The prosecutor's office of Belarus accused the opposition of Klimov of trying to make a coup on the media

The prosecutor’s office of Minsk opened a criminal case against the Belarusian opposition policy Andrei Klimov on suspicion of calling for overthrowing or changing the constitutional system through the media (media).

"A criminal case has been instituted against Klimov under Part 3 of Article 361" Calls to overthrow or change the constitutional system of Belarus or committing crimes against the state using the media "of the Criminal Code of Belarus," the statement of the Minsk prosecutor's office quotes. "The publication of the criminal case was the publication of Klimov, posted on the Internet service of the united civilian Party ".

The article by Klimov came out under the name "Revolution Forever or how to freshly fresh the gypsy boar in the year of the Pig." The author in it writes about the personal involvement of Alexander Lukashenko in the abductions and killings of the leaders of the Belarusian opposition, reports Charter'97 .

The prosecutor’s office added that "an investigation is currently being conducted in this criminal case and an examination of publication."

The deputy of the Supreme Council and former entrepreneur Andrei Klimov is not the first time accused of slander at the head of Belarus. In 2005, a criminal case for an attempt to discredit the president was considered in the Pervomaisky district court of Minsk behind closed doors. Then the court returned the case for revision.

In September 2005, Klimov was sentenced to one year and 6 months of imprisonment. He was found guilty of organizing an unauthorized street protest in Minsk on March 25, 2005, which wasdispersed by riot police . According to the authorities, the actions of the opposition led to gross violations of public order, complicated the work of public transport and institutions, and the participants themselves were accused of obvious disobedience to law enforcement agencies.

At the end of last year, Klimov was released . Earlier, Klimov was already serving a criminal sentence for a number of economic crimes. According to him, he spent about six years in jail.