A well-known Belarusian publisher, founder and director of the independent publishing house "Logvinaў" (Lohvinau).
In 2014, Igor Logvinov was awarded the prestigious International Publishers Association (IPA) Freedom to Publish Award for his courage in defending freedom of speech. For a long time, the popular "Logvinov Bookstore" operated in Minsk, serving as an important cultural hub, but was later closed by the authorities during a crackdown on independent cultural venues.
In subsequent years, activities continued mainly outside of Belarus (in particular, in Vilnius) due to the impossibility of legal operation within the country.
On March 3, 2026, a coalition of print publishers, including the Kamunikat.org Foundation, Lohvinau Publishing House, and Andrei Yanushkevich Publishing, was added to the Ministry of Internal Affairs' updated list of "extremist groups." The list mentions Yaroslav Ivanyuk, Dmitry Kolos, Igor Logvinov, Vaclav Bogdanovich, Andrei Yanushkevich, and Alexander Yevdakha in connection with this group . The publishers' websites and social media accounts were also added.
Yanushkevich Publishing House is one of the leaders in the Belarusian literature market and the commissioner of many translations of foreign literature into Belarusian, including bestsellers such as Harry Potter and The Witcher.
Andrei Yanushkevich opened the Knigauka bookstore in Minsk in 2022. The store was open for just one day when security forces raided the premises and detained Andrei and a female employee. After nearly a month,
In 2024, he opened the "Knigaўka" bookstore in Warsaw. It offers nearly 200 titles. All of them were published by Belarusian publishers abroad —primarily "Yanushkevich," but also "Gutenberg Publisher," "Vyasna," "Myane Nyama," "Kamunіkat," "Pflyaўbaўm," "Skaryna," and others.
On March 3, 2026, a coalition of print publishers, including the Kamunikat.org Foundation, Lohvinau Publishing House, and Andrei Yanushkevich Publishing, was added to the Ministry of Internal Affairs' updated list of "extremist groups." Yaroslav Ivanyuk, Dmitry Kolos, Igor Logvinov, Vaclav Bogdanovich, Andrei Yanushkevich , and Alexander Yevdakha were named in connection with the group. The publishers' websites and social media accounts were also added. The publishers, based in Belarus, were detained in February 2026.
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