Lukashenka about Byabenin’s case: It is a criminal act

Speaking about the death of a journalist Aleh Byabenin, the Belarusian ruler has made a sensational statement.

Until today the Belarusian Prosecutor's office said that it was a suicide. However, on November 4 in an interview to Polish journalists Lukashenka said: he is sure that the case related to Aleh Byabenin's death has a criminal nature.

"I think it would be discovered that it is a criminal act, and those who are casting a slur on the authorities' reputation now would look sadly. As they say, guilty mind is never at ease. I am responsible that this had happened

Belarus acted as a niggard towards Tatarstan in the potato issue

Instead of the required 100 thousand tons of potato Tatarstan will receive from Belarus only 40 thousand tons.

The mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin informed about the purchases. Belarus is to deliver to Tatarstan 40 thousand tons of potato within September, October, and the first ten days of November, IA REGNUM reports.

This does not correspond the prior intentions – in the run of the negotiations between President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Alyaksandr Lukashenka, that took place at the beginning of August, the Republic of Tatarstan asked for selling 100 thousand tons of Belarusian potato to it. The deliveries of

Russia cuts oil deliveries to Belarus by 43%

The volume of oil deliveries to Belarus in January-October was 10.182 million tons.

Oil deliveries were reduced by 43% as compared to the analogous period of 2009. This information is offered by a situation report of the state enterprise "Central Control Administration of the Fuel and Energy Complex", Interfax-Zapad reports.

As it was informed earlier, according to the protocol to the intergovernmental agreement of January 12, 2007 on the terms of oil trade with Belarus, signed in Moscow on January 27, 2010, this year Belarus to receive 6.3 million tons of oil duty-free, and the rest of 15.2 million tons

Chairman of Minsk Forum: there is no freedom of media in Belarus

Freedom of media in the majority of post-soviet countries is under a big question, Chairman of Minsk Forum Rainer Lindner considers.

"Till now the authority in Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, other post-soviet countries have not achieved normal relationship with media", - Rainer Lindner said. – "We are far away from the situation which is adequate to the XXI century".

"We will not talk about the freedom of media in Belarus, because it is absent here, you are only on this way", - Lindner considers, "Interfax-West" transmits.

The next Minsk Forum will take place on November, 3-5, 2010.

Source: Charter'97 :: News from Belarus

NTV about the death of one of the heads of the headquarters of Andrei Sannikov

The death of a Belarusian journalist Aleh Byabenin remains in the focus of attention of Russian media.

"His death shocked Belarus" – was the title of the episode, which appeared on October, 30 on air of NTV in the program "Today".

Belarus addressed OSCE. Official Minsk invited expert criminalists from Europe. Their task was - to evaluate the run of the investigation into the case of the death of the journalist Aleh Byabenin. The head of a well-known opposition site died two months ago under mysterious circumstances. The official version is - suicide. However, relatives and friends of Byabenin do not agree with the conclusions of the investigators.

A reporter of NTV George Grivenny narrates.

The current visit of two experts from OSCE, who were invited by the Belarusian authorities to participate in the investigation of this case,

Belarusian Ministry of Defense refused to direct paratroopers for CSTO military exercises

Five officers of the Ministry of Defense of RB will observe the military exercises.

Belarus refused to direct its military contingent for the common operative and tactics military exercises of the Collective Operational Reaction Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CORF CSTO), it was informed in the General Staff of the Armed forces of RF.

"Belarus is not directing its military contingent to Russia for participation in the common anti terrorist exercises of CORF CSTO near Chelyabinsk. Instead of paratroopers included into CORF it will direct five officers of the Defense Ministry to the training ground "Chebarkul", who will

Lukashenka: Something has happened to my memory (Video)

Despite of the previous confessions of election frauds, Lukashenka stated that he "had never rigfged elections."

"I have never falsified election results, as you always elected me by an overwhelming majority. I will never tolerate vote rigging, I will never do that," said Alyaksandr Lukashenka talking to dwellers of Brest region during a working visit to Brest region, "Interfax-Zapad" informs.

He underlined: "I must do it in such a way that future presidents won't be able to make something wrong." "Well, we can write [false] figures, and then I will have to come to you, and how I will look