From January 6, Belarus will be fined for visiting foreign sites

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko introduces unprecedented sanctions against Internet users, writes Federico Guerrini in a material published on the website of the newspaper La Stampa .

“By his unprecedented decision, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko intends to de facto nationalize the Internet in his country. With the entry into force of the “Amendments to the Code of Administrative and Procedural Violations” on January 6 of this year, citizens of a small republic will not be able to visit foreign sites whose servers are located beyond national borders. For violation of the law, fines of up to 96 euros are provided for, ”the newspaper writes.

"This is more of a dissuasive than an effective policy towards most of the population," writes the author of the article.
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“The new Lukashenka’s law will affect not only private individuals: enterprises operating in the territory of Belarus will be able to use only national domains, all transactions will be conducted through local Internet resources, and information about them will be available to both tax authorities and security services”, - emphasizes the author of the article.

“Tightened measures in relation to wi-fi networks: now the owners of local cafes and other institutions will be directly responsible for the actions of customers. It is not by chance that Belarus is considered one of the most closed regimes today, and few Western politicians decide to make visits to this country, ”the author writes.

UPDATE , thank you catsmile for clarification

First, the “Code of Administrative and Procedural Violations” does not exist.
Secondly, as I understand it, we are talking about the law "On Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus and the Procedural-Executive Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus" dated November 25, 2011 No. 317-. Here are the changes he makes (I can’t give the link, it’s for a paid service):

“Article 22.16. Violation of the requirements for the use of the national segment of the Internet

1. The implementation of activities for the sale of goods, performance of works, provision of services in the territory of the Republic of Belarus using information networks, systems and resources that have an Internet connection, are not located on the territory of the Republic of Belarus and (or) are not registered in the prescribed manner -

shall entail the imposition of a fine on an individual entrepreneur or a legal entity in the amount of from ten to thirty basic values.

2. Violation of legal requirements for the identification of subscriber devices in the provision of Internet services and (or) users of Internet services in the points of collective use of Internet services, accounting and storage of information about subscriber devices, personal data of users of Internet services, as well as information about internet services provided -

shall entail the imposition of a fine in the amount of from five to fifteen basic values.

3. Violation of legal requirements for restricting access of Internet service users to information prohibited for dissemination in accordance with legislative acts -

shall entail the imposition of a fine on an individual entrepreneur or a legal entity in the amount of from ten to thirty basic units. ”