Youth Bloc

[3] According its website, the Youth Bloc is especially focused on researching the values and views of the Belarusian youth, organizing an informal school on the problem of inhumane drug policy, supporting political education and reforming the Belarusian army, as well as the anti-drug legislation, the Parliament of the Republic of Belarus and compulsory assignment of students.

[4] Initially, the Youth Bloc consisted of eight young people who were registered as candidates for the 2019 Belarusian parliamentary election.

[5] The Youth Bloc was formed of activists from the initiatives Belarusian Students' Association, "Studying is more important" and Legalize Belarus.

For this purpose, seemingly non-political topics were exploited: the law on deferrals, student placement, legalization of drugs, the well-known topic of Article 328 of the Criminal Code, and so on.On November 12, 2020, on the so-called "Black Thursday", the apartments of a number of activists of the Youth Bloc and the Belarusian Students' Association were searched.

The activists Danila Lauretski and Elizaveta Prokopchik managed to escape from KGB persecution and moved to Ukraine by illegally crossing the border with Russia.

[16][17] In September 2022, the online resources of the Youth Bloc were recognized as an extremist formation by the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs.