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Community of Railway Workers of Belarus

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Community of Railway Workers of Belarus
Сообщество железнодорожников Беларуси
LeaderSergei Voitsekhovich[1]
FoundationAugust 2020 (2020-08)
Country Belarus
AllegianceBelarusian opposition
IdeologyAnti-Lukashenko
Anti-war movement
Major actions2022 rail war in Belarus
StatusActive
OpponentsBelarus Government of Belarus
Battles and wars2022 Belarusian and Russian partisan movement
Websitelinks.belzhd.live

Community of Railway Workers of Belarus (Russian: Сообщество железнодорожников Беларуси, romanized: Soobshchestvo zheleznodorozhnikov Belarusi) is a Belarusian opposition initiative of railway workers, recognized by the Belarusian authorities as an extremist formation.[2][3]

Telegram channel "Live. The Community of Railway Workers of Belarus" was created in August 2020, a week after the presidential election and the start of mass demonstrations against Alexander Lukashenko.[4]

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the community has been carrying out railroad sabotage in order to undermine the logistics of the Russian army.[4][1][5]

On 21 March 2022, the "Community of Railway Workers was recognized as an extremist formation by a decision taken by the KGB of Belarus on March 21 because "a group of citizens united through the Telegram chat "Community of Railway Workers of Belarus" carries out extremist activities."[6][7][8][9]

As of 30 March 2022, at least 40 railway workers were reportedly detained for subscribing to the movement's telegram channel.[10]

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  1. ^ a b "Сообщество железнодорожников: на партизан вешают то, чего они не делали". Новости Беларуси | euroradio.fm (in Russian). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  2. ^ Леонов, Данила (24 March 2022). "КГБ признало инициативу «Сообщество железнодорожников Беларуси» экстремистским формированием". Blizko.by (in Russian). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Инициатива "Сообщество железнодорожников Беларуси" признана экстремистским формированием". www.belta.by (in Russian). 24 March 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b "В Беларуси — новая «рельсовая война». На железной дороге устраивают диверсии, чтобы помешать движению российской военной техники в Украину". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Белорусские киберпартизаны выводят из строя железные дороги". novayapolsha.pl (in Russian). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  6. ^ "В Беларуси появился новый «список экстремистов», а в перечень «экстремистских формирований» внесли еще одно сообщество". Зеркало (in Russian). 23 March 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  7. ^ REFORM.by (3 September 2021). "Телеграм-канал железнодорожников признан экстремистским". REFORM.by (in Russian). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Чат железнодорожников признали экстремистским формированием". Наша Ніва (in Russian). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  9. ^ сегодня, СБ-Беларусь (24 March 2022). "Инициатива "Сообщество железнодорожников Беларуси" признана экстремистским формированием". www.sb.by (in Russian). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Почти сорок «покаянных видео» за один день: в Беларуси массово задерживают железнодорожников". Зеркало (in Russian). 30 March 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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