Identifier
Created
Classification
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06MINSK279
2006-03-16 14:08:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Minsk
Cable title:
Russian Printing Press Stops Producing Independent
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UNCLAS MINSK 000279
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
KIEV FOR USAID
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PGOV BO
SUBJECT: Russian Printing Press Stops Producing Independent
Belarusian Newspapers
Ref: 2005 Minsk 1193
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED: PROTECT ACCORDINGLY
UNCLAS MINSK 000279
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
KIEV FOR USAID
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PGOV BO
SUBJECT: Russian Printing Press Stops Producing Independent
Belarusian Newspapers
Ref: 2005 Minsk 1193
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED: PROTECT ACCORDINGLY
¶1. (SBU) Summary: The Smolensk Printing Plant annulled its
contracts with independent newspapers Narodnaya Volya (NV),BDG
Gazeta, and the democratic Communist Party of Belarus' Tovarishch
on March 13, citing an overwhelming workload. The plant director
later stated that the annulments were due to the papers' failure to
pay their debts and their opposition activities. Editors of the
newspapers consider the move politically motivated and believe the
GOB found a way to influence Smolensk authorities. The Smolensk