The Belarusian news agency Interfax-Zapad will stop working on January 1 next year due to changes in the Belarusian legislation, the agency reports.
Interfax-Zapad will not be able to continue working in Belarus due to the fact that its sole founder is a foreign company, JSC Interfax.
“In connection with the amendments made to the Law on the Mass Media of the Republic of Belarus in May 2021, the Interfax-Zapad news agency, the only founder and owner of which is the Russian JSC Interfax, is unable to continue its activities as a media “, – indicated in the message.
Interfax-West (interfax.by) has been operating in Belarus since 1994.
According to the Belarusian law “On Mass Media”, amended this year, foreigners and foreign legal entities, as well as stateless persons, are prohibited from being founders of mass media in the country, regardless of the time of creation.
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