he was arrested for 15 days for participating in a protest.