Alexander Pashkevich, a historian and publicist, former deputy editor of the magazines "ARCHE Pachatak" and "Our History," left Belarus five years ago. On the day of the presidential election, August 9, 2020, he was detained at polling station No. 103 in Minsk, where he was present as a journalist during the vote count.
In the fall of 2026, it became known that the Belarusian regime had declared Alexander wanted in connection with a criminal case.
According to Alexander , the criminal prosecution stemmed from conversations he participated in on the Malanka Media YouTube channel, which discussed language policy in Belarus and social events. In February 2023, the Ministry of Internal Affairs declared this media project an "extremist organization."
