The Journalism Faculty of BSU trains not just journalists, but fighters of the information front, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Minister of Information of Belarus Ihar

Lutsky

said on February 28 at a meeting of the Ministry of Information Board, BelTA reports.

He said that

Alexander Lukashenko

approved the decision to create a supervisory board at the Faculty of Journalism, where the new head of the faculty,

Aleksey Bialyaev, was appointed.

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What is known about the new dean of the Faculty of Journalism, Aleksey Bialyaev

On February 16, the Ministry of Information reported that the candidate of historical sciences,

Aleksey Bialyaev,

was appointed as the new dean of the Faculty of Journalism of BSU .

Since 2011, Alyaksei Belyaev has been a full-time commentator in the state media, where he supported the Belarusian government in everything and criticized its opponents.

In February 2017, on the broadcast of the program "A Matter of Principle" on the ANT TV channel, Belyaev stated that the native language of Belarusians is Russian.

Even the presenter of the show, propagandist

Vadim Gigin,

then began to object to Belyaev that there is no need to draw such unequivocal conclusions.

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In Belarus, over the past two years, the authorities have closed down almost all independent media, blocked access to websites, and declared entire newsrooms extremist.

According to the estimates of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, over 400 journalists have left the country over the past few years.

At least 33 media workers are behind bars.

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A collection of poetry by Belarusian political prisoners has appeared on the Internet, among the authors are journalists of Svaboda

SEE ALSO: In Belarus, universities have been identified that you can enter without exams.

But with conditions