Newspaper "Our orthodoxy" Vitebsk Orthodox diocese issued an official warning to the Ministry of Information. This was reported by Head of Sector for media registration and monitoring of the Ministry of Information legislation Yulia Cochin, "the newspaper issued a warning for violating the media law. That legal entity against which a warning, informed, and sent a warning."
A ministry spokesman declined to say what exactly is the newspaper violation of the law. Chief editor Andrey Gerashchenko said that he learned about the prevention of the publications in the media.
As previously reported, "Nasha Niva", an activist of the "Young Belarus" Alyaksandr Halavan together with other Orthodox believers appealed to the Ministry of Information with the request to check the publication of the newspaper "Our orthodoxy" for compliance with the laws of the Republic of Belarus. In one of the rooms of publication was printed interview with German national Margaret Seidler, fighting on the side of separatists in eastern Ukraine, and calls upon the Orthodox to participate in this war.
Chief editor of "Our Orthodoxy" Andrey Gerashchenko said he has not yet seen any warnings: "There was a reprint of the article on the situation in the Donbass, and the first contact it was made. And I do not think that there is something like that. There was a story about the history of the Germans, who took Orthodoxy, and her personal views. By the way, there is no call was not. I am therefore very surprised, but no written warnings, we did not receive. I do not think we're there something broke. "
Gerashchenko also called "rather peculiar fellow," author of the letter to the Ministry of Information Golovan Alexander: "He once tried to get political asylum in Latvia, was deported him out, because he lost his passport. When the Patriarch arrived, he gave "Catholic Herald", which actually had no relationship to the Catholic Church. He was detained by police. By the way, if there is a warning, we also publish all – and this man, and his previous activities. To make it clear who's doing it. It is not just a believer, but a man who has long been involved in politics. It's just an ugly act."
Radio Liberty