Busły liaciać
Буслы ляцяць
Foundation13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)
CountryBelarus
AllegianceBelarusian opposition
IdeologyAnti-Lukashenko
Major actions2022 rail war in Belarus
2022 rail war in Russia
StatusActive
AlliesCyber Partisans
OpponentsBelarus Government of Belarus
Battles and wars2022 Belarusian and Russian partisan movement
WebsiteTelegram channel

Busły liaciać (Belarusian: Буслы ляцяць, lit. 'The storks are flying') is a Belarusian opposition resistance group founded on 13 November 2020 and fighting against the Alexander Lukashenko government. Included together with the Cyber Partisans in the association "Supraciŭ".

Overview

Among the actions of the movement, there are both absolutely harmless (like street art or flash mobs), and actions in the format of small sabotage.[1] "Busły" took responsibility for the destruction of dozens of CCTV cameras, damage to vehicles and property of the security forces, and blocking the railway.[2][3]

A well-known action that is associated with the Busły liaciać group is an attack on the base of the Minsk OMON, at the end of September 2021. According to the report of the group, at night, the Chorny Busel group, using a drone, dropped two 5-litre containers of incendiary mixture from a great height onto the riot police base in Uručča. The community claims that loud pops were heard and flashes were seen, causing people in neighboring houses to wake up. Also, the "beads" published a video from the drone.[2][4][5]

The Ministry of Internal Affairs then did not comment on the information about the attack on the OMON base. But later, in October, the Prosecutor General's Office indirectly confirmed the fact of the attack, admitting that in September 2021 "there was an act of terrorism using UAVs."[2]

In October 2021, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus recognized the "Busły liaciać" Telegram channel and the "Busły liaciać chat" chat as an extremist formation, warning that subscription and active participation in it entails criminal liability.[6][7]

The organization "Supraciŭ" and its members the initiatives "Cyber Partisans", "DNS", and "Busły liaciać" – by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus on 1 December 2021, were recognized as terrorists and banned on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.[8] The representative of the prosecutor's office explained that "since the spring of 2021, using Telegram channels and Telegram chats, this community has been discussing, planning and promoting terrorist acts, namely arson, explosions of buildings and vehicles."[9]

Since the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the movement has carried out acts of sabotage on both Belarusian and Russian railways.[10][11][12][13] In September 2022, several participants of the movement were sentenced to long prison terms.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ ""Орки просят не сравнивать их с россиянами". Белорусы на войне в Украине". Радио Свобода (in Russian). 26 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  2. 1 2 3 "Что нужно знать о группах «Буслы ляцяць» и «ДНС», которые власти признали экстремистскими формированиями". belsat.eu (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  3. ↑ "От флешмобов до атак с дронов. Как белорусы боролись с режимом Лукашенко в 2021 году". belsat.eu (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  4. ↑ "StackPath". belsat.eu. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  5. ↑ "StackPath". belsat.eu. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  6. ↑ Mail.ru, Новости (2021-10-21). "МВД признало экстремистскими еще один Telegram-канал и чат". 21 октября 2021 | Новости Mail.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  7. ↑ ""Буслы ляцяць" – интервью со сбежавшим фигурантом дела — Dissidentby". dissidentby.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  8. ↑ "Республика Беларусь –". www.cisatc.org. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  9. ↑ Новости, Р. И. А. (2021-11-30). "В Белоруссии признали объединение "Сопротивление" террористическим". РИА Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  10. ↑ "Белорусские партизаны заявили о диверсии на железной дороге в приграничных областях России". belsat.eu (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  11. ↑ Гребеняк, Владимир (2022-05-06). "В россии началась рельсовая война – Волнорез" (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  12. ↑ "Итоги работы Беларусского Антивоенного Движения, 15 апреля / Официальный сайт Светланы Тихановской". tsikhanouskaya.org. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  13. ↑ "Охота на "рельсовых партизан": кого в Беларуси задерживают за происшествия на железной дороге". Current Time TV (in Russian). 25 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  14. ↑ "В Беларуси обвиняемые по делу "Буслы ляцяць" получили от 8,5 до 15 лет колонии". Current Time TV (in Russian). September 28, 2022.
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