''Vitebskiy Kurier'' (russian: Витебский Курьер) is a
Russian language
Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the First language, native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European langua ...
newspaper published in
Vitebsk
Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest ci ...
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Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
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At the end of August 2020, by order of the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus, access to the website of the publication http://vkurier.by/ in the country was restricted due to coverage of the
2020 Belarusian protests by the website. In January 2022, the Vitebsk Courier Internet resources were included in the republican list of extremist materials.
References
Censorship in Belarus
Literature
Витебский курьер М // Беларуская энцыклапедыя: У 18 т. / Рэдкал.: Г. П. Пашкоў і інш.. — Мн.: БелЭн, 1997. — Т. 4: Варанецкі — Гальфстрым. — С. 202. — 480 с. — (т. 4), .
Russian-language newspapers published in Belarus
Free Media Awards winners
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