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The co-founder of the Telegram channel Nexta, recognized as extremist in Belarus, Raman Pratasevich who was detained in Minsk said that he pleaded guilty to organizing unauthorized protests following the presidential election in 2020.

“I immediately pleaded guilty under Article 342 [organizing actions that grossly violate public order], organizing mass unauthorized demonstrations,” Pratasevich said in an interview with the ONT television channel.