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    105 million rubles for fines, 60 million euro of state budget support to mass media, 14 administrative cases and 29 detentions – year 2014 in figures of the monitoring service of BAJ.

    The mon­i­tor­ing ser­vice of BAJ summed up that in 2014 jour­nal­ists and dis­trib­u­tors of media prod­ucts were fined for 105 mil­lion Belaru­sian rubles in total. 52 mil­lion 50 thou­sand rubles were imposed on jour­nal­ists as fines for con­tri­bu­tion to for­eign mass media with­out accred­i­ta­tion. 21 mil­lion 450 thou­sand rubles were imposed for par­tic­i­pa­tion in unsanc­tioned mass events. Dis­trib­u­tors of print prod­ucts were fined for 25 mil­lion 500 thou­sand rubles.

    In 2015, the nation­al bud­get allo­cates 804.2 bil­lion rubles to sup­port of state-run mass media, which accounts to 60 mil­lion euros. 653 bil­lion rubles go to TV and radio, around 70 bil­lion rubles go to print peri­od­i­cals. To com­pare, state sup­port in pre­vi­ous years (fig­ures are approx­i­mate):

    2009 – 64 mln EUR

    2010 – 40 mln EUR

    2011 – 54 mln EUR

    2012 – 45.5 mln EUR

    2013 – 60 mln EUR

    2014 – 52 mln EUR

    2015 – 60 mln EUR

     

    There were 14 admin­is­tra­tive cas­es against inde­pen­dent jour­nal­ists under arti­cle 22.9, part 2 of the Code of Admin­is­tra­tive Offences (ille­gal pro­duc­tion and dis­tri­b­u­tion of media prod­ucts). Among them:

    Ales Dzian­isau

    Ales Zaleus­ki (2 cas­es),

    Andrei Mialesh­ka (3 cas­es),

    Ali­ak­san­dr Burak­ou (2 cas­es, one case dis­missed),

    Mikhail Arshyn­s­ki (case dis­missed)

    Mary­na Mauchana­va

    Vital Sia­mash­ka (case dis­missed),

    Ali­na Litvinchuk

    Tama­ra Shcha­pi­otk­i­na

    Ales Liauchuk

    The num­ber of deten­tions of jour­nal­ists at work was 29 inci­dents (most of them short-time deten­tions):

    Date

    Who was detained

    Num­ber of per­sons

    02.02.2014

    Vasil Sia­mash­ka

    1

    05.02.2014

    Siarzhuk Kruchk­ou, Nas­ta Reznika­va, Ali­ak­san­dr Pat­seyeu

    3

    02.03.2014

    Uladz­imir Hry­dzin, Iry­na Arak­houskaya, Vasil Sia­mash­ka, Siarhei Hapon, Art­siom Lia­va, Yauhen Erchak, Ina Studzin­skaya

    7

    16.03.2014

    Ales Silich, Natal­lia, Valaki­da

    2

    09.05.2014

    Valer Kali­nous­ki, two col­leagues (names unknown)

    3

    17.05.2014

    Yauhen Skra­bets

    1

    03.09.2014

    Viachaslau Piashko and a col­league (want­ed not to be men­tioned)

    2

    16.09.2014

    Natal­lia Valaki­da, Ales Barazen­ka, Siarhei Sat­siuk

    3

    10.10.2014

    Iry­na Arak­houskaya, Ales Barazen­ka

    2

    20.10.2014

    Ali­ak­san­dr Liu­bianchuk, Mary­ja Art­sy­basha­va

    2

    10.11.2014

    Viachaslau Piashko, Artur Bon­da­rau

    2

    6.12.2014

    Uladz­imir Hry­dzin

    1

     

     

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