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05MINSK1006	POLICE DISRUPT U.S. DIPLOMAT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Gomel Police officers disrupted a meeting between NGOs and two Emboffs on August 24 and prevented the latter from leaving for 40 minutes. Poloff presented his dipcard to police officers and was held until two more police and an immigration officer arrived. The immigration officer [...]	2005-08-24 14:36:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO

05MINSK1013	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 24, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ Authorities Annul Two Weekly Papers' Registration 2. On August 22, Minsk authorities deregistered Denpress (i.e. the company that produces the independent we [...]	2005-08-26 14:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1022	Resuscitating the Soviet Idelogical Machine [...] (U) Summary: Under Presiden Lukashenko, Belarus has adopted an "official Belrusian ideology," which in many respects is remiiscent of that promulgated under communism. The oficial ideology is to be taught in schools, univrsities and workplaces, through the media and th Orthodox Church. Belar [...]	2005-08-31 10:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHU ECON BO
05MINSK1023	Press Accuses Marines of Smuggling, Romance [...] (C) Summary: The independent, but pro-Lukashenko, weekly newspaper Obozrevatel ("Observer") ran a story August 26 accusing Embassy Minsk's Marine Security Guards and other Emboffs of smuggling campaign literature into Belarus for the opposition in 2001. The paper admits this article is in res [...]	2005-08-31 10:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1026	MFA RESPONDS TO DIP NOTE ON DETAINED U.S. DIPLOMAT [...] (U) On August 31 Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials called in CDA to discuss the results of the MFA's investigation into the August 23 detention of Poloff and LES political assistant in Gomel (reftel). Pavel Pustovoi and Alexander Strigelsky of the MFA Americas Desk reported police in Gome [...]	2005-09-01 05:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
05MINSK1040	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 31, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Parliamentarians Extremely Critical of USG Response to Hurricane Katrina On September 1, Chairman of the Commission for [...]	2005-09-02 14:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1041	Georgian Activists Released and Have Left [...] (C) Summary: On September 2, two detained Georgians won their court appeal, were released, and immediately left Belarus for Kiev. The Kmara activists were arrested in Minsk on August 24 for invalid documents and then sentenced to 15 days for insulting their cellmate. With help from a Belarus [...]	2005-09-02 14:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG BO
05MINSK1052	Lukashenko Continues His Slander Campaign [...] Summary: President Lukashenko continues to slander the U.S. and the Belarusian opposition via the state- controlled media on a daily basis. In recent speeches he has accused the U.S. and the West of trying to destabilize Belarus using the country's ethnic Poles as pawns and training revoluti [...]	2005-09-06 12:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1054	IISEPS in Trouble Again [...] (SBU) On September 2 Oleg Manaev, head of the deregistered polling agency IISEPS, discussed IISEPS' latest troubles with the authorities with Poloff. Belarus' Supreme Court revoked IISEPS' registration in April (reftel). Maneav subsequently registered IISEPS in Lithuania. In July, the Minist [...]	2005-09-06 14:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1055	Media Polling: Most Watch, Distrust State News [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 2 the head of the IISEPS polling service provided polling results for a June poll ISEPS conducted on media access in Belarus. The poll found that a minority of Belarusians have access to satellite TV or the internet, and that over 80% watch Belarusian state televis [...]	2005-09-06 14:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK1062	Regional Opposition Malaise [...] (C) Summary: In the past month Poloffs visited three mid-sized Belarusian cities, each an hour or two from Minsk, to the west, northeast and southeast. In each we found a shrinking and demoralized opposition struggling to stay alive. Most were at a loss as to how to promote themselves to the [...]	2005-09-07 08:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK1074	BELARUS WILL NOT FULFILL ILO RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The deadline for Belarus to fulfill ILO recommendations on labor rights is approaching, but Belarus has yet to make any improvements. The ILO representative in Minsk admitted that technically, the GOB has made some "progress", but in reality, these recommendations are not realiz [...]	2005-09-08 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1075	"Privatization Not For Slavs" [...] (C) Summary: On August 19, Lukashenko opined that Slavs are not mentally ready for privatization and, therefore, private farms have no future in Belarus. According to Lukashenko, the state collective is the best option and must be preserved. The president's statements drew sharp criticism fr [...]	2005-09-08 11:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV ECON BO
05MINSK1079	Would You Go on Holiday in Belarus? [...] (U) Summary: President Lukashenko decided this year that tourism in Belarus must increase, and the GOB issued a number of new laws to ensure that it does. Lukashenko also wants stricter enforcement of hunting legislation. Agro and eco tourism are slowly taking off in rural regions, but thos [...]	2005-09-08 13:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1086	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SET TO BE IN EARLY SUMMER [...] Summary: The chair of the Central Election Committee (CEC) announced on August 30 that the 2006 presidential election would be held no later than July 20. The chair of the CEC explained the basic rules for an election campaign while not trying to hide her pro-Lukashenko attitude. She predic [...]	2005-09-12 05:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1090	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 7, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Belarusian Trafficker Extradited from Spain On September 2, Spanish police arrested and extradited a Belarusian woman suspected of involvement in an inte [...]	2005-09-12 10:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1099	Lukashenko to Help Opposition [...] (C) Summary: Lukashenko recently announced he would assist the opposition in finding a venue for their convention inside Belarus. This statement came after all venues in the country already rejected the opposition's application. The 10+'s organizer, Aleksandr Bukhvostov, has been in contact [...]	2005-09-13 14:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BO
05MINSK1106	The Few, The Timid, The Youth Groups [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with a series of non-partisan youth NGOs to determine young peoples' attitudes to the present and future of Belarus. All of the youth organization leaders criticized GOB policies regarding youth and democracy. They also painted a dismal picture of the situation for [...]	2005-09-15 07:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BO CH
05MINSK1107	Tourism Part II: An Examination of Agrotourism [...] Summary: (U) The GOB has a two-part program for tourism: to increase tourism within Belarus by Belarusians and to increase the number of foreign tourists to Belarus. On September 3 and 4, Emboffs set off to test the tourism waters, starting with an overnight at an agrotourism farm. They also [...]	2005-09-15 07:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1126	Unexpectedly Active Opposition in Southwest [...] (C) Summary: September 12 was the tenth anniversary of the Belarusian military shooting down a hot air balloon and killing the two American pilots. Emboffs and local residents visited the crash site. While in the region, Emboffs also visited local civil society leaders in three nearby small [...]	2005-09-16 10:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC BO
05MINSK1129	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 14, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Opposition Congress Secures Location, But Wants More Following Lukashenko's instruction to Minsk city officials to assist the opposition 10+ coalition [...]	2005-09-16 12:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1145	Trade with Russia Falls under New VAT Rules [...] Summary: In January Belarus and Russia switched the way VAT on bilateral trade is paid. President Lukashenko and other GOB officials constantly state this change benefited Belarus, and bilateral trade has increased. However, the GOB's own statistics show a 8.9 percent drop in commerce with Be [...]	2005-09-20 12:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BO
05MINSK1146	Who's Taking over Djem Bank? [...] Summary: Since late July the GOB has been exerting heavy pressure on foreign owned Djem Bank. The National Bank of Belarus admitted it misused the law to take control of the bank. It then revoked a number of Djem's licenses, demanding the bank return USD 16.5 million it loaned abroad to Belar [...]	2005-09-20 12:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV BO
05MINSK1148	Beaten Zubr Hospitalized [...] (SBU) Summary: Nikita Sasim, one of the Zubr youth group's coordinators, was punched several times by OMON riot police as they dispersed a protest September 16. He went to the hospital that evening and was diagnosed with a concussion. He will remain in hospital until September 22. Zubr claim [...]	2005-09-20 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BO PGOV
05MINSK1155	Chernobyl Report Met with Criticism by Some [...] (C) Summary: The Chernobyl Forum, comprised of several UN organizations, recently released its report on the consequences of the Chernobyl accident 20 years later. The report predicts much lower deaths and health effects than previously predicted and calls earlier assessments "exaggerated an [...]	2005-09-22 10:23:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV MNUC SENV TBIO TRGY BO
05MINSK1159	Minsk Wants Bilateral WTO Negotiations [...] (U) Summary: Econoff met September 13 with MFA representatives Anton Kudasov, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Foreign Trade, and Sergey Gulevich, Deputy Head of the Division of Foreign Trade Policy, to discuss Belarus' accession to the World Trade Organization. Kudasov argued strongly fo [...]	2005-09-23 05:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECIN WTRO BO
05MINSK1163	Bombing in Vitebsk [...] At 2217 hours on September 22 a small bomb detonated inside a discotheque at 35A Lenin Street in Vitebsk, north-eastern Belarus. Approximately 40 people were injured, three or four of them are considered to be in serious but not life-threatening condition. There were no fatalities and no Americ [...]	2005-09-23 12:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PTER PGOV CASC BO
05MINSK1164	MOJ: Any Political Organization Must Register [...] (U) On September 19 Minister of Justice Viktor Golovanov signed a "postanovlenie" (ruling, or ordinance) regulating the political activities of Belarusians. Specifically, the ruling demands that, "Before conducting any events of a political character or forming any blocs of political parties, [...]	2005-09-23 13:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1165	Flaws in Single Candidate Process [...] (C) Summary: The independent election observation NGO Partnership recently released a report on the conduct of the opposition 10+ coalition's single candidate process. Partnership documented numerous instances of harassment by the regime, but also pointed out failings by the oppositiQ, such as [...]	2005-09-23 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1167	Protestant Churches Pressured [...] (SBU) Summary: The New Life Church has employed numerous techniques to protest the GOB's denial of its re- registration, but thus far without success. The latest meeting between the church and the GOB has proven unfruitful and neither side will yield its position; thus a cooperative resolutio [...]	2005-09-26 08:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
05MINSK1169	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 23, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. GOB Customs Service "Stays Outside Politics" On September 16, the State Customs Committee announced that the GOB has not ordered the Belarusian customs [...]	2005-09-27 05:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1177	Largest Private Bank Offers Foreign Policy Advice [...] (SBU) Summary: The chairman of the Austrian holding company that owns Priorbank, the largest and most internationally recognized private bank in Belarus, recently stated his company has been seeking a change in EU policy vis-Q-vis Belarus. Dr. Herbert Stepic, the Chairman of Raiffeisen Inter [...]	2005-09-28 10:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV BO
05MINSK1192	New Poll - Lukashenko Already Winning [...] (U) Summary: NOVAK released the results of its August - September survey and presented an analysis to Pol Chief on September 27. Lukashenko's rating jumped 5 percentage points while the leading opposition contenders' ratings remained below one percent. However, the percentage of those who di [...]	2005-09-29 13:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1193	Narodnaya Volya Hits Rock Bottom [...] (SBU) Summary: A district court froze independent newspaper Narodnaya Volya's bank account and assets on September 27. The court also demanded it pay BYR 100 million damages awarded to a government official in a June lawsuit. With its account frozen and little time to collect the needed sum, [...]	2005-09-30 05:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1194	Single Opposition Candidate Convention Almost A [...] (C) Summary: The 10+ coalition leaders are frantically making the final preparations for the single candidate convention, which will take place in Minsk October 1-2. The approximately 900 delegates will select one of the four candidates to be the single candidate on the second day of the con [...]	2005-09-30 10:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1199	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 30, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Hail to Luka Youth! President Lukashenko signed a presidential edict on September 24 restoring the Soviet era name, Lenin Komsomol of Belarus, to the [...]	2005-09-30 13:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1205	Opposition Chooses Single Candidate [...] (C) Summary: The 10+ coalition, by far Belarus' largest opposition group, held its Congress of Democratic Forces in Minsk October 1 and 2 and narrowly chose Aleksandr Milinkevich to be its single candidate to challenge President Lukashenko in the July 2006 elections. This congress was the cul [...]	2005-10-03 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1227	"BELARUS' ELECTION MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN THOSE IN [...] (C) Summary: In an October 5 meeting, Head of the Central Election Committee (CEC) Ludmilla Yermoshina and her deputy explained to Pol Chief the processes of choosing an election date and registering presidential candidates. The election will be no later than July 20 and campaigning will begin [...]	2005-10-07 10:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1231	New IISEPS Poll: Lukashenko Will Win, [...] Summary: Head of the IISEPS polling service delivered his recent survey results to Ambassador on September 30. Similar to other polls, IISEPS confirmed that Lukashenko enjoys a large lead over his opposition and is trusted by the majority. However, many of the respondents indicated it was ti [...]	2005-10-07 10:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1232	BELARUS: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES [...] (C) The Lukashenko regime is engaged in a clear and comprehensive effort to continue and deepen Lukashenko's dictatorial rule over Belarus. The regime has created a climate of fear in the country and is attempting to eliminate any possibility for democratic change through an aggressive anti- [...]	2005-10-07 10:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR EAID PREL BO
05MINSK1235	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 6, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Fines, Fines and More Fines On September 30, a Belarusian court ordered the nation wide independent weekly newspaper BDG Delovaya Gazeta to pay BYR 50 m [...]	2005-10-11 08:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1236	Who is Alexander Milinkevich? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress of Democratic Forces of Belarus nominated physics professor, former deputy mayor of Grodno and NGO activist Alexander Milinkevich to run in the 2006 presidential elections against current president Aleksandr Lukashenko. A cultured, quiet man with Western exposure, [...]	2005-10-11 11:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK1262	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 13, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. New Life Church Fined Again On October 7, a Minsk court fined New Life Church administrator Vasily Yurevich BYR 4,350,000 [USD 2,000] for organizing ill [...]	2005-10-14 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1271	INTERVIEW WITH LUKASHENKO'S WIFE [...] (U) Summary: An independent newspaper interviewed President Lukashenko's separated wife, Galina, on September 29. His wife spoke of how the two met and their short time living together as husband and wife. Galina claimed she and Lukashenko are still legally married and that it was her deci [...]	2005-10-17 14:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK1274	No UNESCO Demarche [...] Post believes that delivering the reftel letter and talking points would be counterproductive and provides the GOB more ammunition for its anti-U.S. propaganda campaign. Post does not expect the GOB to support the U.S. position. 2. On October 13, Belarusian state television featured a short [...]	2005-10-18 07:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL UNESCO BO
05MINSK1284	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS DISCUSS IMPACT OF [...] (C) Summary: Since the October 2 nomination of Aleksandr Milinkevich by the democratic congress, Emboffs have conducted a series of meetings with civil society leaders and political analysts to assess the significance of the democratic congress and of Milinkevich's presidential bid. Most obs [...]	2005-10-21 11:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1286	China Q Belarus Relations: Politically Strong, [...] (C) Summary: On October 14 the newly arrived Chinese Ambassador candidly discussed Chinese-Belarusian relations. He asserted his main task is to increase Belarusian Q Chinese economic ties to balance the strong political ties between Minsk and Beijing. He complained that this would be an impo [...]	2005-10-21 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON BO CH
05MINSK1289	NSG-India Demarche Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-24 05:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP BO
05MINSK1291	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Approximately 100,000 Belarusians Unite in Solidarity Campaign On October 16, the "Free Belarus" Coalition, including Nikita Sasim, journalist Irina Kha [...]	2005-10-24 08:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1292	Mystery Surrounds Death of Independent Journalist [...] (C) Summary: On October 18, Vasily Grodnikov, contributor to the independent daily Narodnaya Volya (NV),was found dead in his apartment with an injury caused by a blow to the head with a blunt object. It remains unclear whether or not he was murdered, even though the forensic results have be [...]	2005-10-24 08:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1305	Importing Barley A "Treasonous" Act [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB has been trying to promote domestic beer production since 2003. Though Belarusian beer is cheap and sold in half-liter or larger bottles, the low quality of the barley used in brewing has resulted in even worse tasting beer and the industry's loss in competitiveness on [...]	2005-10-26 11:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV ECON BO
05MINSK1312	Belarus Unlikely to Help Pakistan with Mi-17 Parts [...] On October 27, Emboffs delivered reftel information to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS). Deputy MChS Minister Boris Baringolts said it was doubtful Belarus could supply the needed parts as his ministry had difficulty keeping its own h [...]	2005-10-27 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PK PREF NATO MASS BO
05MINSK1316	MILINKEVICH APPEALS TO US AMBASSADOR FOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Aleksandr Milinkevich discussed with Ambassador his campaign activities following the October 1-2 democratic congress (ref A). He was relatively pleased with his efforts to pull together a unified campaign team, and was cautiously optimistic he and his team could [...]	2005-10-28 11:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1317	NO PROTECTION FROM TRIPLE JEOPARDY IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, the Supreme Economic Court (SEC) announced it would retry for the third time the tax authority's case against the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC) for failure to pay back taxes on a European Union (EU) grant. Despite two court decisions in the past eighteen mont [...]	2005-10-28 11:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1323	Minsk Expects Big Profit from Kyoto Protocol [...] (U) Summary: On September 23, Econoff met with Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Aleksandr Apatskiy to discuss Belarus' plans after acceding to the Kyoto Protocol, and its plans in general to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. President Lukashenko signed the Kyoto Protocol into law in August, [...]	2005-10-31 06:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ETRD ECON PGOV BO
05MINSK1324	Belarus Cozies Up to Iran [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months Belarus and Iran have greatly increased their contacts and friendly rhetoric, including an invitation for Belarusians to work on the Iranian nuclear program and improve trade ties. Belarusian factories are being founded in Iran, and Iranian businessmen are sear [...]	2005-10-31 08:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD BO IR
05MINSK1327	Embassy Officers Encounter Problems In Slutsk [...] (C) Summary: On October 19, poloffs visited the southern town of Slutsk to view the GOB's large-scale, harvest- related renovation of the city and to meet with various government, opposition, and social leaders. State media reporters and regional authorities harassed poloffs and interfered in [...]	2005-10-31 12:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1328	MFA Arms Control Raises Old Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, Ambassador Krol met with MFA Arms Control and International Security Director Alexander Baichorov before Baichorov's trip to the U.S. to participate in the UN First Committee. Baichorov provided the Ambassador with information on a proposed First Committee Resol [...]	2005-10-31 13:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC BO
05MINSK1330	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 28, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Authorities Cancel Youth Forum, Youth Leaders Detained On October 22, authorities prevented a meeting of 85 leaders of youth organization from all the r [...]	2005-10-31 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1342	MILINKEVICH TEAM OUTLINES CAMPAIGN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief recently met with 10+ presidential nominee Aleksandr Milinkevich and several leaders of his team to discuss their plans to bring about democratic change around the time of the 2006 presidential elections. The strategy, though still in its elementary [...]	2005-11-01 13:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1343	Election Observers Arrested, Convicted [...] (SBU) Summary: Minsk police on October 29 raided a conference held by Belarus' largest election observation group Partnership and detained 60 participants. Most were released after documentation checks but four senior members were charged and convicted of organizing an illegal gathering. Th [...]	2005-11-01 13:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1347	Belarus and Russia to Unite? Not this Year [...] (C) Summary: Reportedly on November 15, Presidents Putin and Lukashenko are scheduled to review the latest draft of the Constitutional Act on the Belarus-Russia union (although rumors now circulate that this could be postponed to December). The draft has not been made public, and is reportedl [...]	2005-11-02 12:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
05MINSK1348	FREEDMON TO TRAVEL FREELY IN THEORY ONLY [...] Summary: In the past month, the GOB has taken a series of steps - including detentions at airports and borders, seizures at customs, travel bans, and refusals to issue exit travel permits - to prevent opposition leaders and activists from traveling abroad freely. The GOB's actions indicate a [...]	2005-11-03 07:54:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1352	Grodno Trip A Success, Attracts Attention [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs visited 10+ opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's hometown of Grodno on October 25. Due to the usual government harassment, the independent press has become largely internet based and hopes Western countries will continue with plans to broadcast radio news to Belar [...]	2005-11-02 07:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1355	Minsk Fails to Defend Confiscation Record [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, State Customs Committee (SCC) officials attempted to defend their government's confiscation practices to Econoff. Their main arguments were that the SCC used to confiscate much more, even though current levels remain high, and that confiscations `were not their id [...]	2005-11-08 11:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV WTRO BO
05MINSK1359	Belarus Reneges on SA/LW Destruction; De-mining on Track [...] (SBU) Summary: Minsk previously asked the OSCE for help securing stockpiles of excess Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW),and in their destruction. Several OSCE missions, following the UK's lead, were ready to contribute. Now, however, Minsk has withdrawn its offer to destroy excess SA/LW, [...]	2005-11-08 13:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV MASS OSCE NATO BO
05MINSK1363	Extreme Extremist Law Passes First Reading [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26 Belarus' parliament passed the first reading of a bill to combat extremism. The bill specifically mentions political parties, NGOs, mass media, and religious organizations as potential sources of extremism. A senior BKGB officer introduced the law to parliament, a [...]	2005-11-09 12:09:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1365	Ambassador's Trip to Mozyr [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Emboffs visited the southeastern Belarusian city of Mozyr November 3 and 4. Ambassador met with the head of Mozyr refinery and toured the facility (septel),opened the Embassy's tenth American corner in a local library, gave interviews to local print and broadcast media, [...]	2005-11-09 12:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1381	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - November 10, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Den Newspaper Sees Its Final Day On November 4, the Minsk City Economic Court upheld the decision to annul Denpress' registration for failure to operate [...]	2005-11-15 07:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1383	Re-Nationalization of Industry Continues [...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel describes how the GOB has been using the Golden Share to nationalize a number of companies. Over the summer the GOB invoked the Golden Share to take temporary control of several firms. The GOB then ordered these companies to issue large numbers of severely undervalued sh [...]	2005-11-15 11:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV WTRO BO
05MINSK1384	Belarusian TV Accuses U.S. Diplomats of Revolutionary [...] (U) Summary: Belarus' national television channel aired exposes on November 4 and 13 accusing U.S. intelligence agencies of using NGOs and the human rights/democracy campaign as covers for spreading revolutions around the world. The hosts of the two programs proposed that Emboffs were partic [...]	2005-11-15 11:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1387	Free Press Cut from State Distribution Network [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 4 and 11, Belarusian state postal service provider RUP Belpochta announced it would remove four independent newspapers from the list of periodicals available for subscription in 2006. On November 9, the Ministry of Information issued a warning to the editor of "Zhod [...]	2005-11-16 08:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1391	Mozyr Refinery Highly Profitable [...] (SBU) Summary: Belarus has two oil refineries, in Mozyr and Novopolotsk. The GOB owns the Novopolotsk refinery and 43% of the Mozyr refinery, but is trying to take ownership of another 12% from an employee association. The Mozyr Oil Refinery (MOR) can refine 10 million tons of oil per year. [...]	2005-11-16 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON ETRD BO
05MINSK1393	Minsk Obstinate on WTO [...] At a November 11 press conference, Belarus' MFA lashed out at the European Union, United States and Australia for "politicizing" Belarus' WTO membership. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhnevich, who led the Belarusian delegation at the October 24 informal consultations in Geneva (ref B),told the p [...]	2005-11-16 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO PGOV USTR BO
05MINSK1404	GOB: "We're Peaceful, Friendly" [...] Summary and comment: In recent weeks Belarusian state owned television has aired several hostile and tendentious "news" programs accusing U.S. diplomats of espionage, orchestrating the political opposition, and trying to destabilize Belarus. State owned newspapers have carried similar stories [...]	2005-11-21 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI BO
05MINSK1405	Lukashenko Forming an Obedient Electorate Ahead of the [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the beginning of September, Lukashenko has stepped up populist efforts to buy the people's support for his election. At the same time, he has intensified his campaign to liquidate opposition forces within the media, youth, and workforce in order to prevent what he portray [...]	2005-11-22 06:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1406	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - November 18, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. State Distribution Lists Cuts Eleven Independent Newspapers On November 15, Belarusian state postal service provider RUP Belpochta removed six more inde [...]	2005-11-22 07:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1409	INDEPENDENT POLLS FALL UNDER GOB CONTROL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 12, the GOB announced that all independent polling institutions must receive accreditation by a special panel of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences. The resolution enumerates several requirements the pollsters must meet in order to receive accreditation, wh [...]	2005-11-22 11:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1410	Empty Victory for Narodnaya Volya [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 17, the Minsk City Economic Court ordered the state-run publishing house, Krasnaya Zvezda (KZ),to begin publishing the independent newspaper Narodnaya Volya (NV) again after KZ broke its contract with the paper. However, it is unlikely KZ will actually print any is [...]	2005-11-22 11:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1419	Day of Solidarity Numbers Don't Add Up [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, opposition activists hosted the second "Day of Solidarity" with those who have been persecuted by the GOB. While the organizers reported extremely high levels of participation, embassy observations suggest their numbers were inflated. End summary. 2. (U) On [...]	2005-11-23 07:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1422	MFA Begs for WTO Help [...] (SBU) Summary: One week after publicly lambasting the U.S. for "blocking" Belarus' WTO application for political reasons, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhnevich summoned Ambassador to complain about the USG position and ask for assistance in moving forward. Ambassador replied it was the GOB, not US [...]	2005-11-23 10:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV USTR BO
05MINSK1425	GOB Forum Warns Against Investing in Belarus [...] Summary: On November 17 Econoff and Econasst attended an investment conference in Mogilev, eastern Belarus, hosted by local authorities. In traditional fashion, about half the speakers called for foreign and domestic investment to Mogilev. However, the rest of the speakers presented reasons n [...]	2005-11-23 12:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV BO
05MINSK1432	Avian and Pandemic Influenza Information from [...] This is a response to ref A action request. All information is from Emboff meetings (ref B) with Belarusian Ministry of Health (MoH) officials, public briefings, and press statements. A Plan for Avian Influenza -------------------------- 2. The GOB has a preparedness plan/strategy for [...]	2005-11-25 12:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL BO
05MINSK1433	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - November 25, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. New Life Church's Building is NOT a Cow Barn On November 17, the New Life Church filed its third application for registration at the address of the forme [...]	2005-11-25 13:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1436	Security Advisory Opinion (FEDULOV, YURIY) [...] (S) Summary: Post requests guidance regarding the visa application of Yuri Nikolaevich Fedulov. Mr. Fedulov is applying for a visa in order to attend NATO working group conferences and to visit family. The previous Defense Attache and the previous Consular Officer at Embassy Minsk had seriou [...]	2005-11-29 08:44:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	CVIS FEDULOV YURIY PINR PGOV BO
05MINSK1437	Three Years In Jail for Discrediting Belarus [...] (U) Summary: Belarus' lower house of Parliament on November 25 approved in first reading amendments to the criminal code that would make it a criminal offense to participate in demonstrations or give "false" information to foreign entities and international organizations. Though still requiri [...]	2005-11-30 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1444	Human Rights Day 2005 Plans [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 10:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1445	Belarus: Energy Round-up [...] Summary: Post provides a number of energy topics of interest that were not otherwise reported. Natural gas issues will be reported separately. Included are: --Belarus Buys Russian Electricity, Not Ukrainian --Belarus Offers to Process, Rather than Ship, Kazakh Crude --GOB Wants More Russia [...]	2005-12-01 10:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON ETRD BO
05MINSK1452	MOTOVELO WORKERS GO ON STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: Workers at a Minsk motorcycle plant went on strike on November 25 demanding the factory pay their October wages. After blocking a large highway for one and a half hours, the factory administration finally agreed to pay the wages by November 30. While on a regional trip, an angry [...]	2005-12-02 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1458	Belarus: Libertad Act [...] Summary: The GOB strongly supports the Castro government, publicly opposes the U.S. embargo on Cuba, has no interest in promoting democracy, the protection of human rights or free market reform, and is building economic ties with Cuba. Minsk and Havana in fact became sister cities in November. [...]	2005-12-02 14:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC PREL BO CU
05MINSK1462	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 02, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Stricter Laws on Discrediting Belarus On December 25, the lower house of PQliament overwhelmingly approved the first reading of amendments to Belarus' cr [...]	2005-12-05 11:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1464	LUKASHENKO STANDS ON HIS SOAPBOX FOR RUSSIAN [...] Summary: President Lukashenko spoke at a November 23 press conference with approximately 100 visiting Russian reporters from provincial media outlets. With his characteristically bizarre statements, Lukashenko criticized the Russians for stalling the creation of the union state, not helping B [...]	2005-12-05 15:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1485	GOB Seeks Meeting with U.S. Delegation During WTO [...] Following up on Ambassador's November 21 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Mikhnevich (reftel),the MFA on December 8 delivered a letter to Ambassador requesting the Embassy's assistance in arranging a meeting with a senior member of the U.S. delegation at the December 13-18 WTO M [...]	2005-12-09 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR ECON BO CH
05MINSK1487	INCSR Part I from Belarus [...] I. Summary. Belarus continues to grow in importance as a transit country for drugs. Local drug use and drug-related crime rates continue to increase. Belarus does not produce drugs for export, though it may be a source of precursor chemicals. With the help of other nations and organizations, B [...]	2005-12-09 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1488	DAS Kramer Meets with Civil Society Leaders [...] (C) Summary: On December 6, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer met with civil society leaders who SIPDIS called for increased support to independent media, including radio broadcasts and, above all, print media. The amendments to the criminal code (approvedbyboth hmbers of Prliamen [...]	2005-12-09 14:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
05MINSK1494	Future of Minsk Forum in Doubt [...] (C) The German Embassy in Minsk hosted the eighth annual Minsk Forum November 24-26. This forum is meant to bring together Belarusian and German policy leaders and NGOs to discuss politics, economics and social issues. This year seven Bundestag members attended, as well as several German and [...]	2005-12-13 13:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
05MINSK1495	EUR DAS Kramer Discusses Campaign Strategy with [...] (C) Summary: On December 6, EUR DAS David Kramer met with single opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's campaign team. Milinkevich was out in the regions on his campaign trips. Campaign manager Sergey Kalyakin and his deputies described the negative effects the government- supported i [...]	2005-12-13 13:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1498	Russian Embassy Explains Slow Russia-Belarus Integration [...] Summary: While speaking to investment forum participants in Mogilev on November 17 (reftel),Trade Counselor of the Russian Embassy in Minsk Evgeniy Novozhilov explained why he believed economic integration of Belarus and Russia, as envisaged in the union state, has been slow. He blamed Belaru [...]	2005-12-14 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL BO
05MINSK1499	Lukashenko to Rule Economy [...] (U) Summary: In recent months President Lukashenko has issued several presidential decrees that put vast powers over the economy into his hands. Most egregiously, Decree 520 specifically gives Lukashenko expansive authorities, and baldly states that any legislation that contradicts the decree [...]	2005-12-14 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV WTRO PGOV USTR BO

05MINSK1507	Presidential Elections To Take Place In March 2006 [...] (C) Summary: On December 16, the Belarusian Parliament in a suddenly announced extraordinary session unanimously approved March 19, 2006, as the date for holding presidential elections. Rumors about holding the elections in March started to circulate in November, although Belarusian election o [...]	2005-12-16 15:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1518	Belarus: MTCR Info Passed [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 13:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA BO
05MINSK1524	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. --------- Elections --------- 2. "Ambassador's Residence is Opposition's Meetinghouse" - State TV On December 17, Post held its annual children's holiday party for U.S. Embassy staff at Ambassad [...]	2005-12-21 10:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1525	WORLD BANK IN BELARUS: FUTURE ENGAGEMENT RESTS ON [...] SUMMARY: Increasing GOB impediments to the provision of foreign assistance and further resistance to outside advice call into question the future of World Bank operations in Belarus. The Bank is pinning its hopes on realization of a proposed $50 million project in energy conservation and gas [...]	2005-12-22 07:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ENRG SENV UNDP BO
05MINSK1527	Partnership Prepared to Observe Elections [...] (C) Summary: On December 20, 2005, Poloffs met with civil initiative Partnership deputy director Enira Bronitskaya to inquire about the possibility of Partnership monitoring the March 2006 presidential elections. Partnership plans to observe the electoral process, including the signature verif [...]	2005-12-22 12:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1528	World Bank Rep Skeptical of Belarus' Continued [...] (C) Summary: World Bank Permanent Representative Vladimir Voronin discussed with DCM and Pol/Econ Chief the general state of the Belarusian economy, stressing the opportunity for Belarus to make badly needed economic reforms is now. Referring to the World Bank's recently published economic a [...]	2005-12-22 12:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
05MINSK1547	Women's Issues Working Group Launches Networking [...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. On November 30, DCM hosted a reception for twenty Belarusian women leaders from all spheres in society Q political, civil, and business - to provide prominent and active women from all regions in Belarus with an opportunity to network and share i [...]	2005-12-29 07:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN SCUL BO
05MINSK1549	Russia Gives the Gift of Cheap Gas [...] Summary: At a time when Gazprom is abrogating its supply contracts with other countries and raising gas prices for the recently democratic (Ukraine, Georgia),Belarus remains on the Gazprom gravy train for another year. On December 27, Gazprom and Beltransgaz (Belarus' domestic gas monopoly) s [...]	2005-12-29 07:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON ETRD PGOV BO
05MINSK1555	Presidential Hopefuls Begin Signature Collection [...] (C) Summary: The Central Electoral Committee (CEC) on December 27 registered all eight candidates for the March presidential elections and their "groups of support." The potential candidates include President Lukashenko, pro- Lukashenko MP Sergey Gaidukevich, 10+ coalition candidate Aleksand [...]	2005-12-29 13:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1556	Even Bureaucrats Want Change: Elite Poll Shows [...] (C) Summary: Head of the IISEPS polling service Oleg Manaev (protect) delivered his recent survey results to Ambassador on December 21. The two groups surveyed - thirty business leaders and thirty senior government officials Q responded similarly on most questions about the upcoming presiden [...]	2005-12-29 13:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1558	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 28, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ No Protection from Triple Jeopardy in Belarus 2. On December 20, the Supreme Economic Court (SEC) overturned its own previous ruling and decided that the Belarusian Helsinki [...]	2005-12-30 09:29:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1561	Minsk Election Weekly II (December 24-30) [...] This is the second in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. -------------- The Candidates -------------- All Eight Potential Candidates Registered, Now it Gets Hard 2. The Central Election [...]	2005-12-30 10:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK757	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 6, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Restricted Political Parties On June 29, the Belarusian Parliament amended a law further restricting political parties by [...]	2005-07-13 05:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK759	RIOT POLICE PUNCHES WIDOW OF MISSING REPORTER [...] (U) Summary: On July 7, Svetlana Zavadskaya, widow of missing Russian cameraman Dmitry Zavadsky, and other supporters demonstrated on October Square to mark the fifth anniversary of Zavadsky's disappearance. Soon after the demonstration began, OMON riot police attempted to push the crowd off [...]	2005-07-13 07:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK760	New SD Leader Meets Ambassador, Tries to Sell [...] (C) Summary: On July 7, new social democrat leader Aleksandr Kozulin called on Ambassador Krol to give his view of the political opposition in Belarus. Kozulin spent most of the meeting slamming the rest of the opposition for their waste of foreign monies and inability to build their parties. [...]	2005-07-13 07:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BO
05MINSK780	INTERNATIONAL CHERNOBYL REHABILITATION PROGRAM: [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-15 05:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AORC SENV UNDP BO
05MINSK790	Lukashenko Tightens Control over Donations [...] Summary: On July 1 President Lukashenko issued edict 300, "On the Provision and Use of Donations." The document puts legal bounds on who can provide and receive donations in Belarus and for what purposes. It further restricts the provision of material support to any opposition political and pu [...]	2005-07-19 13:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
05MINSK792	Roma Update: Belarus [...] Summary: On July 5, the DCM met with Belarusian Roma leader Oleg Kozlovskiy. Kozlovskiy requested a meeting with the Embassy in order to share recent developments within the Roma community, while also reiterating continued concerns and problems. Belarusian authorities generally ignore the Ro [...]	2005-07-19 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK793	Lukashenko Has No Friends Or Money [...] Summary: Famous Russian journalist Oleg Poptsov recently interviewed President Lukashenko on the Russian TV channel "Tsentr". Poptsov, previously known for his pro-democratic stance, surprisingly agreed with Lukashenko on most topics and portrayed Lukashenko as an honorable president. Lukas [...]	2005-07-20 08:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK794	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 13, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- Â [...]	2005-07-20 08:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK810	Polling Shows Street Name Fury [...] Summary: According to the NOVAK opinion polling for June, 42.3 percent of Belarusians would vote for President Aleksandr Lukashenko, down 0.1 percent since April. The opposition candidate posing the greatest threat to Lukashenko, UCP leader Anatoli Lebedko, would receive 1.0 percent of the v [...]	2005-07-22 10:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK825	NGO SAFETY NET SEVERED [...] Summary: On July 1, President Lukashenko signed edict 302, which significantly tightens the creation and limits the activities of funds, i.e. non-profit organizations without membership established for the advancement of social, cultural, educational and other purposes. Before the edict was sig [...]	2005-07-26 08:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
05MINSK826	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Students to Serve State On July 19, the Gomel Regional Soviet adopted a 2005- 2007 program to engage youths in ideology, [...]	2005-07-26 08:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK838	QELECTION FRAUD, OPPRESSION, AND JOB LOSS IN MOLODECHNO [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-26 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK851	THE BANKING SECTOR, BELARUSIAN STYLE [...] Summary: The banking system in Belarus is characterized by its underdevelopment, lack of foreign competition, and constant government interference. The Belarusian economy still relies primarily on cash as a settlement instrument. Cash outside the banking sector is the preferred method of paym [...]	2005-07-28 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR BTIU PGOV AFIN BO
05MINSK859	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 27, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. No Election Observation On July 21, Secretary of the Central Elections Commission Nikolai Lozovik stated the Belarus does [...]	2005-07-29 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK870	Farming In Belarus Still A Risky Business [...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited a "privatized" collective farm on July 7 to assess the progress made since the previous visit in July 2004. Financial loss, alcoholism, theft, laziness, and government interference remain big problems. The infrastructure has improved little while more money needs [...]	2005-08-01 10:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK904	Russia's Missing Ambassador and the Sorry State of [...] (C) Summary: Russia's newly appointed Ambassador to Belarus, and former Saratov governor, Dmitriy Ayatskov's arrival to assume his post has been delayed "indefinitely." Minsk has linked this delay to indelicate remarks Ayatskov made critical of Lukashenko, although the Russian MFA claims he re [...]	2005-08-04 13:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK922	Belarus IPR Update [...] (SBU) Summary: A Belarusian state agency "protects" musicians' copyrights by collecting royalties on their behalf from all Belarusian restaurants, radio stations, clubs and bars. This agency recently muscled in on the local cable TV market, with the effect of stopping payments to many foreign [...]	2005-08-05 13:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR BO
05MINSK923	The "Best" Harvest Ever [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2005 harvest campaign is in full swing in Belarus and, like in years past, Lukashenko expects an unattainable yield. During his annual conference on the "battle for the harvest", Lukashenko rattled off his demands and listened to exceptional progress reports from nervous a [...]	2005-08-05 13:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV ECON BO
05MINSK939	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 03, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Statkevich Begins Sentence On July 29, opposition politician Nikolai Statkevich arrived in Baranovichi to serve his two-year restricted freedom sentence [...]	2005-08-12 05:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK941	BANDAZHEVSKY RELEASED [...] Summary: Chernobyl researcher and doctor of radiology Yuri Bandazhevsky was released on August 5 after serving six years of chimia (supervised labor in a rural area),but he will remain on probation for another five months. Many viewed Bandazhevsky's trial and eight- year sentence for briber [...]	2005-08-12 06:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK951	President Signs TIP Edict [...] Summary: On August 8 President Lukashenko signed the edict `On Preventing the Effects of TIP', which defines the status of trafficking victims and mandates measures to provide protection and medical care and to guarantee social security to these victims. The edict is another important step by [...]	2005-08-16 07:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK956	Minsk's Deepening Relations with China [...] (U) Summary: Belarus' relationship with China continues to strengthen. China has invested and plans to invest millions of dollars in Belarusian companies while Belarus is contemplating opening a bank in China. Both countries have exchanged military delegations and have signed military accord [...]	2005-08-16 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BO CH
05MINSK984	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 17, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Kyoto Protocol On August 15, Belarus joined the Kyoto Protocol. At the upcoming November meeting of participating countrie [...]	2005-08-22 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK992	Few Protest German Radio Plans [...] (SBU) Summary: Deutsche Welle recently won a bid to broadcast 30 minutes of radio news to Belarus daily. However, their announcement proved controversial because DW plans to broadcast in the Russian language. Belarus' nationalist opposition protested loudly in local and international press, b [...]	2005-08-23 12:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI BO
06LINSK1234	LUKASHENKO'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: A METHOD TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH VE AJ IR BO
06MILSK1226	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 24, [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 11:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSI225	ELECTINN OFFICIAL TELLS EUR DAR KRAMER ELECTIONSQ [...] (C) Sumaary: VisiWKkQEUR DAS David Kramer met with Central Election Commissikn (CDC) Secretary Nikolai Lozovik on February 24. Lozovik stressed that Bdlarus, election process is democratic and expressed anger at the OSCE and U.S. for saying otherwise. He also criti`ized the oppoSitiof for co [...]	2006-03-02 13:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK10	Belarus' Flailing White Elephants [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months Ambassador and Emboffs have visited several of Belarus' larger businesses, including its fourth largest company, the Minsk Automobile Factory (MAZ),its fifth largest company, the Belarus Automobile Factory (BelAZ),and Belshina, one of the world's largest tire [...]	2006-01-05 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD ELAB PGOV BO
06MINSK1002	GOB DENIES ACCESS TO KOZULIN, ANONYMOUS LETTER [...] (C) On September 8, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the MFA in response to the Embassy's August 10 request for access to former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin in prison. Charge had traveled to the prison to seek access to Kozulin August 30, but was told that t [...]	2006-09-13 11:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1013	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 18, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Chinese Defense Minister Meets with Lukashenko in Minsk (para. 2) - Lukashenko Arrives in Havana for NAM Summit (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY --------- [...]	2006-09-18 08:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK1018	DAY OF SOLIDARITY EVENT CUT SHORT BY POWER FAILURE [...] (C) Summary: On September 16, youth opposition activists staged a demonstration and concert on the one-year anniversary of the first "Days of Solidarity" event. Despite significant security presence and attempts by the GOB to impede the rally, the demonstration in Minsk attracted approximat [...]	2006-09-18 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF ASEC BO
06MINSK1019	UNION STATE STAGNATES ALONG WITH GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite public statements to the contrary, and without knowing the content of the "Constitutional Act," Russia and Belarus still appear far from completing an agreement on a Union State. Before seriously negotiating on the Union State the two still must resolve issues that re-em [...]	2006-09-18 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK1031	TIP Film Screening Prompts Discussion of GOB's Anti-TIP [...] (U) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief recently hosted a film screening of a U.S.-produced investigative documentary on victims of trafficking in persons (TIP) for independent journalists and leading members of the NGO community. The participants praised the film for its poignant presentation of the gl [...]	2006-09-20 12:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1036	BORISOV OPPOSITION FACES SEVERE REPRESSION AHEAD [...] (C) Poloffs recently traveled to Borisov to gauge local preparedness and the degree of cooperation of democratic forces ahead of the January 14 municipal elections. Despite blatant surveillance and frequent interruptions by GOB representatives and state media, Borisov's opposition political p [...]	2006-09-21 11:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
06MINSK1050	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 26, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Date Announced for CIS October Summit in Minsk (para. 2) - Belarus' Foreign Minister to Address UNGA (para. 3) - Foreign Ministries of Belarus, Iran [...]	2006-09-27 03:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK1055	HRDF POLLING CONTINUES, NEW DISTRIBUTOR SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) This is the third report on implementation of a DRL grant to provide independent opinion polling in Belarus. Under the auspices of a DRL Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) small grant (ref A),the IISEPS polling service conducted the fifth of six opinion polls August 15-25 (see septel [...]	2006-09-27 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BO
06MINSK1056	REGIME TIGHTENING ELECTORAL CODE ON EVE OF LOCAL [...] (C) The Belarusian Parliament will review a bill of 60 amendments to the Electoral Code in early October, which if passed, could have a noticeable impact on the process leading up to municipal elections in January 2007. Most of the changes will not be publicized until after signed into law by [...]	2006-09-27 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK106	WOMEN,S POLITICAL WILL IS STRONG BUT UNDERUTILIZED [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, DCM met with Belarusian Organization of Working Women (BOWW) representative to discuss the political mood of women on the eve of the presidential elections, BOWW's strategy to support the opposition candidates and the organization's future projects for the post-elec [...]	2006-02-03 07:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN SCUL BO
06MINSK1060	THE HARD LIFE AND TIMES OF BELARUSIAN THINK TANKS [...] (C) Leaders of the most prominent independent analytical centers in Belarus recently detailed how a continuing campaign of repression by the Lukashenko regime has caused many of their organizations to formally disband. Despite the pressure, think tank leaders continue working to try to inform [...]	2006-09-28 10:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1061	OPPOSITION COALITION SPLITTING AT THE SEAMS [...] (C) On September 25, several key parties within the United Democratic Forces (UDF) announced the formation of an independent &executive body8 to coordinate plans for the January 2007 municipal elections. In response to this latest development, UDF leader Aleksandr Milinkevich has stated in u [...]	2006-09-28 15:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK1062	OPPOSITION LEADERS ADMIT DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, [...] (C) Charge met separately September 29 at the Embassy with Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) leaders Vintsuk Vyachorka and Anatoliy Lebedko to discuss the state of the united opposition (ref A). Both Vyachorka and Lebedko stated that while as before there were differences of opinion, the coal [...]	2006-09-29 09:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK1074	BELARUSIAN YOUTH ACTIVELY WORKING, JUST NOT [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian youth groups have redirected their attention away from post-election stagnation to resuming activities to bring about change in Belarus. Some are actively preparing for the January 2007 local elections, while others are focusing on distributing information, providing [...]	2006-10-03 10:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK1075	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 03, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Discusses Union State Agenda with Borodin (para. 2) - China's Ambassador Calls Belarus A Friend and Partner (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY -- [...]	2006-10-03 11:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK1079	LUKASHENKO FIELDS SOFTBALLS FROM RUSSIAN MEDIA, [...] (C) In an extensively covered lengthy press conference with selected visiting Russian journalists, President Lukashenko laid all the blame for the latest delay in Belarusian-Russian integration at the doorstep of the Kremlin. On the other hand, he claimed an affinity for Russia, told the audi [...]	2006-10-03 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK108	Minsk Election Weekly VII (January 28-February 3) [...] This is the seventh in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ----------------- Signature Results ----------------- 2. After a month of signature collection, the CEC announced the following [...]	2006-02-03 09:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1081	BELARUS TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] Responses keyed to paragraph 11 of reftel: A. Only one trade agency, State, is represented at Post. B. Contact person: Nathan Lane, Deputy Political/Economic Section Chief lanenp@state.gov tel. (375-17) 210-1283 ext. 4434 fax (375-17) 234-78-53 Backup Dmitriy Semenov, Political/Ec [...]	2006-10-04 12:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BO
06MINSK1084	NEW EU INTEREST IN VISA BANS ON STATE MEDIA [...] (C) Embassy Minsk recommends that the Department renew its efforts to persuade European allies to expand the current EU visa ban against top officials of the Lukashenko regime to include twelve state media executives and journalists, who are responsible for some of the most egregious propaganda [...]	2006-10-05 09:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1088	DEMARCHE ON NORTH KOREAN TEST DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-06 04:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KN BO
06MINSK1099	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 06, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Milinkevich as Campaign Aide for Local Candidates (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Opposition Activist Jailed for 2005 Bombings in Vitebsk (para. 3) - Opposition, [...]	2006-10-06 12:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB KHIV BO
06MINSK11	Minsk Election Weekly III (December 31 - January 6) [...] This is the third in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ------------- The Campaigns ------------- 2. Expelled BSU Students Not For Kozulin Independent online news source Charter 97 post [...]	2006-01-05 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1100	DEMARCHE ON NORTH KOREAN TEST DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 04:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KN BO
06MINSK1102	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN [...] (C) The Ambassador met October 9 with Belarusian Foreign Minister Martynov to present him with copies of the letter of recall for her predecessor and her letters of credence. Martynov welcomed the Ambassador, and made his usual comments about the nature of the relationship Belarus wants to hav [...]	2006-10-11 13:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK1109	AMBASSADOR REINFORCES UNITY MESSAGE TO OPPOSITION [...] (C) On October 11, Ambassador met with three senior leaders of the United Democratic Forces (UDF) opposition coalition: Belarusian Party of Communists leader Sergey Kalyakin, United Civic Party leader Anatoliy Lebedko, and Belarusian Popular Front Vintsuk Vyachorka. UDF leader Aleksandr Mil [...]	2006-10-13 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1110	REGIME FINGERS OPPOSITION ACTIVIST FOR 2005 [...] (C) On October 5, Belarusian law enforcement authorities arrested prominent youth opposition leader Pavel Krasovskiy on suspected involvement in two bombings in 2005 that injured approximately 50 people in northeastern Belarus. If formally charged and found guilty, Krasovskiy could face the de [...]	2006-10-13 14:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1116	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 16, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Opposition Parties Agree on Campaign Cooperation (para. 2) - Authorities Approves Election Deadlines, Restrict Media (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Lower Chamber [...]	2006-10-17 03:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1117	INDEPENDENT POLLING: MILINKEVICH SUPPORT RATINGS DECLINE [...] Summary: Independent Belarusian pollster Manaev September 25 gave Poloff results of his fifth post election survey conducted in August. Opposition coalition presidential candidate Milinkevich's support rating dropped 8.8 points since March to 11.6%, whereas President Lukashenko's support rati [...]	2006-10-17 04:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK1119	BELARUSIAN RELGIOUS LEADERS SHARE THEIR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) As her first official event at her residence, Ambassador hosted a breakfast for leaders of various religious communities in Minsk and visiting EUR/UMB deskoff. While the representative of the GOB-sympathetic Catholic Church was hesitant to air his concerns openly, the Protestant and Hare [...]	2006-10-18 06:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK1123	"16" NOT SO SWEET: DAYS OF SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN [...] (C) September 16, 2006 marked the first anniversary of the "Days of Solidarity" opposition campaign in Belarus. Planned as a series of monthly candle-lighting ceremonies on the 16th of each month honoring the memories of disappeared opponents of the Lukashenko regime, the campaign evolved into [...]	2006-10-18 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1136	OPPOSITION YOUTH LEADER RECONSIDERS HIS ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Authorities conditionally released youth opposition activist Pavel Krasovskiy from police custody on October 15, following 10 days of questioning in connection with two 2005 Vitebsk bombings and a 1999 murder and rape case. After strong words of support from Ambassador, Krasovskiy admitte [...]	2006-10-20 13:36:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK1141	MILINKEVICH PROMOTES HIS OWN MOVEMENT IN MEETING [...] (C) On October 20, Ambassador met with opposition coalition leader Milinkevich to discuss the status of the United Democratic Forces (UDF). Milinkevich stressed that the coalition was generally united despite internal disagreements on strategy, a second coalition congress, and UDF leadership. [...]	2006-10-24 13:13:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1142	HOSIERY, HYPERMARKETS AND HOT RODS; ECONOMIC [...] (C) The first-time visitor to Minsk will quickly notice pockets of conspicuous consumption belying tour book descriptions of Belarus as a museum of all things Soviet. On the road from the airport one will pass new multi-story dachas, a Porsche dealership and a billboard advertising designer l [...]	2006-10-24 13:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1143	PROTESTANTS PREPARED TO "FIGHT UNTIL THE END" TO [...] (SBU) On October 21, approximately 600 people gathered in Minsk to protest the GOB's confiscation of the New Life Church's (NLC) property. Amidst heavy security presence, NLC Senior Pastor Vyacheslav Goncharenko called on the people to defend their right to freedom of religion. On October 17 [...]	2006-10-24 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
06MINSK1144	TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR INSULTING LUKASHENKO [...] (SBU) In a politically motivated trial observed by Poloff, a Minsk court sentenced a 60-year-old human rights activist Yekaterina Sadovskaya to two years in prison for allegedly insulting President Lukashenko by demanding he be subjected to a mental examination. The court also fined her USD [...]	2006-10-25 04:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK1149	LOCAL ELECTION PROCESS DOES NOT LOOK PROMISING FOR [...] (SBU) The Belarusian Central Election Committee (CEC) approved a calendar of the process for the January 14, 2007 local council elections, listing the dates territorial election commissions are to be formed, the time period for nominees to gather signatures( and the date marking the beginning [...]	2006-10-27 05:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1157	COALITION LEADERS SETTLE ON HOLDING SECOND [...] (C) The United Democratic Forces (UDF) Political Council recently agreed to convene a second congress of democratic forces on March 25, 2007. The dec)sion was included in th% Political CounciX's approved "Agreement on the UDF Political Campaign" that also called for the creation of a Political [...]	2006-10-31 05:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1159	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 31, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Wins European Parliament's Sakharov Award (para. 2) - Skrebets Will Be Released in November (para. 3) - Activist Arrested Near Presidential Administration ( [...]	2006-10-31 10:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1162	U.S.-EU AMBASSADORS PRESS FOR ACCESS TO OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) On October 30, Ambassador and EU Heads of Mission in Minsk continued their assertive and collaborative approach to spotlighting the Lukashenko regime's politically motivated imprisonments by coordinating their attempts to gain access to the criminal trial against Dmitriy Dashkevich, the [...]	2006-11-01 03:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1163	PSI LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-01 05:02:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KN BOQ
06MINSK1164	SATISFYING THE MARKET IN A STATE-DOMINATED ECONOMY [...] (C) Profitable Belarusian businesses, even if they are completely privately owned, must respond in large part to the dictates of the state. This is especially true when private companies try to compete in the same markets with state-owned enterprises. The complex business environment, which e [...]	2006-11-01 09:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1166	OPPOSITION YOUTH LEADER RECEIVES 18 MONTHS [...] (SBU) On November 1, Judge Alla Bulash convicted Dmitriy Dashkevich, the leader of the opposition youth organization Malady Front, for allegedly operating an unregistered organization (reftel). In a courtroom opened to Dashkevich's father, international observers and a small number of indepe [...]	2006-11-01 14:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK117	MFA Wants Positive WTO Answer Now [...] (U) On February 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Mikhnevich called Ambassador to the MFA to complain again about the U.S., EU and the WTO. Also present were Anton Kudasov, Deputy Director of the MFA's Directorate of Foreign Trade, Sergey Gulevich, Deputy Head of the MFA's Division of Forei [...]	2006-02-06 10:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV USTR BO
06MINSK1174	U.S.-EU AMBASSADORQ SHOW SUPPORT FOR CHURCH UNDER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and EU Heads of Mission recently visited the embattled New Life Church (NLC) to show their support for religious freedom in Belarus. The NLC ended its 23-day hunger strike on October 29 after the Supreme Economic Court agreed to review the church's appeal of the forced [...]	2006-11-03 14:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KIRF BO
06MINSK1179	GOB'S EGO OUTSTRIPS ACTIONS IN ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (C) The GOB and the International Organization for Migration recently co-hosted an international conference that sought to bolster cooperation between source and destination countries in the battle against trafficking in persons (TIP). At the conference, GOB officials stressed the importance [...]	2006-11-09 05:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM BO
06MINSK1184	LUKASHENKO AND RUSSIA: A TALE OF UNREQUITED LOVE? [...] (C) Lukashenko and Putin likely will achieve little during a possible November 10 meeting in Moscow. Both countries continue to play hardball with one another in energy negotiations, which are expected to drag on until the end of the year. Belarus will eventually have to settle for increased [...]	2006-11-09 12:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1187	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 9, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. This edition includes events thru the November 6- 7 Revolution Day holiday. The next edition will cover items thru November 17. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - U.S. and EU Ambassa [...]	2006-11-09 13:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1188	BELARUS NOT DOING WHAT IS NEEDED TO PREVENT GSP [...] (C) On October 12, the European Commission (EC) postponed its decision to suspend the General System of Preferences (GSP) for Belarus, giving Belarus more time to implement the International Labor Organization's (ILO) 12 recommendations to improve labor rights (ref A). According to some estim [...]	2006-11-13 09:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK1192	REGIONAL ACTIVISTS CONFIRM: BELARUSIANS ARE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief and Emboffs recently traveled to Polotsk and Baranovichi in introductory visits with local authorities, opposition activists, and entrepreneurs. Opposition activists and journalists in both communities openly described the repression they face, but continue to cooperate toge [...]	2006-11-14 07:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1204	HUNGER-STRIKING KOZULIN DENIED FAMILY CONTACT [...] (C) At a recent opposition Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) press conference held in support of imprisoned BSDP chair and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Kozulin's wife discussed how authorities repeatedly denied her husband family contact and legal counsel [...]	2006-11-17 15:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1207	AMBASSADOR VISITS VANDALIZED HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL [...] (C) Ambassador visited Minsk's Yama Holocaust Memorial and two other related sites on November 15. The Yama site had been vandalized on November 11, when unknown persons drew a swastika on the memorial's main monument, splashed white paint on bronze statues, and left leaflets signed by the "B [...]	2006-11-20 13:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KIRF BO
06MINSK121	P5+2 Statement on Iran [...] On February 6, Econoff delivered ref A points and statement to Igor Ugorich of the MFA's Department of International Security and Arms Control. Ugorich received the information without comment. Econoff stressed that, given recent statements of intent for Belarus and Iran to cooperate on nuclea [...]	2006-02-07 06:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP PREL IR BO
06MINSK1212	BELARUSIAN ECONOMIC FUTURE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Belarus' current trend of robust GDP growth faces numerous challenges. The so-called economic miracle rests largely on Russian subsidies, with the government failing to harness the windfall to prepare for its seemingly inevitable end. Russia's preparations to join the WTO threatEn toQ ha [...]	2006-11-24 06:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1213	HUNGER-STRIKING KOZULIN DENIED FAMILY CONTACT [...] (C) At a recent opposition Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) press conference held in support of imprisoned BSDP chair and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Kozulin's wife discussed how authorities repeatedly denied her husband family contact and legal counsel [...]	2006-11-24 10:23:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1215	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-06-11, 12, AND 13 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 12:06:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	KACT PARM UP US START JCIC BO
06MINSK1220	MINSK FORUM: BITING THE HAND THAT PATS YOUR BACK? [...] (C) November 9-11 witnessed the Minsk Fgrum, an annual German-sponsored conference designed to be a platform for open dialogue. The GOB's denial of visas to at least eight would-be attendees overshadowed the substance of the conference. The row highlights the hazards of attempting even seemi [...]	2006-11-24 14:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK1221	POLITICAL PARTY DEPUTIES POINT FINGERS WHILE [...] (C) Ambassador on November 17 met with deputy leaders of pro-democratic political parties to gauge the unity within the coalition and the progress in the local council elections. The deputy leaders reported a small victory in receiving registration for most of their initiative groups, althoug [...]	2006-11-24 14:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1222	FREED MP CALLS FOR SHADOW GOVERNMENT, UNSC DEBATE [...] (C) Ambassador recently met with former opposition MP and political prisoner Sergey Skrebets following his release on amnesty. While Skrebets described the prison conditions he and fellow hunger striking political prisoner Aleksandr Kozulin faced as somewhat better than the general prison po [...]	2006-11-24 14:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PFOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1225	INDEPENDENT POLLING REPORTS INCREASE IN INDEPENDENT RADIO [...] Independent Belarusian pollster Manaev November 21 gave Ambassador the results of his sixth and final post election survey. According to his results, both the amount of Belarusians who listen to foreign radio broadcasts and who use the internet continue to increase. Support ratings decreased s [...]	2006-11-29 11:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK1226	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 24, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LUKASHENKO PRESS CONFERENCE --------------------------- - Lukashenko Admits GOB Falsified Presidential Vote (para. 2) - Lukashenko Explains Reasons for "Last Dictator" (para. 3) INTERNATIONAL RELA [...]	2006-11-29 11:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO

06MINSK1227	HRDF POLLING ENDS, NEW DISTRIBUTOR SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) This is the fourth report on the implementation of a DRL grant to provide independent opinion polling in Belarus. Under the auspices of a DRL Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) small grant (ref A),the IISEPS polling service conducted the sixph and final opinion poll in November (see s [...]	2006-11-29 12:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BO
06MINSK1231	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN MINSK: GAS PRICE TO INCREASE [...] (C) During an introductory courtesy call, Ambassador was told by her Russian counterpart that the price of natural gas will be going up "right away" and that the Belarusian opposition was still in early stages of development. Russian Ambassador Surikov also noted that efforts continue behind [...]	2006-11-30 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PINR BO RS
06MINSK1234	LUKASHENKO'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: A METHOD TO THE [...] (C) Belarus' rocky relationship with Russia has forced the isolated country to pursue a different course in its foreign policy. The GOB has ratcheted up its efforts to strengthen ties with countries like Iran, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, and China over the past year. Belarus is attempting to div [...]	2006-12-01 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH VE AJ IR BO
06MINSK1235	LUKASHENKO ADMITS RIGGING ELECTIONS [...] (C) President Lukashenko admitted during a press conference with Ukrainian journalists in Minsk that he rigged the March 2006 presidential electionq. Lukashenko claimed that the GOB deliberately understated the official vote tally to satisfy European Q 9QI9M9 The dictator also criticized Ru [...]	2006-12-01 14:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1241	LOCAL COUNCIL DEPUTIES FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE [...] (C) Pro-democratic local council deputies from the regions of Belarus claimed to have high public support within their districts but doubted it would be enough to win re-election in what they predict will be fraudulent local council elections in January. Deputies informed Ambassador that GO [...]	2006-12-04 08:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1244	LUKASHENKO FOCUSES ON ENERGY SECURITY DURING CIS [...] (SBU) On November 28, Minsk hosted the CIS Heads of State summit. Although the agenda called for discussions on CIS reform and other issues, few agreements were reached. Lukashenko used the summit to negotiate with Russian President Putin on gas prices and the fate of Belarus' pipeline Beltra [...]	2006-12-05 12:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1245	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 4, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Meets Bush, Faces Two Months in Jail (para. 2) - Union of Left-wing Parties Favors Election Boycott (para. 3) - Youth Activists Attempt to Demonstrate Durin [...]	2006-12-05 13:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1248	KOZULINA APPROACHES AMBASSADOR TO HELP END [...] (C) Ambassador recently meet with Irina Kozulina, wife of hunger striking imprisoned former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin. Kozulina relayed to Ambassador Kozulin's request that the U.S. raise the GOB's human rights violations at the UN Security Council. She also asked t [...]	2006-12-05 13:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1252	LEFTIST PARTIES POISED TO BOYCOTT LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Leftist opposition parties Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC) and Belarusian Social Democratic Party (BSDP) "Gramada" intend to boycott the January 2007 local elections on the grounds that participating in a rigged process is pointless. A senior BPC member admitted to Pol/Econ Chief th [...]	2006-12-06 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
06MINSK1255	BELARUS: LIBETDACT [...] Summary: The GO is building economic ties with Cuba, strongly spports the Cuban government, and has no interest n promoting democracy, the protection of human rigts or free market reform. End summary. Belarsian-Cuban Investment, Trade and Exchanges ------------------------------------------ [...]	2006-12-07 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC PREL BO CU
06MINSK1256	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-14 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 13:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM UP US START JCIC BO
06MINSK1258	DELIVERED RESULTS OF 2006 MTCR PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC EITC KSCA TSPA
06MINSK1259	STROYENERGO PROPOSAL ON OPIC CLAIM [...] (SBU) Post has no derogatory information on Stroyenergo. However, judging by some of the contracts it has received, Stroyenergo, like many large construction firms, apparently enjoys a close relationship with the Belarusian government. Given such a relationship, it is quite likely the letter fr [...]	2006-12-08 11:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV BO
06MINSK1270	Prison Cannot Stop Pro-Democratic Activists [...] (C) Former political prisoners and the friends and family of opposition activists currently in jail gathered December 7 at Ambassador's residence. The event marked the second occasion in recent months that the Embassy has hosted a reception for these champions of democracy. The attendees desc [...]	2006-12-12 12:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1272	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 8, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Nomination Stage in Local Elections Over (para. 2) - Ten Members of BPC Withdraw From Local Elections (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Urges G8 Leaders [...]	2006-12-12 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1273	OPPOSITION UNITED ON KOZULIN, DIVIDED ON [...] (C) Through a series of demonstrations on World Human Rights Day (December 10),the Belarusian democratic forces demonstrated unity in supporting hunger striking imprisoned former opposition candidate Aleksandr Kozulin. Opposition leaders also expressed gratitude for Congress' recent passage [...]	2006-12-13 09:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1276	OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER FENDS OFF JAIL SENTENCE [...] (C) A Minsk judge suspended indefinitely the trial of opposition party leader Anatoliy Lebedko, whom authorities had charged with "minor hooliganism" for his participation in a December 10 World Human Rights Day demonstration, for lack of credible evidence. During his spirited self-defense, [...]	2006-12-14 09:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1278	KOZULIN ENDS HUNGER STRIKE, GRATEFUL TO USG [...] (C) On December 13, Irina Kozudina, wife of imprisoned former opposition Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) Chair and presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, confirmed to Charge that her husband ended the hunger strike that he began on October 20 in protest of the start of [...]	2006-12-14 11:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1283	LUKASHENKO, UNDER RUSSIAN PRESSURE, TRIES TO SHORE [...] (C) News Russia would begin charging full export duties on oil shipments to Belarus effective January 1 caught Lukashenko off guard, necessitating a hastily planned December 15 visit to Moscow. Although the GOB has downplayed the significance of the decision, the imposition of 100 percent of [...]	2006-12-15 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET BO RS
06MINSK1290	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 15, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko, Putin Meet in Moscow (para. 2) - Sudanese Foreign Minister to Visit (para. 3) - Chinese Military Delegation Arrives in Minsk (para. 4) [...]	2006-12-19 05:30:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1294	MFA CRITICIZES RAISING BELARUS AT UNSC, FEARS [...] (C) On December 20, Deputy Director of the MFA's Americas Department Grigoriy Lyashuk presented Ambassador Belarus' concerns regarding possible sanctions resulting from the passage of the Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act and the United State's use of the UN Security Council to raise the i [...]	2006-12-20 14:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM BO
06MINSK1299	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-22 07:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1301	LETTER FROM KOZULIN'S WIFE TO USG, AMERICAN PEOPLE [...] The following is an unofficial trAnslation of a letter from Irina Kozulina, wife of Belarus' imprisonedformer opposition presidential candidate AlekSandr Kozulin. Post will send the original leTter, received December 21, via pouch to EUR/UMB. 2. Begin text: Tothe United States GoverNment [...]	2006-12-22 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK1307	COURT UPHOLDS FIRING OF ELECTION MONITORING [...] (C) A Minsk court recently upheld a university's decision to fire a professor who had served as an independent election observer during Belarus' fraudulent March 2006 presidential elections. The university's case against reinstatement rested upon hearsay witnesses and threats of criminal inv [...]	2006-12-27 13:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK131	40 DAYS TO ELECTION DAY: PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Summary: With presidential elections only a month and a half away, the campaign "process" is well underway, but more in form than substance. Incumbent President Lukashenko, 10 Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich, former Belarusian State University rector Anatoly Kozulin, and pro-L [...]	2006-02-08 09:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK1314	GOT CAS? THE COLD WAR BETWEEJ BELARUS AND GAZPROM [...] (C) NEGOTIATIONS IN MOSCOW OVER GAS PRICES AND A RUSSIAN STAKE IN BELTRANSGAZ CONTINUE DOWN TO THE WIRE, WITH BOTH SIDES RATCHETING UP THE RHETORIC. GHILE THE EXACT TERMR AND TIMING OF A FINAL DEAL REMAIN UNCERTAIN, IT APPEARS *-QM!Q9-=WILL FINALLY CONC%DE A STAKE IN @ELTRANSG!Z IN RETURN DOR [...]	2006-12-29 11:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL BO RS
06MINSK1315	MINSK EAC DISCUSSES POSSIBLE INTERRUPTION IN [...] (SBU) Charge convened post's Emergency Action Committee December 28. In attendance were A/DCM, A/POL/ECON chief, RSO, CONS, GSO, IMO, ITO, A/DCM, CLO, MSG DET Commander, USAID and A/PAO. 2. (SBU) The EAC met to discuss the continuing dispute and negotiations between Gazprom and the Gover [...]	2006-12-29 11:15:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	ASEC CASC AMGT ENRG BO
06MINSK1317	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 29, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT ---------------------------------- - Russian Bank Acquires Belvneshekonombank (para. 2) ELECTIONS --------- - Lebedko Denied Permission to Meet With Voters (p [...]	2006-12-29 13:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK132	PARTNERSHIP ANONYMOUSLY REPORTS FIRST ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Despite potentially facing criminal charges for reporting any information that may discredit Belarus, civil initiative Partnership anonymously sent via email a report detailing the results of the first phase of its long-term election observation. The report, which covers January [...]	2006-02-08 09:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK134	Demarche On UN Reform [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 05:54:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PHUM PREL SOCI BO
06MINSK138	OPPOSITION DENIED PARTICIPATION IN ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: On December 30, the Central Election Committee announced the results of the territorial (regional and municipal) commission nomination process. Out of the 2,124 members, only one was a representative of the opposition, despite the dozens of nominations opposition parties submitt [...]	2006-02-10 06:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK141	Belarusian Athletes to Win, If They Know What Is Good For [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24, Belarus' chief Olympic coach Aleksandr Popov announced the names of athletes who would attend the Turin Olympic Games. Athletes in the past have suffered from stress-related illnesses or left the country altogether because of government pressure to win. Aleksei A [...]	2006-02-10 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
06MINSK147	Analyzing Belarusian Trade [...] (SBU) Summary: Trade figures for the first nine months of 2005 show a strong increase in Belarusian imports and exports, leading to a shrinking trade deficit. Russia remained by far Belarus' largest trading partner, accounting for 48% of trade. However, trade with Russia fell in both relative [...]	2006-02-13 09:29:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK148	Suspicious Belarusian Trade [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent years, Minsk has actively sought to increase trade and relations with pariah states as a counterbalance to Western pressures to democratize and as evidence that Lukashenko's rule is accepted abroad. Despite these efforts, trade with these Outposts of Tyranny and State [...]	2006-02-13 10:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK149	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - February 10, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Officer Punished For Illegal Seizure On February 9, the district prosecutor in Svetlagorsk disciplined a police officer for illegally seizing equipment and print material f [...]	2006-02-13 11:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK152	Belarus Getting Sicker [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Lukashenko's "Third Way Economic Miracle," the Belarusian population is now sicker, dies earlier and has fewer children than during the late Soviet period. Doctors at the CitiHope NGO recently passed to Econoff a report they drafted chronicling the systematic worsening o [...]	2006-02-14 08:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON TBIO ENRG MNUC SENV BO
06MINSK154	Minsk Election Weekly VIII (February 3-February 10) [...] This is the eighth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. --------------------------- Signatures and Registration --------------------------- 2. Grodno Commissions Reject Milinkevich's Sig [...]	2006-02-14 08:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK162	GOB Ready to Cooperate to Fight TIP [...] (U) In a surprisingly cooperative gesture, GOB officials willingly shared information on the GOB's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in an informal setting on February 10. DCM invited representatives from local NGO's and international organizations as well as GOB officials from t [...]	2006-02-15 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK17	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - January 5, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Independant Pollster Warned for Illegal Polling On December 30, the Prosecutor General's office issued a warning to head of the Independent Institute of Social, Economic an [...]	2006-01-10 09:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK172	FORMER OPPOSITION MP SKREBETS CONVICTED [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, the Supreme Court of Belarus convicted former Respublika MP Sergey Skrebets to 30 months in prison for allegedly obtaining bank loans through fraud. He was acquitted on charges of bribery and conducting illegal business activity. The nine months he spent in pre-tri [...]	2006-02-16 14:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK173	STATE MEDIA VILIFIES AMERICA, OFTEN [...] (C) Summary: In recent months Belarusian state media has become increasingly venomous in its daily attacks against the U.S. and the West. Common themes include charges of espionage, of Western attempts to destabilize the country, and of attempts to overthrow the government in a forced "color" [...]	2006-02-16 14:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK174	BELARUS AND THE ELECTIONS ACCORDING TO 2001 [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador recently met with former trade union leader and 2001 &single8 opposition presidential candidate Vladimir Goncharik to discuss the current political and economic environment in Belarus. Goncharik noted Belarus, worsening political and economic situation and Belarusians, [...]	2006-02-16 14:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK178	Minsk Election Weekly IX (February 11 - February 17) [...] This is the ninth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. Post will report on the February 17 registration of candidates process in septel. --------------------- Campaign Preparations --------- [...]	2006-02-17 15:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK179	DEMONSTRATION PEACEFULLY DISBURSED, SOME ARRESTS [...] (C) At 1800 on February 16, opposition groups Zubr and Charter 97 organized a peaceful demonstration on October Square as part of the Day of Solidarity campaign to encourage public support for the families of the disappeared figures and for overall democratic change in Belarus. Poloffs, who o [...]	2006-02-17 15:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK183	PARTNERSHIP NGO RELEASES SECOND ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Despite potentially facing criminal charges for reporting any information that may discredit Belarus, election monitoring NGO Partnership anonymously sent via email its second observation report on the elections. Similar to the first report Post received (Ref A),the second report [...]	2006-02-21 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK184	State Media Focuses only on Lukashenko [...] (SBU) Summary: The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) monitored Belarusian media coverage of the March presidential elections from 28 January to 10 February. BAJ found that state media focused almost exclusively on Lukashenko, portraying him in a positive light. For the most part, st [...]	2006-02-21 12:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK185	YOUTH GROUPS COMMITTED TO DEMOCRATIC CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: While many youth remain reluctant to wander far from President Lukashenko's camp of supporters, some Belarusian youth groups are actively participating in a number of civic initiatives and/or directly supporting opposition candidates Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin in [...]	2006-02-21 12:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK191	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BEGIN THEIR CAMPAIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 17, the Central Election Committee (CEC) registered President Aleksandr Lukashenko, 10 Coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich, former rector of Belarusian State University Aleksandr Kozulin, and leader of the Libera Democratic Party Sergey Gaidukevich as officialpres [...]	2006-02-22 15:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK192	BKGB ARRESTS ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (C) On February 21, BKGB officers arrested four pro-democracy activists, Partnership leaders Nikolay Astreyka and Enira Bronitskaya, NDI employee Aleksandr Shalaika (strictly protect),and Timofei Dranchuk, aide to imprisoned opposition member Andrei Klimov. They arrested the first, Dranchuk, [...]	2006-02-22 15:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK195	Belarus Special 301 Review [...] Summary and recommendation: Post once again recommends placement of Belarus on the watch list for 2006. Little has changed since Post's 2005 Special 301 input (ref B). Pirated optical media remains the norm, being readily available across the country, including in state-owned stores, and enfo [...]	2006-02-23 05:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON BO
06MINSK200	Minsk Election Weekly X (February 18 - February 24) [...] This is the tenth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ----------------------- Candidates Get Air Time ----------------------- 2. As per the law, state television and radio scheduled ai [...]	2006-02-24 07:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK205	BKGB SPREADING FEAR [...] (C) Summary: The BKGB continues to hold, but has not yet charged, the four activists it arrested on February 21 (ref A). Authorities have until 2100 on February 24 to decide whether to release or continue holding the group. The GOB then has two months, with the possibility of extensions, to [...]	2006-02-24 15:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK208	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - February 24, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Jailed Businessman Now a Fugitive On February 9, businessman Nikolai Avtukhovich who is facing tax evasion charges disappeared from house arrest in Grodno on the first day [...]	2006-02-27 14:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK21	TAIWAN CLOSES MISSION AS MINSK SUPPORTS BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is closing its small trade mission in Belarus, as Minsk grows ever closer to Beijing. In recent months the mission has had no access to GOB officials, but has received requests for help from some in the opposition. The mission never succeeded in its main tasks, promoting p [...]	2006-01-11 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TW BO
06MINSK22	TAIWAN CLOSES MISSION AS MINSK SUPPORTS BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is closing its small trade mission in Belarus, as Minsk grows ever closer to Beijing. In recent months the mission has had no access to GOB officials, but has received requests for help from some in the opposition. The mission never succeeded in its main tasks, promoting p [...]	2006-01-11 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TW BO
06MINSK222	DAS KRAMER V. MFA, ROUND II [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR DAS Kramer met on February 23 with MFA America's Desk head Maksim Ryzhenkov. The MFA at the last minute cancelled a higher-level meeting because Kramer refused to allow the GOB to control his schedule. The meeting itself was cordial, despite the repeated accusations [...]	2006-03-02 12:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK223	OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAQ CANDIDATE BEATEN AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 12:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK224	BKGB CLAIMS OPPOSITION COUP ATTEMPT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the BKGB Stepan Sukhorenko on March 1 claimed his organization had foiled opposition plans to detonate a bomb during a demonstration on Election Day, resulting in a bloody coup that would ¶lyze8 Belarus. Sukhorenko accused the unregistered election monitoring NGO [...]	2006-03-02 13:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM
06MINSK225	ELECTION OFFICIAL TELLS EUR DAS KRAEER ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 13:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PRED
06MINSK232	EUR DAS KRAMER MEETS ANALYSTS, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR DAS David Kramer met with political analysts, civil society leaders, and students on February 24 to discuss the upcoming presidential elections and the accompanying GOB harassment. Analysts noted Russia,s change in policy from previous campaigns to support President [...]	2006-03-07 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK233	OPPOSITION CANDIDATE RELEASED FROM DETENTION, [...] (C) Summary: On March 2, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was released from October Police Station between 1700 and 1800 local time (ref A). Following his release, Kozulin, his wife, and several members of Kozulin's political party went to the site of opposition candidate [...]	2006-03-07 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK234	DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH MILINKEVICH [...] (C) Summary: On February 24, EUR DAS David Kramer met with deputy campaign managers of the single opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's campaign team Victor Korneyenko and Aleksandr Dobrovolsky. Korneyenko confirmed Milinkevich's plan to hold a rally on March 2, the same day as Presid [...]	2006-03-07 15:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK238	Harassment of Opposition Intensifies [...] In recent weeks authorities have greatly accelerated their petty harassment of opposition activists, leading up to the March 19 presidential elections. Police throughout the country are detaining Milinkevich activists, usually releasing them without charge after three hours, and seizing their [...]	2006-03-11 09:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK25	Latest Polling: Milinkevich Creeps Ahead in Polls, But Not [...] Summary: The results of IISEPS' latest polling shows that Lukashenko retains high ratings, around 53 percent. Opposition support remains low, even for the 10+ opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich. Although Milinkevich's approval ratings did climb several points to 6.6 percent, a growin [...]	2006-01-12 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK252	Minsk Election Weekly XII (March 6-March 10) [...] This is the twelfth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ------------------------- Repression and Harassment ------------------------- 2. Milinkevich Activists Sentenced to Jail On Mar [...]	2006-03-14 08:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK255	Opposition and Police Face Off at Peaceful Rally [...] Summary: On March 2 at 1800 opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich held an election rally in downtown Minsk. The rally attracted an estimated 3,000 participants. Although the event was peaceful and there were no arrests, security services prevented anyone from entering the square where th [...]	2006-03-14 09:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK256	Trustbank Profits Soar Despite USG Sanctions (C-NE5-00153) [...] On February 28, a spokesman for Belarus' Trustbank (formerly known as Infobank) told the press his bank's profits in January were 6.1 times higher than a year previously, reaching BYR 92.3 million [USD 43,000] that month. Trustbank's gross assets rose 6.2% in January to BYR 156.9 billion [USD [...]	2006-03-14 09:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PINR EINV ETRD PREL BO
06MINSK258	Meeting Voters Illegal in Belarus [...] (U) Summary: In the past week authorities have arrested and jailed or fined several Milinkevich activists, including senior campaign deputies Anatoly Lebedko (fined USD 721) and Vintsuk Vyachorka (sentenced to 15-days in jail),as well as ten other activists each sentenced to 15-days in jail. [...]	2006-03-14 09:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK259	Meeting Voters Illegal in Belarus [...] (U) Summary: In the past week authorities have arrested and jailed or fined several Milinkevich activists, including senior campaign deputies Anatoly Lebedko (fined USD 721) and Vintsuk Vyachorka (sentenced to 15-days in jail),as well as ten other activists each sentenced to 15-days in jail. [...]	2006-03-14 09:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK260	Trustbank Profits Soar Despite USG Sanctions (C-NE5-00153) [...] On February 28, a spokesman for Belarus' Trustbank (formerly known as Infobank) told the press his bank's profits in January were 6.1 times higher than a year previously, reaching BYR 92.3 million [USD 43,000] that month. Trustbank's gross assets rose 6.2% in January to BYR 156.9 billion [USD [...]	2006-03-14 09:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PINR EINV ETRD PREL BO
06MINSK261	Opposition and Police Face Off at Peaceful Rally [...] Summary: On March 2 at 1800 opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich held an election rally in downtown Minsk. The rally attracted an estimated 3,000 participants. Although the event was peaceful and there were no arrests, security services prevented anyone from entering the square where th [...]	2006-03-14 09:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK262	Harassment of Opposition Intensifies [...] In recent weeks authorities have greatly accelerated their petty harassment of opposition activists, leading up to the March 19 presidential elections. Police throughout the country are detaining Milinkevich activists, usually releasing them without charge after three hours, and seizing their [...]	2006-03-14 09:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK264	Kozulin Continues With Campaign, More Violence [...] (C) Summary: Campaign managers for presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Aleksei Korol and Oleg Volchek met with Poloffs on March 6 following Kozulin's March 2 beating at the hands of security forces. Although charged with hooliganism, Kozulin has continued with his campaign and his manag [...]	2006-03-14 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK265	CEC Secretary on Early Voting and Problems with [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with Central Election Commission (CEC) Secretary Nikolai Lozovik on March 9. Lozovik at first explained Belarus' early voting process and answered questions concerning the censoring of opposition candidate television speeches and the March 2 beating of a candidate at [...]	2006-03-14 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK266	EUR DAS Kramer Meets Analysts, Civil Society [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR DAS David Kramer met with political analysts, civil society leaders, and students on February 24 to discuss the upcoming presidential elections and the accompanying GOB harassment. Analysts noted Russia's change in policy from previous campaigns to support President [...]	2006-03-14 13:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK267	Minsk Election Weekly XII (March 6-March 10) [...] This is the twelfth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ------------------------- Repression and Harassment ------------------------- 2. Milinkevich Activists Sentenced to Jail On Mar [...]	2006-03-14 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK268	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - March 10, 2006 [...] Refrigerator and freezer inventories increased 127 percent in January to 20,000 units. Tire inventories increased 29.7 percent to 28,000 units, chemical fiber inventories increased 20.3 percent to 20,700 tons, and television inventories increased 280 percent to 98,000 units. Meanwhile, truck [...]	2006-03-14 13:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK269	Opposition Candidate Released From Detention, [...] (C) Summary: On March 2, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was released from October Police Station between 1700 and 1800 local time (ref A). Following his release, Kozulin, his wife, and several members of Kozulin's political party went to the site of opposition candidate A [...]	2006-03-14 13:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK270	Milinkevich Team Discusses Campaign Activities [...] (C) Summary: On March 6, Victor Kornyenko, deputy campaign manager for Ten Plus Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich, provided for P/E Chief an overview of the campaign team's plans ahead of the March 19 elections. Commenting on the March 2 rally near Freedom Square, Kornye [...]	2006-03-14 13:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK274	DAS Kramer Discusses Elections with Milinkevich [...] (C) Summary: On February 24, EUR DAS David Kramer met with deputy campaign managers of the single opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's campaign team Victor Korneyenko and Aleksandr Dobrovolsky. Korneyenko confirmed Milinkevich's plan to hold a rally on March 2, the same day as Presid [...]	2006-03-15 10:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK275	DAS Kramer Discusses Elections with Kozulin's [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer met with opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin and his campaign team during his recent trip to Belarus. Kozulin claimed the authorities are afraid and are working to increase the level of fear among the population. Kramer underscored the need [...]	2006-03-15 10:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK276	Milinkevich Holds Three Meeting With GOB [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs on March 12 observed three of 10+ Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's meetings with voters in Minsk. Milinkevich's messages in all three gatherings focused on "stability should not equal stagnation," "the elections will not be free and fair," and "vote against sel [...]	2006-03-15 10:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK277	Can't Sell Those Belarusian Goods [...] Summary: Many Belarusian companies, especially those owned by the state (which controls 80% of economic activity),are having problems selling the goods they produce. In February Belarusian warehouses were holding goods totaling 52.9% of average monthly production, worth over USD one billion. [...]	2006-03-15 12:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK278	Belarus Buying Indian SU-30s [...] (SBU) In February a number of Indian and Russian press sources announced that Belarus was intending to buy 18 used Sukhoi SU-30 aircraft from India. According to these press reports, India acquired a number of SU-30K fighters in 1997-1998, but is now modernizing its air force. Belarus theref [...]	2006-03-16 11:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC BO
06MINSK279	Russian Printing Press Stops Producing Independent [...] (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 [...]	2006-03-16 14:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK28	LUKASHENKO FEARS WEAK OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Political analyst Valeriy Karbalevich explained that Lukashenko fears the opposition, even though the opposition poses no real threat in the March elections. Lukashenko, perhaps believing his regime's own propaganda, seemingly has not decided whether to allow his two main oppositi [...]	2006-01-13 11:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK281	BKGB Claims USG Terrorism on Election Day [...] At 1100 local on March 16, chairman of the BKGB Stepan Sukhorenko held a press conference to claim the BKGB had uncovered a plot by the Belarusian opposition, funded and organized by Georgia and the United States, to bomb four schools on Election Day (March 19) as part of a coup against Lukashe [...]	2006-03-16 14:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PHUM CASC BO
06MINSK282	Milinkevich Campaign Manager Discusses Last-Minute [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, Sergey Kalyakin, campaign manager for Ten Plus Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich, provided Pol/Econ Chief an assessment of the candidate's campaign rallies leading up to the March 19 elections. Kalyakin stressed Milinkevich and the campaign team [...]	2006-03-17 07:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK285	Lukashenko Leads February Poll [...] (SBU) Summary: In a poll conducted just before the presidential campaign began, Lukashenko dominated the field and most Belarusians relied on state media for information. Still, despite lack of access and constant pro- Lukashenko/anti-opposition propaganda, pro-democracy candidate Milinkevich [...]	2006-03-17 08:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK286	Independent News Does Make a Difference [...] (C) Under the auspices of a DRL Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) small grant (reftel),the IISEPS polling service conducted the second of six opinion polls in mid-February (septel). IISEPS conducted the first such grant in early December, and plans to conduct the third in April. [Note: [...]	2006-03-17 08:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM BO
06MINSK287	Russian Printing Press Stops Producing Independent [...] (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 [...]	2006-03-17 11:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK288	Milinkevich Strong in Grodno [...] (C) Summary: Poloff recently visited the western city of Grodno, hometown of opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich. Despite increasing harassment and pressure from authorities, Milinkevich's regional campaign leaders believe that Milinkevich would readily win an honest elec [...]	2006-03-17 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK29	BELARUS PERSONNEL RE-SHUFFLE: TAKING NO CHANCES [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks Belarusian dictator Lukashenko has reshuffled several senior positions in his Presidential Administration (PA) and removed the Minister of Health. The odious Viktor Sheiman has moved from heading the Presidential Administration to running Lukashenko's presidential [...]	2006-01-13 11:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK290	Minsk Election Weekly XIII (March 11-March 17) [...] This is the thirteenth in a weekly series of election- oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19 presidential elections. --------- Observers --------- 2. OSCE PA and ODIHR Launch Short-Term Observer Mission On March 16, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Pr [...]	2006-03-17 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK292	March Madness: Mass Opposition Arrests [...] In the past two weeks authorities have arrested at least 150 opposition activists, jailing many of them for up to 15 days each on charges ranging from participating in an unsanctioned protest, to urinating or shouting obscenities in public. Police allegedly beat several during their arrests. [...]	2006-03-17 14:30:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK294	KOZULIN MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: In his March 14 meeting with Ambassador, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin presented pictures and names of security service officers who beat him on March 2 (reftel),and noted a letter of appreciation to Secretary Rice and his plea to Russian President Vladimir [...]	2006-03-17 16:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK299	MILINKEVICH CALLS FOR STREET PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary: Opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich told a press conference on March 20 that the opposition does not recognize Lukashenko as the winner of the obviously falsified elections. Milinkevich is demanding a repeat election, held in a democratic manner without repres [...]	2006-03-21 07:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK305	INDEPENDENT WEEKLY CLOSED FOR PRINTING MOHAMMED [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Economic Court first suspended and then closed the independent weekly "Zgoda" for reprinting the Mohammed cartoons as part of a commentary on the violent protests the cartoons had sparked in the Islamic world. The GOB, siding with Belarusian Muslims, condemned the cart [...]	2006-03-21 15:05:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK306	SOME DIGGING STILL AT GRODNO CEMETERY [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, Poloff visited the site of the controversial Grodno stadium, built on top of a Jewish cemetery. Poloff confirmed that digging continues at the site, but that it is to finish off the expansion of the stadium, rather than as part of any new project. Poloff did not see [...]	2006-03-21 15:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
06MINSK307	Mass Arrests Follow Elections [...] Summary: The human rights NGO Vyasna and independent press report that at least 108 people, and likely more, were arrested late March 20th and early March 21st. The detained include Anatoly Lebedko, deputy to Milinkevich and leader of the United Civic Party, and his deputy Aleksandr Dobrovolsk [...]	2006-03-21 15:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO

06MINSK308	Crowd Size Drops On Second Day of Opposition Protests [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, opposition presidential candidates Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin organized another protest rally on October Square in Minsk. Emboff observers estimate that between 18:30 and 20:00, 5,000 to 6,000 Belarusians participated in the rally, a significant de [...]	2006-03-21 16:05:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK309	OSCE Rebukes Belarus Elections [...] (U) Summary. At a joint press conference on March 20, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and OSCE ODIHR representatives declared that the presidential elections in Belarus did not meet international standards or OSCE commitments for free and fair elections. Preliminary conclusions from their observa [...]	2006-03-22 11:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK311	Lukashenko Gives Victory Speech and Fiery Press [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential "victory" at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belarusians [...]	2006-03-22 15:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK312	Sitrep 1: Numbers and Spirits Drop On Third Day of [...] (C) Summary: In the evening on March 21, Poloffs observed the third protest rally on October Square organized by Ten Plus Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich and Belarusian Social Democratic Party ("Gramada") Aleksandr Kozulin. At the height of the rally, Poloffs estimated that approxim [...]	2006-03-22 15:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK314	LUKASHENKO GIVES VICTORY SPEECH AND FIERY PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential &victory8 at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belar [...]	2006-03-23 07:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK315	LUKASHENKO GIVES VICTORY SPEECH AND FIERY PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential &victory8 at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belar [...]	2006-03-23 07:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK318	Sitrep 1: Numbers and Spirits Drop On Third Day of [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-23 14:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK319	SITUATION REPORT 2: A RIFT FORMS BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary: On March 22, key member of the Aleksandr Milinkevich presidential campaign Jaroslav Romanchuk offered Ambassador a critical assessment of the team,s efforts to promote democratic change following the likely fraudulent March 19 elections. Romanchuk, a senior member of Anatoly Leb [...]	2006-03-23 15:34:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM
06MINSK320	Sitrep 1: Numbers and Spirits Drop On Third Day of [...] (C) Summary: In the evening on March 21, Poloffs observed the third protest rally on October Square organized by Ten Plus Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich and Belarusian Social Democratic Party ("Gramada") Aleksandr Kozulin. At the height of the rally, Poloffs estimated that approxim [...]	2006-03-23 15:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK321	Ten Days in Jail for Reading the Bible [...] (C) Summary: On March 14, Poloff met with head of the Christ Convenant Reformed Baptist Church who had just served 10 days in jail for holding an unsanctioned religious service in his private residence. This is the first time in 20 years that a person has been jailed for holding religious wo [...]	2006-03-23 15:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK322	Situation Report 3: Opposition Crowd Dwindles, Ten Plus [...] (C) Summary: The number of protesters on October Square continues to diminish. On March 22, the fourth night of protests on the square, Emboffs observed approximately 1,000 protesters. Ten Plus Coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich congratulated protesters for their determination to remain [...]	2006-03-23 15:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK323	Even More Arrests and Many Convictions Follow Elections [...] Summary: From March 21 to March 23, human rights activists and independent press reported that more people have been arrested and several dozens have already been sentenced for participating in demonstrations following the March 19 presidential elections. Anatoly Lebedko, deputy to Milinkevich [...]	2006-03-23 15:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK327	Opposition Faces Criminal Charges [...] Summary: Hundreds of opposition activists have recently been charged and convicted for violating the relatively more lenient Administrative Code, and 21 face much more serious charges under the Criminal Code. One person has been sentenced to five months in prison, while the others (including p [...]	2006-03-24 11:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK329	SITREP 4: KOZULIN'S PLAN FOR A SHADOW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: A key Kozulin campaign member and a spokesperson for the Zubr youth group spoke to Poloff on March 23 to discuss their plans in the wake of fraudulent elections and massive arrests. Kozulin seeks Milinkevich,s cooperation in creating a new shadow government that will unite all po [...]	2006-03-24 12:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL
06MINSK330	MFA Refutes U.S. Rejection of Belarusian Elections [...] At a March 23 press briefing, Belarusian MFA Press Secretary Andrei Popov refuted press statements from the White House and State Department denouncing the results of the March 19 presidential elections in Belarus. Popov reminded the journalists that the Belarusian people have made their choi [...]	2006-03-24 12:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK331	SITUATION REPORT 5: POLICE BREAK-UP PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Just after 0300 March 24, security forces converged on October Square and arrested nearly everyone taking part in the opposition's on-going demonstration. Although estimates vary and authorities have not released any information, Post believes between 150 and 400 people were arres [...]	2006-03-24 12:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BO CASC
06MINSK332	Milinkevich: 500 Arrested Today [...] (C) Summary: On March 24 opposition presidential candidate held a press conference where he estimated that around 500 of his supporters had been arrested early that morning, along with nearly 300 more the previous two days. He called on authorities to release all detainees, and appealed to the [...]	2006-03-24 16:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK333	Sitrep 6: Detainees Exceed 200 [...] (SBU) According to human rights NGO Vyasna, there are now 227 identified protesters who were arrested early this morning. Trials are already underway at many Minsk city courts. According to Vyasna, the sentences of those who have already stood trial range from 5-15 days in jail. Human rights [...]	2006-03-24 16:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK335	MFA Issues Two Statements In Response To Critical U.S. and [...] On March 24-26, the Belarusian MFA published two statements in response to the U.S. and EU actions and statements against Belarus. The March 24 MFA statement denounced the U.S.-EU decision to impose travel sanctions on Belarusian officials as a "senseless" and "dead-end policy." The statement [...]	2006-03-27 15:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK336	Sitrep 7: March 25 Protests End In Violence [...] (U) Summary: When police denied an estimated 7,000 protesters access to October Square for the March 25 "Freedom Day" rally, opposition leaders Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin led the crowd to the alternate meeting point Yanka Kupala Park. Milinkevich used this opportunity to launch [...]	2006-03-27 15:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK337	Up to 1,000 Arrested, Trials Have Begun [...] Summary: Trials for those arrested March 24, when police raided the protest tent camp on October Square, started on March 24. Most of the detained are being sentenced to 10-15 days in trails that last 10 minutes at most. Reportedly, so one has been acquitted. Police detained another estimated [...]	2006-03-27 15:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK338	Ambassador Delivers Demarche On Wave Of Arrests [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, Ambassador called on MFA Americas Department Director Maksim Ryzhenkov to deliver a joint U.S.-EU message on the recent wave of repression against opposition leaders and activists prior to and following the March 19 presidential elections (ref A). Ambassador noted th [...]	2006-03-27 15:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK341	Minsk Election Weekly XIV (March 18-March 24) [...] This is the fourteenth in a weekly series of election- oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19 presidential elections. ---------------- Election Results ---------------- 2. CEC Gives Final Results On March 23, CEC Head Lidiya Yermoshina described L [...]	2006-03-28 13:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK342	250 ACTIVISTS CONVICTED IN ONE DAY, KOZULIN BEATEN [...] (U) Summary: As of March 27, approximately 250 people who were detained for participating in post-March 19 election protests were sentenced to up to 15 days in jail. Those sentenced included former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's stepson, a former Polish ambassador to Belarus, [...]	2006-03-28 15:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK343	Candidates React to Regime Crackdown [...] (U) On March 26, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich issued a statement expressing solidarity with all those beaten and arrested by authorities on March 25, including his rival opposition leader Aleksandr Kozulin. Expressing his desire to continue to challenge the illegiti [...]	2006-03-28 16:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK348	Where's Lukashenko? [...] Summary: On March 28 the GOB indicated Lukashenko's inauguration would not take place March 31 as had been widely reported and prepared for. This followed an eight-day period where Lukashenko disappeared from public view. Only on March 28 did a wan and de- energized Lukashenko reappear for a [...]	2006-03-29 11:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BO
06MINSK358	480 PEOPLE SENTENCED [...] (C) Summary: As of March 28, nine Minsk district courts had convicted in two days of trials 480 people for participating in post-presidential election demonstrations. Human rights lawyers have called the authorities' treatment of detainees "barbaric" and claim detainees are regularly denied fo [...]	2006-03-29 14:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK359	PARTNERSHIP NGO RELEASES FINAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: With its leaders currently in prison, election monitoring NGO Partnership anonymously sent via email its final election observation report. Although much shorter and less analytical than the earlier ones, this report declared that the Belarusian presidential elections were not de [...]	2006-03-30 07:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK36	Minsk Election Weekly IV (January 6-January 16) [...] This is the fourth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. -------------------- Signature Collection -------------------- 2. Lukashenko Leads in Signature Collections; Other Meets Minimum [...]	2006-01-17 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK364	USD 2.5 BILLION IN RUSSIAN SUBSIDIES IN 2005 [...] (U) Summary: According to the best numbers available, Russia provided approximately USD 2.531 billion in subsidies, mostly energy, to Belarus in 2005. Of that, USD 1.236 billion came from the sale of discounted natural gas, USD 1.149 billion from the sale of discounted crude oil, and USD 146 [...]	2006-03-31 06:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL ENRG ETRD BO
06MINSK365	BKGB USES COLD WAR TECHNIQUES TO GRAB POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian security services seem to have employed old tools of the trade to silence a senior opposition activist, Vyacheslav Sivchik. On March 23, unknown persons impersonated Embassy local employees and possibly used falsified diplomatic plates to abduct Sivchik. They then seve [...]	2006-03-31 07:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK369	PROTESTER POSSIBLY DEAD, KOZULIN CHARGED FOR [...] (C) Summary: Independent news sources on March 30 circulated a story that Sergei Otroshchenko, allegedly a protester beaten by security forces on March 25 who subsequently went missing, died from his injuries in a Minsk hospital. The GOB denies the death and claims they have no information a [...]	2006-03-31 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK370	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - March 31, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Post Elections ------------- 2. Milinkevich Tells All in Poland During his March 29 trip to Poland, former opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich opined that the democratic movement in Belarus wi [...]	2006-04-03 09:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK374	LUKASHENKO FOUND, LOOKS ILL [...] (C) Summary: Lukashenko has been found. After a two-week absence from the public eye, and after missing all the events surrounding the tenth anniversary of the Union State Treaty, Lukashenko appeared on state television on April 4. In two short segments an atypically weary and soft-spoken Luk [...]	2006-04-05 15:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK381	GAZPROM'S THREATS A PLOY FOR STRENGTHENING UNION? [...] (U) Summary: Gazprom and Minsk have been arguing for years over control of the GOB's Beltransgaz pipeline network. To date Lukashenko has fended off Russian attempts to take over the company, and at the same time has secured rock-bottom natural gas prices for his country-one of the main factor [...]	2006-04-07 09:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD BO
06MINSK383	KOZULIN'S WIFE MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On April 4, Irina Kozulin, wife of imprisoned opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, told Ambassador that her husband is still suffering from back pain and has bronchitis, but visible signs of his beatings have disappeared. However, he is receiving good treatment a [...]	2006-04-07 14:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK386	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - April 7, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. -------------- Post Elections -------------- 2. Milinkevich's European Tour Opposition leader and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich traveled to Vienna (April 3 and 4) and Strasbourg (April 5 and [...]	2006-04-10 13:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK390	OPPOSITION COALITION TO STAY TOGETHER [...] (C) Summary: In recent days Poloffs and Ambassador have spoken with a number of senior members of Milinkevich's 10 Plus coalition. All agreed that the coalition will continue to exist and will keep Milinkevich as the leader, despite some resistance from one coalition party. Post election the [...]	2006-04-11 06:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO PHUM
06MINSK393	PARTNERSHIP FOUR LANGUISH IN JAIL [...] (C) Summary: On April 6, the Ambassador and DCM met with the families of the four jailed Partnership activists (reftel). Ambassador stressed the USG has not forgotten about their loved ones, and that he will continue to insist the GOB release all four immediately. The families expressed thei [...]	2006-04-12 12:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK394	PARTNERSHIP FOUR LANGUISH IN JAIL [...] (C) Summary: On April 6, the Ambassador and DCM met with the families of the four jailed Partnership activists (reftel). Ambassador stressed the USG has not forgotten about their loved ones, and that he will continue to insist the GOB release all four immediately. The families expressed thei [...]	2006-04-12 12:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK395	STUDENT EXPULSIONS FOLLOW PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: Although the Ministry of Education (MOE) denied reports that students would be expelled for political reasons, approximately 15 students who participated in demonstrations following the March 19 presidential elections have been expelled from Belarusian universities. In a March 2 [...]	2006-04-12 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK397	LUKASHENKO INAUGURATED: A PALE IMAGE [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko was inaugurated in a brief, highly orchestrated and sparsely attended ceremony in Minsk April 8. In an unusually short speech, a depressed looking Lukashenko stressed his re-election represented the people,s will and lashed out at outside [...]	2006-04-12 15:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK403	VIOLENT ARRESTS, POOR PRISON CONDITIONS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Nearly three weeks have passed since the March 19 presidential election and the subsequent wave of arrests of street protesters. Detainees who were recently released have shared with independent press and Emboffs their accounts of violent arrests and meager prison conditions. Th [...]	2006-04-13 13:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK408	MARINICH RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Imprisoned opposition member Mikhail Marinich was released from jail April 14 after serving two years on trumped up charges. A Minsk court April 12 ruled to release Marinich a full year earlier than his sentence required. The 66-year-old Marinich, Belarus' former Ambassador to L [...]	2006-04-14 12:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK413	Oil-for-Food: GOB Not Investigating Self [...] The GOB has taken and almost certainly will not take any actions as a result of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) looking into Iraqi Oil-for-Food violations (ref A). Post asked the MFA if there was any domestic investigation. The MFA replied that this is a complicated situation, and tha [...]	2006-04-14 13:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KFIN PGOV IZ BO
06MINSK420	Economic Problems Growing, but Reform Only by Force [...] (U) Summary: On April 7, DCM hosted a discussion among a number of leading Belarusian economists. All agreed that the GOB is facing Russian pressures to sell Beltransgaz, but disagreed whether Lukashenko would allow this sale. While admitting that the Belarusian economy has had a number of su [...]	2006-04-18 12:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK422	CIVIL SOCIETY REGROUPS POST ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Poloffs met separately with human rights activists, civil society leaders and political analysts following the March 19 presidential elections to learn about their post-election plans. Most of the civil society leaders agreed that Milinkevich proved to be a good le [...]	2006-04-18 14:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK427	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - April 18, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. -------------- Post Elections -------------- 2. Milinkevich in Germany Former 10+ Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich on an April 7 trip to Berlin met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Deputy [...]	2006-04-19 13:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK428	UCP UNHAPPY WITH COALITION [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, United Civic Party (UCP) deputy Jaroslav Romanchuk in a meeting with Poloff expressed his frustration with the activities and organization of the opposition's main coalition. Claiming to speak for his party, Romanchuk said the UCP presented a proposal to reform the o [...]	2006-04-19 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK43	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - January 17, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Polish Activists Fined The Grodno Border Control Unit on January 5 fined two Union of Belarusian Poles (UBP) activists Andrei Pochobut and Andrei Pisalnik the maximum USD 1 [...]	2006-01-19 05:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK431	MILINKEVICH'S WIFE MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, Ambassador met with Ten Plus Coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich's wife, Inna Kulei, who is the president of the newly formed Committee for the Defense of the Repressed (PCDR). This committee provides educational, employment, humanitarian, and medical assistance [...]	2006-04-20 10:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL INR BO
06MINSK433	EU VISA BAN IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: On April 10, the EU expanded its visa ban list for Belarus from six to 37 senior GOB officials involved in election fraud and human rights abuses. Switzerland announced on April 12 that it would abide by the ban as well. In the first week of existence the ban has already prevente [...]	2006-04-20 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CVIS BO
06MINSK436	OPPOSITION COALITION LACKS PLANS [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, Ambassador met with the senior leadership of the United Civic Party (UCP),one of the main members of the opposition 10 Plus coalition. Anatoly Lebedko, head of the UCP, made it clear that the opposition had no plans for what to do after the elections, and even now h [...]	2006-04-21 13:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK44	SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN MOVING FORWARD, DESPITE HARASSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The signature collecting campaign, the second phase of the presidential election, is in full swing. The Central Election Committee gave contenders until January 27 to collect the 100,000 signatures needed to be registered as a presidential candidate. President Lukashenko's init [...]	2006-01-19 06:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK442	OPPOSITION ILL-PREPARED FOR CHERNOBYL [...] (C) Summary: The Minsk authorities granted the opposition permission to hold the Chernobylski Shliakh (The Chernobyl Path),a demonstration commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl power plant tragedy, on April 26. The Ten Plus Coalition is "organizing" the event, but the leadershi [...]	2006-04-24 13:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK443	BELARUS, RUSSIA, S-300S AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: A prominent British journal recently wrote that Moscow might be selling S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran, using Belarus as a middleman to hide the sale. Although all three governments have denied such a sale, on April 21 Minsk received its first delivery of Russian S-3 [...]	2006-04-24 13:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETRD ETTC MARR IR BO
06MINSK445	The GOB Prepares For Bird Flu [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB on March 24 ratified a plan to prevent avian influenza (AI) from appearing in Belarus and to isolate it in case of an outbreak. Belarus has long banned poultry product imports and animal feed from nations with confirmed cases of AI but just recently issued decrees on pr [...]	2006-04-24 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU PGOV PHUM ECON CASC BO
06MINSK446	POLITICAL PROTESTANTS WANT CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Belarusian Protestant leaders recently described for Ambassador their continued registration problems and the increasing hostility that they face from the GOB. Most of the leaders agreed that their communities are ready to bring change to Belarus, claiming that young [...]	2006-04-24 14:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK448	ELECTION OBSERVERS REMAIN IN JAIL, OTHER ACTIVISTS [...] (U) Summary: Opposition activists are still coping with security service harassment and fighting court cases based on nefarious charges. Authorities extended the pre-trial detention of election observers of the NGO Partnership by another two months. They are still not allowed to meet with r [...]	2006-04-26 13:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM
06MINSK451	Belarus Makes and Russia Loses Billions on Oil [...] Summary: During a recent seminar an energy expert from Belarus' Ministry of Economics explained that Belarus buys crude oil from Russia for well below market rates. With current high oil prices the GOB stands to benefit by USD 3.9 billion this year (14% of GDP),while the Russian budget could [...]	2006-04-27 08:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ECON ETRD PREL ENRG USTR BO
06MINSK453	WOMEN LEADERS READY FOR CHANGE IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: DCM hosted a luncheon discussion on women's roles in Belarusian society and politics for visiting speaker Darryl Glenney and Belarusian women leaders. While the guests admitted that Belarusian women are involved in the country's political life, they denounced the current women o [...]	2006-04-27 08:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN SCUL BO
06MINSK456	Belarus to Export Sugar to Cuba [...] Belarusian Prime Minister Sergey Sidorsky led a delegation of GOB officials and state-owned businesses to Cuba April 20 to 23. In addition to the usual exhortations of fraternal socialist comradeship, in a deal only possible between two command economies Belarus agreed to import 100,000 tons of [...]	2006-04-27 09:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL USTR EAGR CU BO
06MINSK458	LUKASHENKO BOTCHES POTASH EXPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Potash is Belarus' second largest export commodity, earning the country USD 609 million in 2005. Most of this revenue went to the GOB, which owns the sole potash producer. In order to squeeze more money from this valuable export, last year Lukashenko created a potash exporting c [...]	2006-04-27 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EMIN ETRD EAGR BI
06MINSK459	4,000 PARTICIPATE IN CHERNOBYL MARCH, OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: Approximately 4,000 people participated in the opposition's annual Chernobyl march that took place at the National Academy of Sciences in Minsk. Before the demonstration began, however, authorities arrested several opposition activists, including United Civic Party leader Anatol [...]	2006-04-27 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK460	MILINKEVICH DISCUSSES STATE OF THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 conversation with Ambassador, Belarusian opposition leader and former Ten plus Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich described tensions within the democratic forces. He named United Civic Party leader Anatoliy Lebedko as the strongest dissenter. C [...]	2006-04-27 14:23:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK461	IT PARK CONCEPT GOOD, BUT COMPANIES SKEPTICAL [...] (U) Summary: The GOB is in the process of creating its own Silicon Valley, an IT park in Minsk. The park will offer a number of tax and other administrative advantages to a limited range of high-tech companies. The head of the park also hopes to create a venture capital fund to provide inves [...]	2006-04-28 11:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EIND ETTC BO
06MINSK462	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - April 28, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. -------------- Post Elections -------------- 2. Lebedko Fined $30 for Swearing On April 25, Minsk Sovetsky district judge Oksana Relyavo found United Civic Party chairman Anatoly Lebedko guilty of petty hooliganis [...]	2006-04-28 11:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK463	Post-Election Polling: Lukashenko Wins, but Not by As Much [...] Summary: The IISEPS polling service recently unveiled the results of the first post-election poll. IISEPS found that about 64% of the electorate voted for Lukashenko, 20% less than the regime claims. Despite this discrepancy, a slim majority of Belarusians view the elections as free and fair. [...]	2006-04-28 11:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK464	HRDF POLLING SUCCESSFUL, LEAFLETS SEIZED [...] (C) This is the second report on implementation of a DRL grant to provide independent opinion polling in Belarus. Under the auspices of a DRL Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) small grant (ref A),the IISEPS polling service conducted the third of six opinion polls in late March/early Apri [...]	2006-04-28 11:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM BO
06MINSK470	OPPOSITION,S TENUOUS PLANS FOR LABOR DAY RALLY [...] (SBU) Despite the recent imprisonment of most of the main opposition leaders (reftel),Ten Plus Coalition press secretary Pavel Mazheiko told Poloff on April 28 that the May SIPDIS 1 demonstration would not be canceled. Party of Communists of Belarus' deputy chairman Valery Uknalyev, who i [...]	2006-04-28 14:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK477	Small Protest Jeopardizes Remaining Free Activists [...] On May 1, Belarusian Social Democratic Party Hramada head Stanislav Shushkevich led approximately 300 people carrying signs and waving banned national flags from the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to Bangalore Square for a rally in honor of Labor Day (ref A). [Note: While autho [...]	2006-05-03 14:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK479	The Gas Dance Begins [...] Summary: Belarus and Gazprom have entered into negotiations of sorts on the price of gas for 2007. Gazprom announced that Minsk can expect to pay USD 145/tcm (up from USD 466.68/tcm),while the GOB responded it could agree to an 11 percent price increase (to USD 51.81). Other than consecutive [...]	2006-05-04 05:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD USTR BO
06MINSK483	Belarus Special 301 Notification [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 11:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR USTR BO
06MINSK486	Pandemic Influenza Talking Points Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 12:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KPAO SENV BO
06MINSK493	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 5, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Lukashenko: Consolidation of Political Forces Is No Problem During a meeting in St. Petersburg, Aleksandr Lukashenko told Russian President [...]	2006-05-05 14:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK494	Regime Nationalizing and Milking Economy [...] Summary: By most estimates the GOB controls about 80% of economic activity, but the state has refused to divulge the exact amount. Over the past few years the state's share of the economy has been growing as the GOB renationalizes previously privatized companies and increases its ownership sta [...]	2006-05-05 14:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK498	SOBR PAVLICHENKO PRESENTS "DICKENS-ESQUE [...] (C) Summary: An independent newspaper interviewed Special Forces Rapid Response Unit (SOBR) head Dmitry Pavlichenko on April 21. He spoke about the nascent stages of his military career, his troubled family life, the genuine satisfaction he receives from leading SOBR, and his vision for Belar [...]	2006-05-11 08:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK50	Minsk Election Weekly V (January 16-January 20) [...] This is tha fifth in a wEekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ------------------ Signature Campaign ------------------ 2. SIgnature Updates The initiative groups of the following presidential [...]	2006-01-20 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK501	NOVAK POST-ELECTION RESULTS MIRROR THOSE OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 14:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK513	Youth Activist Gets Two Years Restricted Freedom [...] SUMMARY: After a six-day postponement, the trial of Malady Front activist and anti-Lukashenko graffitist Artur Finkevich concluded on May 10. Although Finkevich had been facing up to twelve years in prison, the judge sentenced Finkevich to two years of restricted freedom. During two days of h [...]	2006-05-16 06:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK514	LUKASHENKO'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Aleksandr Lukashenko has formed a new government with a more streamlined organization and new directives relating to information media, energy, housing, construction, and trade. New cabinet appointments included a new deputy prime minister and five new ministers: energy [...]	2006-05-16 06:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK520	INTERNAL POWER STRUGGLE HINDERS OPPOSITION MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: High-level opposition members told Pol/Econ Chief on May 11 that the power struggle between United Civic Party (UCP) leader Anatoly Lebedko and Ten Plus Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich was hindering the opposition movement. Activists doubt the two leaders would reconcil [...]	2006-05-16 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK521	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 12, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Zubr Leader Nikita Sasim Sentenced to Three Months in Jail On May 12, Zubr youth leader Nikita Sasim was sentenced in Baranichsky Regional Court to three months arrest f [...]	2006-05-16 14:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK527	DEMONSTRATORS BRIEFLY DETAINED NEAR RUSSIAN EMBASSY [...] (U) Approximately 70 people at 20:00 on May 16 gathered in front of the Russian Embassy, which is adjacent to the U.S. Embassy, wearing EU handkerchiefs and holding candles to protest the Kremlin's support of President Lukashenko. Five minutes into the demonstration, a dozen OMON riot police o [...]	2006-05-17 14:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK528	THE BELARUSIAN PARTY OF FREEDOM: AN ACTIVE PLAYER [...] (C) Summary: On May 16, Poloffs met with the leader of the unregistered Belarusian Party of Freedom (BPF) Sergey Visotsky at the latter's request to discuss his party's activities. The BPF first appeared in 1993 as a student initiative and, according to Visotsky, remains a youth organization [...]	2006-05-18 10:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK530	KAZAKHS ON LUKASHENKO'S HEALTH, CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: On April 27, Pol Chief met with the Kazakh Political Counselor, Bakhram Auanasov, who claimed to have information that Lukashenko received treatment by Russian doctors after the election, possibly for prostate cancer or for exhaustion. He also explained that Lukashenko remains in [...]	2006-05-22 07:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK531	DESPITE RHETORIC, MOSCOW NOT TO PUSH MINSK HARD [...] (C) During a recent conversation with Pol/Econ Chief, Vladimir Pavlenko, Counselor for Internal Political Affairs in the Russian Embassy, noted that despite strong statements from Gazprom, the Kremlin would not allow gas prices to stand in the way of an "extremely close alliance with Belarus." [...]	2006-05-22 07:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG BO
06MINSK532	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 19, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Lukashenko Receives Syrian Baath Party Official On May 18, Aleksandr Lukashenko told Abdullah al-Ahmar, assistant secretary general of Syri [...]	2006-05-22 11:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK534	PSI Points Passed to Belarus [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 11:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL BO
06MINSK537	MILINKEVICH ON THE LEBEDKO PROBLEM, RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, Ambassador met with leader of the unified opposition Aleksandr Milinkevich. Milinkevich had just completed a long-delayed talk with Anatoly Lebedko, a likely contender for Milinkevich's position. Milinkevich stated this talk convinced him Lebedko would not quit the co [...]	2006-05-22 13:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK538	Belarus Suffers Large Crop Loss, Still Expects [...] (SBU) Summary: Spring has finally come to Belarus and, along with it, President Aleksandr Lukashenko's mad fervor to attain an unrealistic harvest yield. Lukashenko raised the national quota of grain to 8.4 million tons, a 700,000-ton increase to Lukashenko's 2005 quota that was never achieved [...]	2006-05-22 14:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK543	LUKASHENKO PRAISES SOVIET UNION, CRITICIZES WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: In his May 9 Victory Day speech, Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko lauded the Soviet Union's might and asserted Belarusians would effectively repel today's "foreign interference" just as they did in WWII. Lukashenko looked healthier than he did following his April 8 inau [...]	2006-05-23 12:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK545	Belarus Supports U.S. ITU Candidacy [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS AORC BO
06MINSK555	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK556	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK557	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK558	BELARUS TO BAN U.S., CANADIAN OVERFLIGHTS [...] (U) Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko during his May 23 presidential address to the National Assembly ordered his government to take "adequate" measures against the U.S. and Canada for denying PM Sergey Sidorsky's plane from refueling in their territories en route to and on the return fr [...]	2006-05-26 12:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PBTS PREL PGOV BO
06MINSK559	GOB SUSPENDS THREE INVESTIGATIONS OF TWO [...] (C) Summary: During the first two weeks of May, GOB authorities announced that investigations into the 1999-2000 disappearances of two opposition activists and the 2004 murder of a journalist were suspended. Independent investigator Garry Pogonayilo believes the lack of progress is due to th [...]	2006-05-26 12:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK56	Jeans Campaign: Youth Try To Unite Through Denim [...] (C) Summary: The human rights NGO Charter97 recently reported that on January 16 the Free Belarus Coalition launched the "jeans campaign." The youth-driven jeans campaign, which grew out of the Day of Solidarity nonviolent resistance campaign, aims to provide Belarusians a safe way to expre [...]	2006-01-24 08:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK560	LEBEDKO EXPLAINS HIS OPPOSITION TO MILINKEVICH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador, Belarusian opposition figure and United Civic Party (UCP) chairman Anatoliy Lebedko discussed his recent visit to Washington, points of disagreement within the opposition coalition and commented on Russian-Belarusian relations. Lebedko is push [...]	2006-06-01 12:17:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO

06MINSK565	Lukashenko's State of the Republic Tirade [...] (SBU) Summary: In his May 23 annual address before parliament, Lukashenko declared all is well in Belarus. He raised the trial balloon of establishing a Party of Power, but said he himself did not need it. He ordered the parliament and government to work with the four pillars of society, labo [...]	2006-06-01 12:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK572	Another Monument to a Repressor [...] (U) On May 26, authorities unveiled a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky on the grounds of Belarus' Military Academy. The 10.5-foot bronze statue is identical to the one that for years stood in front of the KGB's infamous Moscow headquarters, the Lubyanka, and was the first icon removed by demonstrat [...]	2006-06-01 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK574	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 26, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Iran To Aid Belarus' Nuclear Industry, Lukashenko To Visit Iran On May 25, Iranian Ambassador Abdolhamid Fekri said at a news conference in [...]	2006-06-02 06:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK580	Opposition Activist Convicted of Sedition [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 25, a Milinkevich campaign worker, Sergei Lyashkevich, was tried in Shchuchin regional court on charges of inciting mass disorder. The prosecution's evidence included seized electronic media, written testimony, and oral testimony by two dubious witnesses. Following the [...]	2006-06-02 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK581	Belarus: Iran Demarches Passed; No Response [...] On June 2, acting Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref A and B Iran demarches to Oleg Anisimov, Second Secretary in the MFA's America's Department. When Anisimov heard Poloff wanted to discuss a new U.S. proposal for Iran, he commented that, "your policy will of course change for the worse." He di [...]	2006-06-02 10:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IAEA KNNP USNC IR BO
06MINSK582	PINSK VISIT NOT IDEOLOGICALLY PURE [...] (C) Summary: On May 24 and 25 DCM and Econoff visited the southern cities of Pinsk, Beryoza and Beloozyersk, as well as a newly discovered Holocaust mass grave near Bronnaya Gora. Local activists in Beryoza seemed preoccupied with their problems with the BKGB, but activists in Beloozyersk are [...]	2006-06-02 10:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM KNAR BO
06MINSK584	BELARUS NAMES FOR ASSET FREEZE [...] (C) Post provides the following information to supplement that gathered by the Department in consideration of placing assets freezes on certain Belarusian regime officials. Natalya Petkevich ----------------- 2. (C) Natalya Petkevich: Petkevich was appointed as Deputy Head of the Presi [...]	2006-06-02 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BO
06MINSK585	Belarus: UNHRC Demarche Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-05 04:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM BO
06MINSK588	TEN PLUS APPROVES TWO-YEAR STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary: The Ten Plus Coalition's Political Council on May 22 approved a two-year plan aimed at removing Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko and promoting democracy. The plan concentrates most of its energy in the "For Freedom" movement, which calls for pro-democratic civil society gr [...]	2006-06-05 12:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK599	BELARUS: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Post submits its annual contribution for the 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. During the year the Belarus Government continued with its policy of fundraising through confiscation of transiting goods, although this process appears to be declining. The State Cu [...]	2006-06-09 04:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EFIN EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV BO
06MINSK600	IMF: Belarus Faces Falling Growth [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent briefing a visiting IMF team acknowledged that the Belarusian economy has seen strong growth the past few years, driven mainly by the re-export of Russian oil, but also to a lesser extent to growing productivity. However, Belarus also faces a number of significant pr [...]	2006-06-09 07:59:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK602	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 2, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Belarus Skeptical about UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur On May 31, following consultations with representatives from Russia's MFA, Belar [...]	2006-06-09 09:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK603	BSDP Says Kozulin Not Vote Splitting, Supports Hunger [...] SUMMARY: On June 1, the Belarusian Social Democratic (Gramada) Party (BSDP) held a press conference to discuss March's presidential elections. BSDP described the elections as neither fair nor democratic and argued that Kozulin's candidacy motivated significant participation by Belarusian vot [...]	2006-06-09 10:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK605	CZECHS BLOCK SENIOR GOB VISAS, PASS [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Embassy recently passed over information that Lukashenko's son, Dmitry, and Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky and his family all applied for Czech visas. The Czechs did not issue to Dmitry or Sidorsky, even though neither is on the EU's visa ban list. The Czech Charge also [...]	2006-06-09 12:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BO
06MINSK606	FMCT Points Passed to Belarus [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 13:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG BO
06MINSK607	Latest Iran Points Passed to Belarus [...] On June 9, Econoff delivered reftel Iran information to Igor Ugorich, Counselor in the MFA's Department of International Security and Arms Control. Ugorich did not provide any substantive response. 2. Comment: Post does not expect the GOB will issue any statements even slightly critical of [...]	2006-06-09 13:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IAEA PREL MNUC IR BO
06MINSK608	REGIONAL OUTREACH TO GOMEL REGION HIGH, SUPERVISED [...] (U) Summary: On June 1-2, Ambassador traveled to the regional capital city Gomel and surrounding villages to conduct public outreach. Opposition and civil society representatives described the repressive conditions in which they exist, but the civil society representatives also criticized the [...]	2006-06-09 13:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK619	POST-ELECTION PROFILE OF BELARUSIAN YOUTH GROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 25-27 and May 3-4, Poloffs met with representatives of five Belarusian youth organizations: Zubr, which announced its formal dissolution in May 2006; Third Way; Association of Belarusian Students; Volnaya Moladz; and New Life Church. All of these groups have been direct [...]	2006-06-13 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK627	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 9, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Russian Ambassador Against Belarus' Retaliation for Travel Bans On June 8, the Russian Ambassador to Belarus, Aleksandr Surikov, described [...]	2006-06-14 06:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK628	State Forces Competition to the Lowest Common Denominator [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, General Manager for Coca-Cola Beverages Belarus Alexander Denisov listed for Econoff a number of problems Coke faces in Belarus. In recent months the Minsk City government has been removing hundreds Coca-Cola refrigerators the company gave to street kiosks selling Cok [...]	2006-06-14 06:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK629	Gas Negotiations Drag On, and On [...] Summary: Gas price negotiations have continued behind closed doors between the GOB and Gazprom, with no deal apparently reached at the most recent session on June 1. Russian media, quoting Gazprom officials, claim that Gazprom sent the GOB a contract listing USD 200 as the price for 2007, an i [...]	2006-06-14 12:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD USTR BO
06MINSK630	PARTNERSHIP ELECTION OBSERVERS FACE TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, Ambassador and DCM met with the wives of two of the jailed Partnership activists (independent election observers). The wives said their husbands' moods were still high, given their circumstances. Two of the four activists were recently moved to a new detention center [...]	2006-06-14 13:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK633	LOCAL ELECTION DATE SET AND LUKASHENKO ALREADY [...] (U) On June 9, Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko issued the order to hold elections for local district and city councils (soviets) on January 14, 2007 with the possibility of postponement to January 28. The last local elections were held in 2003, but opposition activists won few of the [...]	2006-06-15 13:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK637	The Belarusian Lottery: Who Is Actually [...] (SBU) Summary: Belarus' lottery industry is booming. The two largest of Belarus' 30 registered lotteries gross USD 6 million per month, with half of that amount going to the GOB to purportedly finance social and sports programs. In light of the industries' high profits, Lukashenko in May ord [...]	2006-06-15 13:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK638	Youth Flash Mobs on Rise Despite Repression [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Flash mobs have increasingly become one of the principal methods of protest by anti-Lukashenko activists since the March presidential elections. Consequently, Belarusian authorities have steadily intensified their already significant repression of flash-mob activists. Police [...]	2006-06-16 05:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI BO
06MINSK639	MOTHER OF FUGITIVE OPPOSITION ACTIVIST DELIVERS [...] (C) On June 12, Galina Sivchik, mother of opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik, told DCM that prosecutors dismissed her complaint against the authorities' failure to investigate the circumstances surrounding her son's March abduction and beating during post presidential election demonstratio [...]	2006-06-16 05:23:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK640	THE NATIONAL LIBRARY: LUKASHENKO'S DIAMOND OR [...] (U) Summary: The June 9 grand opening of the Belarusian National Library, a 23-story glass diamond-shaped monstrosity on the outskirts of Minsk, was again postponed. Although the authorities did not give a reason for the delay, independent news sources expect it is related to the perennial pro [...]	2006-06-16 05:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK641	BELARUSâ€™ TOP 50 OLIGARCHS [...] (C) Summary: Econoff recently received a list purporting to show Belarus' top 50 oligarchs and their net worth. An internet search found another, slightly older list that is nearly identical to the first. Post cannot confirm the sources or exact information in these lists, but rates the information [...]	2006-06-16 06:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON ETRD BO
06MINSK646	EUR/ACE COORDINATOR DISCUSSES ASSISTANCE NEEDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 5, an EUR/ACE and USAID delegation led by Ambassador Thomas Adams met with representatives of Belarusian opposition non-governmental organizations (NGOs),political parties, and independent news media. Belarus' two main independent opinion pollsters also briefed the deleg [...]	2006-06-16 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK648	Sudan and Belarus Sign Military Pact, Minsk Stays Silent [...] (U) On June 16, on-line Sudanese newspaper the Sudan Tribune announced that Sudanese Defense Minister General Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein signed a military cooperation protocol with his Belarusian counterpart Leonid Maltsev on June 15 in Minsk. The article claimed Hussein was in Belarus June 13 [...]	2006-06-19 10:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETRD UNSC SU BO
06MINSK652	Lukashenko's Potash Hole Grows Deeper [...] (U) On June 13, Belarus closed all four of its potash mines. With exports falling due to Lukashenko's insistence on above-market prices, Belarus no longer had any place to store the potash it was digging up. The problem began in 2005 when Lukashenko ignored market reality and ordered the ferti [...]	2006-06-20 09:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EMIN ETRD EAGR USTR PHUM BO
06MINSK653	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 20, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Putin Signals Hike in Gas Price to Belarus, Impatient on Union During a Shanghai Cooperation Organization Press Conference, Russian Preside [...]	2006-06-20 10:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD EINV
06MINSK654	DEMONSTRATION [...] (SBU) At 20:00 on June 16 near the Russian Embassy (adjacent to U.S. Embassy),45 activists were briefly detained while observing the Day of Solidarity. The Day of Solidarity takes place on the 16th of every month in support of jailed and missing opposition activists. Similar to the May 16th [...]	2006-06-20 11:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK659	CSTO Castigates NATO And Its Neighbors [...] Summary: The Russian Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on June 20 gave a press conference in which he ridiculed NATO and opined that its military installations in Eastern European countries were part of a military agenda in Russia's backyard. He stated CST [...]	2006-06-21 12:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV BO
06MINSK664	Belarus Faces Pension Crisis [...] Summary: On May 18, Econoff met with the head of the Ministry of Labor's pension office, and on May 30 attended a conference where several GOB officials described an upcoming pension crisis. Belarus has 2.6 million pensioners, 27% of the population, and this number will grow in coming years. T [...]	2006-06-21 14:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EFIN SOCI BO
06MINSK666	NATO Materials Seized from Local Deputies [...] The Lithuanian Embassy, NATO POC in Minsk, informed post on June 21 that they sent a group of twelve elected members of local government councils to NATO headquarters in Brussels for an informational visit June 15-16, organized by NATO's Public Diplomacy Division. Upon their return to Minsk on [...]	2006-06-22 10:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PHUM BO
06MINSK669	POLL OF BELARUSIAN ELITES SHOWS SUPPORT FOR OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, Oleg Manaev, head of the de- registered IISEPS sociological research center, presented the results of additional post-election polling to the Ambassador. Throughout May, IISEPS polled 60 respondents, described as "laders and experts" inside and outside Belarus' gvernm [...]	2006-06-23 05:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK671	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 23, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. State Weekly Says Belarus Should Freeze Opposition U.S. Accounts On June 22, BelTA correspondent Viktor Lovgach wrote in the pro- governme [...]	2006-06-23 12:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD
06MINSK679	ACTIVIST SEEKS TO EXPAND ROLE OF WOMEN IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: In her new role as head of the Commission on Women in the United Civic Party (UCP),Women's Independent Democratic Movement (WIDM) chair Lyudmila Petina told DCM she is searching for ways to encourage women to become more politically active, including the possible creation of a w [...]	2006-06-27 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KWMN SCUL BO
06MINSK680	MFA MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR-DRUMS UP GOB OUTCRY OVER [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, Head of the MFA's U.S. and Canada Desk Sergey Sergeyev formally relayed GOB irritation with the U.S. imposition of visa bans and financial sanctions against GOB officials. Ambassador reiterated the USG had long warned the GOB the U.S. would take such actions against GO [...]	2006-06-27 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK682	Media Focuses on Lukashenko and Putin at CSTO-EAEC Summit [...] SUMMARY: On June 23, the heads of state and foreign ministers of countries belonging to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) met in Minsk for the organizations' tandem summits. Belarusian media coverage focused heavily on statements by [...]	2006-06-28 13:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EINV WTRO USTR BO
06MINSK683	GOB Mocks U.S. Financial Sanctions But Responds In Kind [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB has threatened to freeze the assets of President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in response to the financial sanctions imposed by the U.S. on President Lukashenko and nine other members of his regime. Affected Belarusian officials have denied the exis [...]	2006-06-29 11:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BO
06MINSK689	State Dominates Banking Sector [...] Summary: Belarus has a poorly developed capital market, and the financial sector almost exclusively consists of banks. The joint stock exchange/currency exchange lists very few companies and is mostly engaged in currency exchange for the government. The banking sector is almost completely dom [...]	2006-06-30 12:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR BTIU PGOV AFIN BO
06MINSK690	BELARUS NAMES FOR ASSET FREEZE, TRANCHE 2 [...] (C) Post provides the following information to supplement that gathered by the Department in consideration of freezing the assets of certain Belarusian regime officials. This is the second cable in this series (reftel). Aleksandr Radkov ---------------- 2. (C) Radkov became Minister o [...]	2006-06-30 12:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BO
06MINSK691	GOB APPEALS TO EU TO STOP "SPIRAL OF PRESSURE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lithuanian Ambassador to Belarus gave U.S. Ambassador copies of three letters from Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Martynov to: Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Unio [...]	2006-06-30 13:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL PGOV ECON EINV WTRO USTR BO
06MINSK692	OPPOSITION LEADER OUTLINES MULTIPLE PROBLEMS IN [...] (C) Summary: During a June 26 meeting with Ambassador, pro-democracy Belarusian Party of Communist (BPC) head Aleksandr Kalyakin described the United Democratic Forces (UDF) plan of action outlining "concrete" measures to coordinate the activities of the UDF leaders and to mobilize activists. [...]	2006-06-30 13:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK694	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 7, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. On July 6, the trial of former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin began in Moskovsky District Court in Minsk. Kozulin supporters, journalists, and representatives i [...]	2006-07-10 05:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD
06MINSK701	LUKASHENKO PRAISES ECONOMY, SEEKS BETTER RELATIONS WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave his Independence Day address on July 1 at the Palace of the Republic. He vowed that Belarusians would never forget the sacrifices their families made during WWII and thanked survivors for rebuilding Belarus into a strong nation. He then praised [...]	2006-07-10 06:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK707	IN-FIGHTING AND DISORGANIZATION STAGNATES UDF [...] (SBU) Summary: The internal power struggles and disorganization within the United Democratic Forces (UDF) are affecting the UDF's support among democratic-minded Belarusians and its ability to initiate a formable movement against Lukashenko. At least two clans have formed in the UDF and are b [...]	2006-07-10 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK711	Belarus: Radioactive Metal Found [...] Independent newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reported on May 30 that Minsk police investigating fraud searched scrap metal collection station Number 29 and found 6.5 tons of unregistered scrap metal. Police told the paper an Armenian citizen was the sole worker at the station and that the peopl [...]	2006-07-11 05:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG MNUC PARM SENV TRGY BO
06MINSK719	BELARUS ON THE EVE OF THE G8 SUMMIT [...] (C) Many in the Belarusian opposition are hopeful G-7 leaders will raise Belarus at the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg in an effort to convince Russia to stop both its support for the repressive Lukashenko regime and its efforts to establish a union with Belarus that could extinguish defacto Belar [...]	2006-07-12 13:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK720	POST REVIEW OF GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, [...] On June 27, 2006 USAID Country Representative, USAID Activity Manager and an Embassy Poloff met with UNDP HIV/AIDS Program Manager, the UNDP Resident Representative and the Belarus Global Fund Project Manager to discuss the results of Phase I of the project (which ends November 30, 2006) and p [...]	2006-07-12 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO BO
06MINSK731	KOZULIN VERDICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 13, former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was sentenced to five and a half years in a medium security prison on one charge of disturbing the peace and two counts of hooliganism. The six-day proceedings were at times chaotic and drew a heavy presence [...]	2006-07-14 13:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK737	Opposition Leader Assures Ambassador He's A Man of [...] (C) Summary: United Democratic Forces leader Aleksandr Milinkevich and his wife Inna Kulei provided a frank, yet optimistic assessment of the opposition coalition during the Ambassador's July 14 farewell meeting with them. Ambassador stressed that many in the opposition, especially the youth [...]	2006-07-17 13:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK738	Opposition Party Leader Arrested in Rally Near Russian [...] (SBU) On July 17, a Belarusian court sentenced United Civic Party (UCP) leader Anatoly Lebedko to 10 days in jail for "minor hooliganism" for attempting to participate in a July 16 protest near the Russian Embassy in Minsk. Authorities also charged activist Evgeny Askerko, whose trial followed [...]	2006-07-17 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK740	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 17, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------- Political Parties ----------------- 2. Pro-Lukashenko Communists Proclaim Merger with Opposition Communists On July 15, the leadership of the pro-Lukashenko Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) de [...]	2006-07-18 03:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK758	IISEPS Polling: Lukashenko Still Enjoys Popular Support [...] SUMMARY: On July 10, Director of the independent polling service IISEPS Oleg Manaev gave Ambassador the results of two opinion surveys conducted in June. Lukashenko maintains a high support rating, with 55 percent of those polled claiming they would vote for Lukashenko again should elections b [...]	2006-07-21 05:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK759	VICTIMIZED BELARUSIAN STUDENTS GET CHANCE TO STUDY [...] (C) Summary: Inna Kulei's Committee for the Defense of the Repressed (CDR) has successfully placed approximately 250 Belarusian students who have been victimized for their political activities in universities in neighboring countries. Discrepancies exist over precisely how many of these stud [...]	2006-07-21 05:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK763	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 21, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. --------- Elections --------- 2. United Opposition Forces Preparing for Early Local Elections On July 18, Belarusian Popular Front Deputy Chairman Viktor Ivashkevich announced that, despite the government's tentati [...]	2006-07-21 13:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK764	Pro-Lukashenko Communists Hijack Opposition Party [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 15, the pro-government Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) and the opposition Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC) held rival conferences regarding the CPB-proposed merger of Belarus' two communist parties. According to CPB Central Committee Secretary Georgy Atamanov, CPB's [...]	2006-07-21 14:36:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK77	Minsk Election Weekly VI (January 20-January 27) [...] (U) January 27 is the final day for presidential contenders to submit signatures. Each contender must submit a minimum of 100,000 signatures to the Central Election Committee. This is the sixth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the Ma [...]	2006-01-30 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK784	BELARUSIAN SECURITY FORCES SEARCH APARTMENT OF [...] (C) The Latvian Embassy on July 25 released a press statement protesting the July 25 search of a Latvian diplomat's residence by Belarusian security forces. On July 26, Latvian DCM Juris Poikans confirmed with Pol/Econ Chief that at 3am on July 25 three "unidentified Belarusians in plain clo [...]	2006-07-27 08:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK785	POLICE BRIEFLY DETAINED OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) On July 26, two Polotsk traffic police officers stopped a vehicle carrying former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich, his wife Inna Kulei, press secretary Pavel Mazheiko, and Belarusian Popular Front deputy SIPDIS chairman Aleksey Yanukevich on their way to visit po [...]	2006-07-27 08:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK787	LUKASHENKO FINDS A NEW FRIEND IN HUGO CHAVEZ [...] Summary: On July 23-25, Lukashenko hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Minsk, marking the first official visit of a Latin American leader in Belarus' history. During the series of meetings and ceremonies, the leaders lauded each other's political and economic policies and occasionally [...]	2006-07-27 10:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD VE BO
06MINSK791	NGO Partnership Case Begins, Families and Observers [...] (SBU) On July 28, the criminal trial against four young people associated with the NGO Partnerstvo (Partnership) began in Minsk's Tsentralny district. Belarusian authorities accused Timofei SIPDIS Dranchuk, Aleksandr Shalaiko, Nikolai Astreiko, and Enira Bronitskaya of operating an illegal [...]	2006-07-28 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK794	PRESSURES ON LUKASHENKO: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: Although Lukashenko secured a third term in office through rigged March presidential elections, the regime is grappling with unprecedented political and economic pressure from the East and the West, and to a limited extent, from within. Belarusians interpret Gazprom's plans to q [...]	2006-07-31 13:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK795	OPPOSITION COALITION SET TO LAUNCH THREE-STEP [...] (C) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff met with United Democratic Forces (UDF) Political Council member Viktor Ivashkevich to discuss the UDF's preparations for the tentatively scheduled 2007 municipal elections and the new executive body that was formed to implement the coalition's plan of ac [...]	2006-07-31 13:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK796	LATVIAN DIPLOMAT HAS RESIDENCE RAIDED, IS MALIGNED [...] (C) On July 30, Belarusian Television's (BT) analytical program "Center of Attention" - a program known for its anti-Western shows - broadcast an expose on the Latvian diplomat accused of distributing pornographic materials (reftel). The program targeted the Latvian diplomat for his sexual o [...]	2006-07-31 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK809	NO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM RUSSIAN PIPELINE [...] Belarusian and Russian press are reporting that on July 27 an oil leak occurred on the Unicha-Polotsk section of the Druzhba pipeline in the Russian region of Bryansk, which is near the Belarusian border. News reports indicate that the accident resulted from corrosion in the pipeline. Russi [...]	2006-08-01 13:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK819	US and European Heads of Mission Press for Access to NGO [...] (SBU) U.S. and EU embassies in Minsk have taken an assertive and coordinated approach to spotlighting the criminal trial against four young leaders of the prominent NGO Partnerstvo (Partnership). Belarusian authorities accused Timofei Dranchuk, Aleksandr Shalaiko, Nikolai Astreiko, and Enira B [...]	2006-08-02 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK820	Belarus Announces Potash Contract with China, China Claims [...] (U) Despite recent claims from the GOB that Belarus has signed a contract to supply potash to China, it remains unclear whether China and Belarus have reached an agreement. China is Belarus' largest buyer of potash, and the lack of a contract has caused Belarus' overall potash exports to drop [...]	2006-08-03 05:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ETRD EAGR USTR BO
06MINSK831	Female Tent City Heroes Reaffirmed Commitment to [...] (U) On July 28, leader of the Women's Independent Democratic Movement (WIDM) Ludmila Petina presented the release of the organization's latest information bulletin, "We Are Women," in the Embassy's Public Affairs Section building (reftel). The bulletin included interviews and editorials from [...]	2006-08-04 06:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN BO
06MINSK838	UN HLD Demarche Delivered, MFA Requests U.S. Participation [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points on the UN High Level Dialogue (HLD) on International Migration and Development to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on August 4. The talking points were received without comment. 2. Separately, MFA Department for Humani [...]	2006-08-04 14:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID PREF SMIG UNGA BO
06MINSK839	NGO PARTNERSHIP LEADERS CONVICTED [...] (C) On August 4, Judge Leonid Yasinevich convicted four young leaders of the election monitoring NGO "Partnerstvo" (Partnership) for allegedly operating an illegal organization that "infringes on the rights of the Belarusian people" (reftel). In a courtroom open only to international observe [...]	2006-08-04 14:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	BO PGOV PHUM
06MINSK840	OPPOSITION LEADER VYACHORKA PRAISES USG EFFORTS, [...] (C) Summary: In their first meeting, Belarusian opposition leader Vyachorka asserted to Charge on August 2 that United Democratic Forces (UDF) members were united behind UDF leader Aleksandr Milinkevich and are recruiting and mobilizing a growing number of citizens frustrated with the regime. [...]	2006-08-04 14:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK847	LUKASHENKO CRITICIZES U.S. BUT SEEKS GREATER [...] (U) Summary: President Lukashenko, meeting with his Belarusian Ambassadors August 1, stated that increased U.S.-EU harassment was due to Belarus' increasing geopolitical importance and its role in forming a multi-polar world. The President claimed Belarus was ready for bilateral partnerships [...]	2006-08-09 04:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK848	OPPOSITION LEADER KALYAKIN OFFERS CANDID VIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: In their first meeting, Belarusian opposition leader Kalyakin asserted to Charge August 8 that the United Democratic Forces (UDF) is committed to spreading independent information, supporting democratic institution building, and protecting activists from GOB persecution. Kalyakin [...]	2006-08-09 07:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK857	CHARGE EXPRESSES CONCERN WITH LATVIAN DIPLOMAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 12:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK860	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - AUGUST 11, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ------------------------- 2. Lukashenko Pushes for Stronger UN Role On August 1, President Lukashenko asserted that Belarus seeks to strengthen the role of the United [...]	2006-08-10 04:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK866	BOBRUISK OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: To gauge the strength of opposition forces ahead of upcoming municipal elections, Poloffs traveled to Bobruisk on July 20, as the southeastern city was preparing for Lukashenko's September annual harvest festival. Although marginalized and weakened, opposition political parties [...]	2006-08-10 13:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON BO
06MINSK876	MFA BAITS AND SWITCHES ON COORDINATED U.S.-EU [...] (C) Summary: On August 11, Charge delivered the coordinated U.S.-EU demarche to MFA Counselor on the U.S. and Canada Desk Pavel Pustovoy regarding the imprisonment of former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin and four leaders of the independent election monitoring NGO "Partn [...]	2006-08-11 15:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK881	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 14, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Parliament Leader Receives Iranian Delegation On August 9, Chairman of the Belarusian House of Representatives Vladimir Konoplev receive [...]	2006-08-14 13:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK887	KOZULIN'S PARTY PREPARES FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Senior Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) members corroborated reports that the health of imprisoned BSDP leader and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin is degenerating, but insisted the BSDP has no plans to replace Kozulin as party leader. They cha [...]	2006-08-17 06:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK890	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - AUGUST 11, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ------------------------- 2. Lukashenko Pushes for Stronger UN Role On August 1, President Lukashenko asserted that Belarus seeks to strengthen the role of the United [...]	2006-08-17 06:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK893	GOB - "AVIAN INFLUENZA NOT BEHIND 100,000 POULTRY [...] (U) Summary: Approximately 100,000 chickens have died in two separate accidents at Belarusian poultry farms since July 14. The GOB stressed that human error was at fault and maintained that AI was not detected. Health officials reiterated that the deaths were unfortunate accidents, but ass [...]	2006-08-17 07:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK9	Media Mistaken: Partnership Will Observe Elections [...] (C) Summary: On January 4, Emboffs met with civil initiative Partnership director Nikolai Astreiko to inquire about press reports that Partnership would not be monitoring the March presidential elections. Astreiko stated that Partnership plans to observe the entire electoral process, and proc [...]	2006-01-05 14:05:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK903	MINSK AUTHORITIES LIQUIDATE KALYAKIN'S OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: On August 17, authorities liquidated the Minsk chapter of the Belarusian Party of Communists for alleged violations of "registration protocol" in 1999. The closure of the Minsk chapter would result in the de facto liquidation of the party -- headed by senior united opposition lea [...]	2006-08-18 13:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK904	BUILDING THE CASE FOR DEMOCRACY: MONITORING NEEDED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. Summary ------- 2. (C) On August 17, the Belarusian Central Election Committee confirmed that the municipal elections will be held on January 14, 2007. The democratic opposition believes, and we agree that these elections are the [...]	2006-08-18 13:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE BO
06MINSK910	Belarusian High-Level Attendance at 61st UNGA [...] According to the MFA's response to post's demarche on Belarusian participation at the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) (reftel),the members of the Belarusian delegation will include: A.Head of State The MFA did not provide information on President Aleksandr Lukashenko's attendance at UNGA. [...]	2006-08-21 13:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BO
06MINSK911	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 18, 2006 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Stipulates Eurasian Customs Union (para. 2) - Belarus and Ukraine Discuss Cooperation (para. 3) - Lukashenko Greets Indian, South Korea [...]	2006-08-21 13:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK924	Nomination for 006 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL Conference, [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 07:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	AMT MARR NATO PREL BO
06MINSK937	BELARUS' MOST PROFITABLE STATE-RUN COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: The GOB published its list of state-owned companies contributing the most revenue to the GOB budget in 2005. This list suggests some significant changes in the Belarusian economy, particularly in the fertilizer and oil industries, since the GOB prohibited publication of its list [...]	2006-08-28 10:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK938	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 28, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lawmaker Calls Union State Act 99 Percent Ready (para. 2) - CSTO Consultations on Military Training (para. 3) LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Op [...]	2006-08-28 11:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK939	"INDEPENDENT" MP CLAIMS TO PROMOTE GRADUAL CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: On August 23, "independent" Belarusian MP Abramova met unofficially with Pol/Econ Chief to encourage the USG to bolster support for independent media. According to Abramova, only economic reform and greater press freedoms, not radical change, are palatable to the Belarusian people [...]	2006-08-28 12:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM BO
06MINSK94	GOB Ready to Cooperate to Fight Money [...] (U) In a surprisingly cooperative meeting between Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and members of the State Control Committee (SCC),the GOB was responsive to Post's request for information on GOB practices to combat money laundering and terrorism finance. On January 5, 2005, DCM met with Direct [...]	2006-01-31 14:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM PGOV BO
06MINSK95	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - January 31, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. GOB Deems Defamatory Documentary "Not Discriminatory" On January 14, the Prosecutor General's Office ruled the controversial documentary about gypsies in Belarus that aired [...]	2006-02-01 05:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK951	MILINKEVICH, BACK IN BELARUS, TOUTS SOLIDARITY AND [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge on August 29, United Democratic Forces (UDF) leader Milinkevich argued that the opposition remains united and said he would be publicly involved in the run up to the local elections. He and his wife spoke of their efforts to create solidarity among Belaru [...]	2006-08-31 13:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK957	PROTESTANTS THREATEN TO PROTEST FORCED SALE OF [...] (C) Summary: On August 22, the GOB ruled that the New Life Church must sell their church building to the local government at a price far below market value and vacate the property by September 1, although no action has been taken by the authorities to date. Church leaders insist that the GOB' [...]	2006-09-01 10:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEC BO
06MINSK963	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 5, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Opposition Council Discusses Local Coalitions (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Visits France, Opposes Union State (para. 3) - Police Seize Prot [...]	2006-09-05 10:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK964	CHARGE'S PRESS CONFERENCE ELICITS INTEREST OF [...] (U) On August 31, Charge hosted a press conference with members of the Belarusian independent media and local representatives of various international media outlets. After delivering a brief opening statement, Charge and journalists engaged in a spirited hour-long question-and-answer session [...]	2006-09-05 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BO

06MINSK965	EMBASSY HOSTS VICTIMS AND FAMILIES OF KOZULIN AND [...] (SBU) On September 1, Charge and A/DCM hosted a reception for family members of imprisoned former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, recently released Partnership NGO activists Aleksandr Shalaiko and Enire Bronitskaya and their families, and the family members of still impri [...]	2006-09-05 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK971	BELARUS GEARING UP FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT [...] (C) The GOB continues to advocate the construction of a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Belarus. Although a decision has not officially been made, the state media's positive propaganda indicates that Lukashenko plans to build an NPP whether Belarusians agree or not. GOB officials maintain the N [...]	2006-09-07 08:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY PARM MNUC BO
06MINSK972	MOBILE SATELLITE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on September 1. The talking points were received without comment. MOORE [...]	2006-09-07 08:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS BO
06MINSK975	BREST OPPOSITION PUSHES ON DESPITE GOB PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: An August 22-23 visit by Poloffs to the Western border city of Brest received heavy attention from state security services. Local activists, already under siege by the regime, kept their commitments to meet with Poloffs despite the threat of even further scrutiny from the BKGB. [...]	2006-09-11 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK976	PRO-REGIME NEO-NAZIS INTIMIDATE INDEPENDENT MEDIA, [...] (C) Summary: Following March's stolen presidential elections, the pro-government, pan-Russian, neo-Nazi group "Russian National Unity" (RNE) appears to have undertaken a campaign of intimidation against Belarus' independent media and opposition political parties. This campaign apparently incl [...]	2006-09-11 13:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK978	REGIONAL OPPOSITION PARTIES COALESCE FOR LOCAL [...] (C) In preparation for Belarus' upcoming municipal elections, the regional chapters of parties within the opposition United Democratic Forces (UDF) coalition continue to sign cooperation agreements with their Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) counterparts. Despite enthusias [...]	2006-09-11 13:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK981	LUKASHENKO RECEIVES IRANIAN FM, ANNOUNCES VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (SBU) President Aleksandr Lukashenko on September 7 urged Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to use his two-day visit to Minsk to dramatically bolster bilateral economic cooperation and accepted the Iranian president's invitation to visit Tehran. In a separate meeting with Belarusian [...]	2006-09-12 11:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD BO
06MINSK982	NAM ATTENDEES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points on the Middle East and terrorism to the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on September 8. The talkig points were received without comment. MOORE [...]	2006-09-12 11:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA PTER PHUM BO
06MINSK984	UNSC RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on September 8. The talking points were received without comment. MOORE [...]	2006-09-12 11:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS BO
06MINSK994	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 8, [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Opposition Party Forms Bloc For Independence (para. 2) - Opposition Coalition Secretariat In Operation (para. 3) - Brest Opposition Questions Council Members (pa [...]	2006-09-12 11:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06SECTIKN01OF03MINSK1223	EMBASSY EINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 21, [...] The following are brief items of interest cmmpiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIKNS ----------------------- - Foreign Military Experts Confirm Belarus' Compliance (para. 2) - Belarus Still 67th in UN Human DEvelopment Ranking (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ----- [...]	2006-11-27 04:30:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06SECTIO03OF03MINSK1128	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 20, [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-20 13:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
07MINSK10	ELECTION SITREP 2: GOB OBSTRUCTS OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) This is a second situation report covering the Belarusian local council elections scheduled for January 14. With ten days left until Election Day, authorities are preventing opposition candidates from printing campaign materials and meeting with voters and restricting radio airtime. Opp [...]	2007-01-05 10:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK1003	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 07, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activist Expelled From University (para. 2) - Lebedko Questions Prisoner Klimov's Health (para. 3) - Police Arrest Human Trafficker in Minsk (para. 4) - Loc [...]	2007-12-07 15:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG KCRM BO
07MINSK1004	KOZULIN CONTEMPLATES NEW HUNGER STRIKE [...] (C) Aleksandr Kozulin plans to begin another hunger strike in March 2008, his wife Irina told the Charge in a meeting December 7. Upset with the legitimacy that he felt Lukashenko had gained through appeals for dialogue with the regime by some opposition figures and European officials, Kozul [...]	2007-12-07 16:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR BO
07MINSK1006	OPPOSITION BPF ELECTS NEW LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Opposition Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) Chair Vintsuk Vyachorka was unexpectedly replaced by former Acting BPF Chair Levon Barshchevskiy after Vyachorka twice fell short of the absolute majority needed for re-election at the December 8-9 BPF party conference. BPF members remain evenly [...]	2007-12-10 17:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK1009	BELARUSIAN SOVEREIGNTY NOT UNDER THREAT FROM PUTIN [...] (C) With the December 13-14 visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk imminent, official Minsk has moved to tamp down wild rumors in the local and international media about the end of Belarusian sovereignty through the signing of a Union State Constitution. According to a report from [...]	2007-12-11 12:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BO
07MINSK101	CLINTON BENCH AT KURAPATY MASSACRE SITE VANDALIZED AGAIN [...] (U) During a January 27 trip to the Kurapaty Stalin-era massacre site, DCM and visiting EUR/UMB Office Director Robert Boehme discovered that the bench presented in 1994 by former U.S. President Bill Clinton on behalf of the United States to the people of Belarus had been vandalized again. Th [...]	2007-02-02 07:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK1011	MULTIPLE ARRESTS AFTER HUNDREDS PROTEST ON OCTOBER [...] (C) Nine activists have been sentenced to up to ten days in jail and opposition party leader Anatoliy Lebedko received minor injuries when security services cracked down after the conclusion of a successful protest against restrictions on small businesses December 10. The demonstration itself [...]	2007-12-11 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR BO
07MINSK1012	POLL REFLECTS GROWING CONCERN OVER ECONOMY [...] (SBU) According to the latest data from the independent pollster NOVAK, the percentage of the Belarusian public with a positive rating of President Lukashenko has held steady at 41.7 percent. This is the first pause in a yearlong downward trend. Support for opposition politicians, however, re [...]	2007-12-11 15:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON BO
07MINSK1018	OPPOSITION YOUTH LEADER FEDARUK BEATEN, NOW SAID [...] (C) On December 12, authorities violently dispersed a pro-sovereignty demonstration by opposition forces on the eve of Russian President Putin's December 13-14 visit to Belarus. During the crackdown, police severely beat opposition youth leader Dmitriy Fedaruk just days after he returned from [...]	2007-12-13 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK1020	EBRD ON MICROFINANCE, POWER PROJECTS IN BELARUS [...] (C) The EBRD signed a charter to open a microfinance bank in Minsk Belarus December 12. The bank, with seven investors and start-up capital of USD 7 million, needs 19 permits to begin operation but could be ready for business by mid-2008. In a briefing for the Ambassador, EBRD representatives [...]	2007-12-13 14:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PINR BO
07MINSK1024	AMBASSADOR VISITS HOSPITALIZED YOUTH LEADER FEDARUK [...] (U) On December 13, Ambassador and DCM, accompanied by the Slovak Head of Mission Lubomir Rehak (representing the local EU presidency),visited with opposition youth organization Malady Front Acting Chairman Dmitriy Fedaruk at a local hospital, where Fedaruk has remained since GOB police seve [...]	2007-12-14 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK1025	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Registers Pro-Regime NGO Belaya Rus (para. 2) - GOB Adopts 2008-2010 Anti-TIP Program (para. 3) - Opposition Party Receives Warning (para. 4) - Signature Campaign [...]	2007-12-14 16:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG KCRM BO
07MINSK1026	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 16:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN BO
07MINSK1030	TO ROCK OR NOT TO ROCK? [...] Following a banned rock concert November 14, several blacklisted rock musicians met with Chief State Ideology Officer and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Oleg Proleskovskiy November 21. Proleskovskiy acknowledged the alleged ban, committed to lifting it, and encouraged the music [...]	2007-12-17 14:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO BO
07MINSK1032	PUTIN IN MINSK: MORE OR LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE? [...] (C) After Putin's December 13-14 visit to Minsk, Belarus appears to have secured attractive loan terms and a lower than expected gas price increase beginning in January 2008. Lukashenko did not appear particularly pleased, however, suggesting that Putin presented unattractive conditions to the [...]	2007-12-17 15:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL EFIN BO RS
07MINSK1035	BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION INVIGORATED BY U.S. VISIT [...] (C) Following a Belarusian opposition delegation's December 3-8 visit to the United States, party leaders from the United Democratic Forces (UDF) met with the Ambassador December 13. All expressed gratitude for the meetings with President Bush and Secretary Rice, and said that the private co [...]	2007-12-18 16:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK104	BELARUS DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIP WITH IRAN: MOTIVES [...] (SBU) On January 21 and January 27, the Belarusian Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs held meetings with their Iranian counterparts and the Iranian president in Tehran. Although the Belarusian state media mysteriously ignored the trips, Iranian and independent Belarusian news sources re [...]	2007-02-02 10:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ETRD BO IR
07MINSK1044	BELARUSIAN BANKING'S MIXED BALANCE SHEET [...] (C) The Belarusian banking sector continues to grow and generate considerable interest from potential foreign investors. Nonetheless, the ability of banks to drive the Belarusian economy remains limited due to the slowing pace of foreign investment into the sector and the reduced quality of i [...]	2007-12-21 10:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN BO
07MINSK1045	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 21, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Market Vendors Conduct Nationwide Strike (para. 2) - Opposition Groups Protest Social Benefit Cuts (para. 3) - BGKB Resumes Malady Front Criminal Case (para. 4) - Smal [...]	2007-12-21 10:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK1047	AMBASSADOR'S RECEPTION IN HONOR OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Ambassador hosted her second annual holiday reception for former political prisoners and the family and friends of currently jailed opposition activists. In the wake of the December 3-8 visit to Washington of a senior Belarusian opposition group, attendees expressed their appreciation of [...]	2007-12-21 17:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BO
07MINSK1048	INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER LOSES LIBEL SUIT; DAMAGES [...] (SBU) On December 20, a Minsk court ordered independent newspaper "Novy Chas" and journalist Aleksandr Tamkovich to pay USD 22,223 and USD 465, respectively, to top Belarusian MP Nikolay Cherginets for libel (reftel). Despite defense arguments during the proceedings, which were observed by P [...]	2007-12-21 17:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK1049	22-YEAR-OLD POLITICAL PRISONER TO BE HELD 18 [...] (SBU) Following a nine-hour trial, political prisoner and Malady Front youth activist Artur Finkevich was sentenced December 21 to eighteen months of detention in a penal colony for violations of the terms of his May 2006 hard labor ("khimya") sentence for graffiti. Finkevich, who was nearing [...]	2007-12-21 17:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK1051	IRAN END USE WATCH LIST PASSED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 14:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP IR BO
07MINSK1052	Terrorism Finance - Syria/Lebanon Designation Information [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 16:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER LE SY BO
07MINSK1053	Terrorism Finance - Domestic Designation of Former Regime [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 16:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER KTFN IZ BO
07MINSK1059	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 28, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. The next weekly will come out January 11. Happy New Year! TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Authorities to Approve Undergraduate Matriculation (para. 2) - Polish Catholic Priest Expelled from Belarus ( [...]	2007-12-28 10:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK106	BELARUS, PROTESTANTS CONSOLIDATE EFFORTS TO [...] (C) During a recent meeting with Ambassador, several Belarusian Pentecostal pastors laid out their plans to encourage Christian churches' participation in political and social activities to promote change in Belarus. These pastors, who represented several small, yet committed and energetic re [...]	2007-02-05 06:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF BO
07MINSK1060	IOM BULLISH ON GOB TIP COOPERATION [...] (SBU) DCM, USAID, and poloffs met with Dejan Keserovic, Minsk Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),to discuss GOB cooperation with the organization's anti-trafficking efforts. Keserovic expressed a generally favorable attitude towards the GOB and government [...]	2007-12-28 13:22:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN BO
07MINSK1061	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON REFORM IN BELARUS: FREE [...] (C) Ambassador met December 19 with Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Surikov to compare notes on recent Presidential interactions with Belarus -- the December 7 White House meeting with a delegation of Belarusian opposition leaders and the December 13-14 visit to Minsk of Vladimir Putin. Surikov, [...]	2007-12-28 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PINR BO RS
07MINSK1062	Minsk - JCIC-DIP-07-010 Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-28 15:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START JCIC BO
07MINSK1064	LUKASHENKO THREATENS TO EXPEL AMBASSADOR [...] (C) While addressing the press following a holiday visit to an orphanage December 30, Belarusian head of state Aleksandr Lukashenko threatened to expel the Ambassador should the USG impose additional economic sanctions on Belarus. GOB contacts have been reached by the Embassy but have not pr [...]	2007-12-31 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP OFDP APER BO
07MINSK110	LUKASHENKO'S "REACHING OUT" TO THE WEST: POSTURING [...] (U) In his latest public appearances on January 25-30, the Belarusian President slammed Russia's energy prices and indicated that his country was ready for a dialogue with the West. In usual form, Lukashenko deflected blame for poor relations with Belarus' neighbors. He admitted that Belarus' [...]	2007-02-06 12:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK113	EUR/UMB DIRECTOR DISCUSSES OPPOSITION CONGRESS AND [...] (C) Ambassador and visiting EUR/UMB Director Boehme recently met with several Belarusian opposition party leaders who expressed their support for holding an early March congress of pro-democracy forces. The opposition leaders generally were in favor of broadening U.S. economic sanctions agai [...]	2007-02-06 14:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK123	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 8, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - GOB, Ukrainian Vice Premiers Hold Energy Talks (para. 2) - Ukraine Appoints New Ambassador to Belarus (para. 3) - Venezuela to Open Embassy in Belar [...]	2007-02-09 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK125	THE "GOOD FELLAS" IN LUKASHENKO'S CIRCLE [...] (C) A Russian-based internet newspaper has been publishing a series of reports on alleged criminal rackets organized and/or headed by Lukashenko's former Minister of Interior Sivakov and commander of the President's personal special forces unit Pavlichenko. Reliable Embassy contacts asserted that t [...]	2007-02-09 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK13	LUKASHENKO GIVES RUSSIA BLACK EYE OVER BLACK GOLD [...] (C) On January 3, Belarusian PM Sergey Sidorskiy announced duties of USD 45/ton on Russian crude oil shipped via pipeline through Belarus effective from January 1. If crude shipments were to continue at their 2006 volume, Transneft would pay the GOB USD 3.1 billion in duties. Lukashenko expl [...]	2007-01-05 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK142	BELARUS' NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE [...] (U) Post has the honor to nominate Irina Kozulina for the Secretary of State's first International Women of Courage Award for SIPDIS her work on behalf of political prisoners and her promotion of breast cancer awareness in Belarus. She stands as a vital national figure representing both hu [...]	2007-02-14 15:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO BO
07MINSK150	MILINKEVICH AND PARTISAN LEADERS SHOWING SIGNS OF [...] (C) Since the January 14 municipal elections, the United Democratic Forces (UDF) have focused almost exclusively on organizing another democratic opposition congress, tentatively set for March 17-18. However, the coalition seems ill-prepared to hold a forum by that date. The UDF has yet to [...]	2007-02-16 17:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BO
07MINSK152	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 20, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - U.S. Citizens Deported from Belarus (para. 2) - Lukashenko Wants to Cooperate with Europe (para. 3) - GOB Delegation Me [...]	2007-02-20 14:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK154	EMBASSY IN BELARUSIAN STATE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: COVERAGE [...] (SBU) The Belarusian state media landscape remains challenging, with a clear anti-USG and anti-Western agenda. State-owned media outlets, both broadcast and print, have continued their negative and inaccurate reporting about U.S. Embassy activities; post management and Embassy officers -- par [...]	2007-02-20 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL BO
07MINSK156	BELARUS SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary and recommendation: Post once again recommends placement of Belarus on the watch list for 2007. Little has changed since Post's 2005 Special 301 input (ref A). Pirated optical media remains the norm, being readily available across the country, including in state-owned stores, and enfo [...]	2007-02-21 16:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON BO
07MINSK158	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST CONVICTED FOR ALLEGED POLICE [...] (C) A Minsk court recently convicted the half-brother of prominent Belarusian human rights defender Vyacheslav Sivchik for allegedly assaulting a police officer last year. Highlighting a previous assault against Sivchik by attackers who impersonated Embassy personnel during March 2006 pro-demo [...]	2007-02-22 15:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK159	ILO SUPPORTS POSTPONING GSP SUSPENSION FOR BELARUS [...] (C) Independent trade union leaders have warned Poloffs in recent meetings that the GOB's "progress" in implementing the International Labor Organization's (ILO) 12 recommendations on improving labor rights is purely cosmetic. However, the ILO has noted some willingness from the GOB to reform [...]	2007-02-22 15:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK160	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 22, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - French Ambassador Seeks Belarus-EU dialogue (para. 2) - Foreign Minister Martynov Visits India (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - I [...]	2007-02-22 15:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK161	AMERICAN BUSINESSES WARY OF COZYING UP TO DICTATOR [...] (C) Executives from two American businesses, Microsoft and American Express Bank, asked post about the advisability of expanding their presence in Belarus. Microsoft asked for advice on which GOB officials were off-limits, and on whether to move forward with talks on upgrading the regime's co [...]	2007-02-22 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK162	PARTY LEADERS ANGRY WITH MILINKEVICH, FORGE AHEAD [...] (C) Political party leaders tried to assure Ambassador that the opposition coalition remained united, despite de facto coalition leader Milinkevich's refusal to participate in the upcoming congress of democratic forces tentatively scheduled for March 17-18. Calling his decision a big mistake, [...]	2007-02-23 15:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK163	SCENESETTER FOR BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS' [...] (C) The delegation of leading Belarusian political and civil society activists to the U.S. will provide USG policy makers an insightful and balanced view of the current state of affairs in the democratic opposition camp. The Lukashenko regime's desperate struggle to adapt to significantly hig [...]	2007-02-23 15:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK177	MILINKEVICH PROVES HE IS A DIVIDER, NOT UNITER [...] (C) Opposition coalition leader Milinkevich on February 27 told Ambassador that coalition was fragmented but denied he was at fault for the divisions and accused left-wing coalition parties of hijacking the agenda of the upcoming congress of democratic forces. The coalition leader also noted [...]	2007-02-28 14:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK178	GOB ALLOWS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, WITHIN LIMITS [...] (C) Ambassador's participation in a press conference on humanitarian assistance to a regional children's hospital gave the USG unusually good coverage in Belarusian state media. Child Health International also continues to successfully provide humanitarian assistance by training local medical [...]	2007-02-28 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK179	RESOLUTION OF NEW LIFE CHURCH POSTPONED AGAIN [...] (U) On February 26, members of the Protestant-based New Life Church (NLC) began a week-long hunger strike following another postponement of its appeal to overturn a lower court's decision to strip the church of its property (ref A). (Note: In October 2006, more than 100 NLC members went on h [...]	2007-03-01 12:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
07MINSK18	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 5, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Prosecutor Not to Investigate Election Fraud (para. 2) DOMESTIC ECONOMY ---------------- - Finance Ministry to Adjust 2007 Budget (para. 3) - Belarus Worst Country for Ta [...]	2007-01-09 03:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK182	INDEPENDENT SURVEYS HAVING EFFECT ON VOTERS [...] (SBU) Independent pollsters Manaev and Vardomatskiy gave Ambassador the results of their latest polling conducted in January. Both pollsters' results indicate that public support for a union with Russia dropped by 10-15 percent to 35 percent. However, support for a closer relationship with th [...]	2007-03-02 13:09:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
07MINSK183	FRUSTATED MILINKEVICH SUPPORTERS SAY, &JUST LEAD, [...] (C) De facto opposition coalition leader Milinkevich's supporters say that the former presidential candidate has tremendous potential as the head of a broad opposition movement. However, his support base, which is made up of civil society groups and sympathetic opposition party activists in [...]	2007-03-02 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK184	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 1, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - CEI Executive Secretary DG Visits Minsk (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - State Control Committee Creates Anti-Corrupt Hotline (para. 3) [...]	2007-03-02 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK187	KOZULIN'S LAWYER TALKS POLITICS, SHOWS IMPRESSIVE [...] (C) On March 1, Ambassador met with former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin's attorney, Igor Rynkevich, as an act of moral support following politically motivated threats against Rynkevich's law license and person. Rynkevich, himself a member of Kozulin's party, confirmed [...]	2007-03-05 11:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK188	GOB SEARCHES FOR EASY MONEY AS OIL EXPORTS VANISH [...] (C) Two months after the loss of Belarus' privileged status as a de facto offshore for Russia oil companies, the GOB has yet to find a way to sustain the economy. The duty on refined oil product exports from Belarus, established at Russia's behest, currently makes refining oil profitable only [...]	2007-03-05 14:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK19	ELECTION SITREP 3: DESPITE REPRESSION, REGIONAL [...] (C) Despite omnipresent surveillance by GOB agents and state media, the opposition political party leaders and independent media candidly discussed the politically repressive conditions in which they are conducting their local election campaigns in the run up to local elections on January 14. [...]	2007-01-09 09:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK198	UKRAINIAN CHARGE ON LUKASHENKO-YUSHCHENKO MEETING [...] (C) Ukrainian Charge Aksana Kitsun assured DCM March 5 that the Ukrainians want any meeting between Presidents Yushchenko and Lukashenko to bring concrete, positive results. She reported that Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Deputy Head for Foreign Policy Oleksandr Chaliy SIPDIS met wit [...]	2007-03-06 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
07MINSK199	LUKASHENKO FOR PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA? [...] (SBU) In late February, relatively unknown Moscow artist turned political activist Aleksandr Kanurin announced a movement to nominate Belarusian President Lukashenko as a candidate for the 2008 Russian presidential elections. The movement's website solicits people to register their names and [...]	2007-03-06 15:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO RS
07MINSK2	ELECTION SITREP 1: CANDIDATE REGISTRATION A LOSS [...] (C) The Belarusian Central Election Committee announced December 23 that 23,791 people were registered as candidates for the January 14 local council elections. The CEC results showed signs of manipulation, such as a candidate per seat coefficients identical to past local council elections and [...]	2007-01-03 12:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK200	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-07-001: U.S RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 14:42:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	KACT PARM UP US START JCIC BO
07MINSK202	GOB INFORMED OF U.S. VIEWS ON IAEA REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 15:37:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IR BO
07MINSK204	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 9, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - GOB Security Council Denies Iran, Syria Arms Sales (para. 2) - GOB Calls ODIHR Monitoring Practices "Biased" (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------ [...]	2007-03-09 14:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK206	LEADING SCIENTISTS DEBATE NECESSITY OF A NUCLEAR [...] (C) As GOB plans to build a nuclear power plant (NPP) gain steam, Pol/Econ Chief hosted a first-ever roundtable discussion with prominent scientists opposed to and supportive of an NPP in Belarus. Deputy Chair of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (BNAS) Timoshpolskiy promoted NPP co [...]	2007-03-09 15:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY PARM MNUC BO
07MINSK209	LEFTIST OPPOSITION PARTIES UNITED, BUT BARELY [...] (C) Three opposition political parties have formed a Union of Leftist Parties as a means of combining their resources and advancing their social-democratic economic agenda at the next democratic congress. Recently, however, high-level members of Aleksandr Kozulin's Social Democratic Party an [...]	2007-03-12 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK216	ENTREPRENEURS HOLD SMALL ANTI-GOB RALLY [...] (C) On March 12, 300 small entrepreneurs, mostly market vendors, gathered peacefully to protest new regulations. Executive order number 760, in particular, would force all but the smallest business to re-register and potentially put many out of business. Despite the unanimous opposition to th [...]	2007-03-13 15:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
07MINSK217	AMBASSADOR VISITS IMPRISONED OPPOSITION ACTIVIST [...] (C) On March 9, Ambassador met with Belarusian political prisoner and Social Democratic party leader Nikolay Statkevich at his place of internal exile. Though isolated, Statkevich remains politically engaged and offered Ambassador a sharp critique of de facto coalition leader Aleksandr Milin [...]	2007-03-14 08:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK218	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK ARRESTED, STILL MISSING [...] (C) Belarusian security forces on March 13 arrested Belarusian National Front leader Vintsuk Vyachorka and opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik and kept them overnight at an undisclosed location. Relatives, colleagues, and DCM and Poloff waited hours at the Sovetskiy courthouse to learn mor [...]	2007-03-14 15:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK219	BELARUS' INDEPENDENT MEDIA: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) Several independent websites and newspapers each reach thousands of Belarusians despite the GOB's continued use of time-tested harassment methods to disrupt the flow of objective information. The regime has also employed new tactics, such as requiring newspapers to assist the state tax [...]	2007-03-15 09:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID BO
07MINSK221	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK RELEASED; TRIAL MARCH 23 [...] (C) Belarusian National Front (BNF) leader Vintsuk Vyachorka and opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik were unexpectedly released on March 14 at 18:00 from the Okryestina detention facility. However, they are scheduled to appear in court on March 23 on "petty hooliganism" charges. Human rig [...]	2007-03-15 12:22:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK222	RUSSIA'S AGGRESSIVE NEW BELARUS POLICY - IS IT [...] (C) Last December, Russia delivered a body blow to the Lukashenko regime by ending years of cheap energy and easy profits. Observers here generally agree that several objectives prompted Russia to significantly raise energy prices for Belarus. First, Russia is forcing Belarus through the ne [...]	2007-03-15 13:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ENRG RS BO
07MINSK223	Embassy Minsk FY-07 Proposal for Television Co-Op on [...] Per reftel, Embassy Minsk submits the following nomination for consideration in the Department's TV Co-Op program for fiscal year 2007. 2. Post would like to produce a documentary on the topic of Electronic Fraud, and has located a local television broadcaster that is interested and eage [...]	2007-03-15 15:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP OEXC SCUL BO
07MINSK227	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Belarusian Plane Attacked in Somalia (para. 2) - Lukashenko's Kyiv Visit Postponed (para. 3) - GOB Urges UN HRC to Avoid "Double Standards" (para. 4 [...]	2007-03-16 15:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK228	BELARUSIAN KGB ATTACKS MALADY FRONT [...] (SBU) Belarusian security services in the last few days have interrogated dozens of activists from the youth organization Malady Front (MF) and threatened many with criminal charges. Human rights lawyers and journalists fear that many MF activists could face extended jail time. All who have [...]	2007-03-16 15:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK229	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Belarusian Plane Attacked in Somalia (para. 2) - Lukashenko's Kyiv Visit Postponed (para. 3) - GOB Urges UN HRC to Avoid "Double Standards" (para. 4 [...]	2007-03-19 05:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK239	KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA'S NEW CHIEF EDITOR SEEMS [...] (C) Yelena Mironova, the new Editor-in-Chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda, Belarus' largest independent newspaper, admitted to Pol/Econ Chief that upon accepting the position she signed an agreement acknowledging that she would accept "certain editorial guidelines." However, Mironova convincingly [...]	2007-03-20 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID BO
07MINSK247	BELARUSIAN TRADE STATISTICS FOR 2006: SOLID GROWTH BUT [...] (SBU) Clearly, higher energy prices this year will likely have an adverse and significant impact, but Belarus enjoyed solid growth in foreign trade in 2006. The key driving factors were high world prices on oil and oil products and cheap energy supplies from Russia. Commodity exports and impo [...]	2007-03-21 11:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
07MINSK249	MARCH 25 OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATION TO OCCUR WITHOUT [...] (SBU) On March 25, the opposition will hold its annual "Day of Freedom" demonstration on October Square commemorating the creation of the short-lived Belarusian National Republic. As in previous years, the Minsk city authorities denied permission to hold the event on October Square and promis [...]	2007-03-21 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK250	GOB LIKELY TO SEEK LOANS BEFORE FDI [...] (C) While higher energy prices have not immediately impacted all firms significantly, Belarusian manufacturers have become less competitive. As a result, the GOB will seek to reduce imports. Bureaucratic and philosophical barriers will prevent drawing foreign investment into Belarus via ser [...]	2007-03-22 08:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK255	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK SKIP COURT HEARINGS ON EVE [...] (U) On March 23, the Sovetskiy district court postponed the planned hearing for youth opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik and Belarusian National Front (BNF) leader Vintsuk Vyachorka to April 4 after both activists failed to show up. Vyachorka and Sivchik face hooliganism charges after secur [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK256	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK SKIP COURT HEARINGS ON EVE [...] (U) On March 23, the Sovetskiy district court postponed the planned hearing for youth opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik and Belarusian National Front (BNF) leader Vintsuk Vyachorka to April 4 after both activists failed to show up. Vyachorka and Sivchik face hooliganism charges after secur [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK257	OPPOSITION PARTY YOUTHS REPRESSED AND DIVIDED, YET [...] (C) Though divided by ideology and ambivalent about their national leaders, Belarus' opposition political party youth organizations uniformly plan to participate in the March 25 demonstration and will attend the tentatively scheduled April 21-22 democratic congress. The groups remain hopeful t [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK258	NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHAIR WELCOMES AND [...] (C) Ambassador on March 19 met with the Chair of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences (BNAS) Myasnikovich. The BNAS chair briefly criticized U.S. "isolationist" policies towards Belarus, but generally spoke about the need to increase U.S.-Belarusian bilateral cooperation in science. Myasnikovic [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV INR BO
07MINSK259	NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHAIR WELCOMES AND [...] (C) Ambassador on March 19 met with the Chair of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences (BNAS) Myasnikovich. The BNAS chair briefly criticized U.S. "isolationist" policies towards Belarus, but generally spoke about the need to increase U.S.-Belarusian bilateral cooperation in science. Myasnikovic [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV INR BO
07MINSK261	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 22, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - German MP Zapf Seeks Dialogue with Regime (para. 2) - GOB Delegation Arrives in Venezuela (para. 3) - New Ukrainian Ambassador Meets Foreign Ministe [...]	2007-03-26 11:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK262	MARCH 25 DEMONSTRATION SUCCESSFUL DESPITE LARGE [...] (C) Approximately 3,000-5,000 demonstrators gathered on March 25 at the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (BNAS) to mark the opposition's annual "Day of Freedom". Originally the demonstration was to occur at the site of the March 2006 presidential election demonstrations, but security fo [...]	2007-03-26 13:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK266	BELARUSIAN DIESEL SPILL CAUSES LITTLE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE [...] (U) Independent and state media on March 25 reported that on March 23, a Belarusian pipeline carrying diesel to the Latvian seaport Ventspils leaked 100 tons of fuel into the Ulla and Western Dvina rivers in Beshankovichiy (Vitebsk oblast) which was moving downstream to Latvia. By March 26, t [...]	2007-03-27 13:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL BO
07MINSK267	HIGHER EDUCATION: NOTHING IS TRULY FREE IN BELARUS [...] (SBU) Public universities dominate higher education in Belarus and follow a largely Soviet model. Despite a constitutional right to a free education, most students pay tuition. The GOB offers an ever-decreasing number of "budget", or tuition-free places, and may eventually offer none. Stude [...]	2007-03-28 09:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV BO

07MINSK270	DEFMIN SEEKS USG COOPERATION DESPITE THE OBSTACLES [...] (C) Defense Minister Leonid Maltsev told Ambassador during their first meeting that he would like to deepen the military's interaction with the United States, but he understands the political obstacles to high-level cooperation. The MoD benefited greatly from past USG assistance, and Maltsev [...]	2007-03-29 12:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK272	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 29, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Bodies from GOB Plane Attacked in Somalia to Return (para. 2) - Venezuela Considers Buying Missiles from Belarus (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY -------- [...]	2007-03-30 13:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK273	LUKASHENKO RESURFACES AFTER SUSPICIOUS 17-DAY [...] (C) President Lukashenko made a point to quell rumors about his health after a suspicious 17-day absence from the media spotlight. On March 28, a pale and balding Lukashenko appeared at a state-owned greenhouse and livestock farm and admitted to journalists that he was a bit tired, but comple [...]	2007-03-30 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK275	ACTIVIST ALLEGES BKGB ABDUCTION ON EVE OF MARCH 25 [...] (U) At a March 28 press conference organized by human rights NGO Vyasna, opposition activist Kristina Shatsikava described how unknown assailants abducted and interrogated her about ties with Malady Front (MF) leaders. Shatsikava claimed that on March 23, just hours after the BKGB had summon [...]	2007-03-30 14:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK28	KOZULIN RECOVERING, CALLS FOR ELECTION BOYCOTTS [...] (C) On January 8, Irina Kozulina, wife of imprisoned opposition Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) Chair and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, visited with Charge at his request to discuss the condition of her husband after ending his 53-day hunger strike on De [...]	2007-01-11 11:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK285	GOB'S FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO TACKLING HIV/AIDS [...] (C) Belarus has been fairly successful in fighting HIV/AIDS. Our contacts expect the rate of new infections to continue to decline; TB co-infection continues to be a key problem. The GOB also seems committed to treating those living with HIV/AIDS, and seems to appreciate the role of NGOs in [...]	2007-04-04 09:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KHIV EAID SOCI PGOV BO
07MINSK286	OPPOSITION PARTY DEPUTIES COMMITTED TO UNITY AND [...] (C) Following the March 25 opposition demonstration, party deputies and regional party representatives are trying to rebound with a call for unity for all. In recent discussions, they admitted to us that unanswered questions remain -- particularly regarding coalition leadership -- but they ha [...]	2007-04-04 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK289	VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK CONVICTED WITHOUT JAIL TIME [...] (C) Summary: Joined by several EU Heads of Mission, Ambassador observed the April 4 politically-motivated trials of Belarusian opposition party leader Vintsuk Vyachorka and human rights activist Vyacheslav Sivchik. The court convicted but released them following highly contradictory prosecu [...]	2007-04-05 15:34:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK29	FORMER POLITICAL PRISONERS SEEK SUPPORT, MAY [...] (C) Charge met with two recently released Belarusian political prisoners who remained politically engaged despite their isolation and substandard conditions. While downplaying the significance of Belarus' upcoming local elections and opposition congress, both emphasized the need for more pre [...]	2007-01-11 12:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK290	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 05, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Minsk Oil Extraction Deals Outside Russia-"Propaganda" (para. 2) - Latvia to Demand Compensation for Fuel Spill (para. 3) - Parliament Approves Visa [...]	2007-04-05 15:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK294	COALITION STRUGGLES TO OVERCOME IMPASSE ON [...] (C) We are seeing gathering indications of disagreement in Belarus' democratic opposition. Belarusian Party of Communists Head Kalyakin warned of a potential split in the coalition in the next week if the parties fail to reach a compromise with coalition leader Milinkevich's camp on procedure [...]	2007-04-06 13:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK295	RECENTLY FREED OPPOSITION ACTIVIST BACK IN JAIL [...] (U) On April 3, authorities arrested opposition activist Andrey Klimov on criminal charges for allegedly using the mass media to urge citizens to overthrow the constitutional government. If convicted, Klimov could face up to five years in prison. In December 2006, Klimov finished an 18-month [...]	2007-04-06 13:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK296	GOB MOVING SLOWLY TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT [...] (C) The government of Belarus announced its hopes to attract greater investment and to expand the share of foreign investment in the economy. However, the GOB has not undertaken any new initiatives to make the business climate more favorable for foreign investors. Systemic barriers and overa [...]	2007-04-06 14:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK297	BELARUS POPULATION IN SIGNIFICANT DECLINE [...] (SBU) According to Belarusian and U.N. statistics the population of Belarus continues to decline at a rate of roughly 0.4 percent annually. If this trend continues, Belarus' population will be reduced by a third, to 6.6 million, by 2050. The low birthrate, 1.21 percent in 2006, remains the s [...]	2007-04-06 14:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK298	URBAN HOUSING IN BELARUS: MORE UNAFFORDABLE THAN [...] (U) Housing prices in Belarus have risen higher than in any other sector of the country's economy. In addition to higher energy and raw material costs affecting many sectors, independent experts blame the government's tighter control over residential housing and land. They also believe the [...]	2007-04-06 15:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV BO
07MINSK3	GAS FLOWS TO BELARUS, BUT ECONOMY STILL AT RISK [...] (C) Negotiations in Moscow over gas prices and a Russian stake in Beltransgaz (refs A and B) resulted in a last minute deal, averting a potential gas cutoff. Belarus managed to knock an additional USD 5 of the price per thousand cubic meters for 2007. In return, Belarus agreed to sell Gazprom [...]	2007-01-03 13:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK304	LUKASHENKO SEEKS TO ASSUAGE CONCERNS OVER PERSONAL [...] (SBU) During his latest speeches on April 4-9, Lukashenko emphasized that he remains in firm control of the country. Lukashenko stated that while the recent oil and gas conflict had caused problems for the economy, these problems would soon be overcome and forgotten. He declared that recent e [...]	2007-04-12 08:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON BO
07MINSK306	COALITION REACHES A COMPROMISE ON DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) In a surprising move, the leaders of the opposition coalition reached an agreement on the purpose and format of the democratic congress. During a recent conference co-sponsored by U.S. NGO IRI, coalition leaders agreed to let the regional coalitions decide on the issues currently paralyzi [...]	2007-04-13 14:36:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK307	LUKASHENKO RECONFIRMS HIS PLAN TO REMAIN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) During a press conference with independent and state media on April 12, Lukashenko denied rumors that he was grooming one of his two legitimate sons for the presidency, stressing that he plans to remain in power for the "foreseeable future." During his most recent statements to the pres [...]	2007-04-13 15:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK31	ELECTION SITREP 4: FAMILIAR THEMES CHARACTERIZE [...] (C) Despite claims from authorities in Brest that the local election process is proceeding smoothly, opposition political party leaders confirmed that the GOB unabashedly continues to employ the full arsenal of administrative resources at its disposal to influence the electoral process. Par [...]	2007-01-12 12:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK310	OPPOSITION BEGIS PREPARATIONS FOR CHERNOBYL PATH [...] (SBU) The oppositio has begun preparations for the annual ChernobylPath demonstration on April 26. The organizing ommittee already approved a resolution on the objecive of the march, submitted an application to the city authorities for permission to hold the demonstration in downtown Minsk, a [...]	2007-04-16 10:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK311	DELIVERED JCIC-07-001, 002, 003 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 14:35:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	KACT PARM UP US START JCIC BO
07MINSK312	BELARUSIAN WOMEN UNITE TO NETWORK, NOT PROTEST [...] (C) Belarusian women's groups are working together to establish a women's network and a large women's coalition that would eventually focus on democracy promotion and increasing women's activism in Belarus. However, many obstacles, including fear, economic instability, and social attitudes, p [...]	2007-04-16 14:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK314	MINSK OSCE OFFICE EXTRA-BUDGETARY FUNDS REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AFIN EAID OSCE PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK319	RELIGIOUS MINORITIES REMAIN IMMOBILIZED [...] (SBU) GOB tactics force some churches to break the law in order to practice their religion. Hare Krishna members face ongoing harassment for fulfilling religious duties. Even "traditional" religions face restrictions. In addition, limitations on religious activity severely hamper the growth [...]	2007-04-19 15:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK32	ON THE EVE OF LOCAL ELECTIONS MILINKEVICH COMMENTS [...] (C) Opposition coalition leader Milinkevich on January 11 expressed to Ambassador his concern for Belarus' sovereignty in the wake of the Russian-Belarusian gas and oil crisis. Milinkevich opined Russia had given up on Lukashenko and would achieve its goals in Belarus using strong economic pre [...]	2007-01-12 14:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK324	BELARUS EXTENDS SYMPATHIES OVER VIRGINIA TECH TRAGEDY [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 11:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BO
07MINSK327	NEW OPPOSITION PARTY SEEKS TO UNITE CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Belarus Christian Democracy (BCD),a newly emerged opposition party, seeks to create a democratic Belarus based on Christian principles and Belarusian patriotism. Pursuant to those goals, the unregistered BCD is cooperating with Christian leaders and religious NGOs to launch a signature c [...]	2007-04-23 10:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF BO
07MINSK331	AUTHORITIES REDIRECT THE CHERNOBYL PATH [...] (SBU) Minsk authorities denied permission to Chernobyl Path organizers to hold their April 26 demonstration at Yakub Kolas Square in downtown Minsk and march to the new national library, but "suggested" that demonstrators gather at the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (BNAS) and march to [...]	2007-04-24 09:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC BO
07MINSK336	GOB STILL FINDS ENERGY SOLUTION ELUSIVE [...] (C) Press speculation that the government will institute measures to make refining oil in Belarus for export profitable despite export duties masks the fact that the country cannot support its two refineries in the long-term. Moreover, recent official GOB visits to oil exporting countries will [...]	2007-04-25 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK337	BELARUSIAN ECONOMY WEAK BUT STABLE, VISITING DAS [...] (C) Belarusian economists and business leaders told visiting EUR DAS Kramer the Belarusian economy, while weak, would remain stable. The slightly dampened economy might cause Lukashenko finally to consider one or two multibillion-dollar privatizations this year to raise revenues. Corruption, [...]	2007-04-25 15:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK341	APOLITICAL PRO-BUSINESS NGO STUNTED BY GOB [...] (SBU) At its annual congress on April 20, members of the Belarusian Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers, the most influential business association in the country, discussed factors diminishing the ability of the NGO to effectively promote the interests of its 162 member companies. The plight [...]	2007-04-26 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK342	DAS KRAMER ASSUAGES CONCERNS OF CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) On April 24, EUR DAS David Kramer met with representatives of Belarusian civil society NGOs during his visit to Minsk. The NGO leaders concurred that the Lukashenko regime appears anxious following the conflict with Russia over energy prices earlier in the year and seeks to better relati [...]	2007-04-26 14:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK343	OPPOSITION REMAINS UNITED AHEAD OF CONGRESS [...] (C) At a meeting with EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Kramer, opposition leaders emphasized the importance of intense cooperation and successful strategy implementation going into and following the upcoming congress of democratic forces. After the congress, the coalition plans to increase its [...]	2007-04-26 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK347	POLICE KEEP HANDS TO THEMSELVES AT CHERNOBYL PATH [...] (SBU) Although smaller than in 2006, this year's April 26 "Chernobyl Path" demonstration in Minsk enjoyed a turnout of approximately 3,000 people and was not marred by the authorities' typical violence and mass arrests. Using loudspeakers and a heavy police presence, authorities made sure dem [...]	2007-04-27 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC BO
07MINSK349	LUKASHENKO'S ANNUAL SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (U) In his annual address to the Belarusian parliament, President Lukashenko announced plans to prevent future energy crises, which include diversifying Belarus' energy supplies, building a nuclear power plant, and encouraging Belarusians to be thriftier. Naming China as Belarus' number one i [...]	2007-04-27 18:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK352	VISITING DAS DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO CLOSE [...] (C) Visiting EUR DAS David Kramer and Ambassador were invited to an informal meeting with Presidential Administration Deputy Head and close Lukashenko advisor Natalya Petkevich. Following a disappointing meeting with Foreign Minister Martynov and an unequivocal endorsement from the oppositio [...]	2007-04-30 09:38:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK353	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 26, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Leaders Warned for March 25 Demonstration (para. 2) - Parliament Adopts Changes to Political Party/NGO Law (para. 3) - Pro-Democratic Historians to Establish [...]	2007-04-30 14:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK354	POLLING RESULTS: LUKASHENKO SUPPORT REMAINS HIGH IN WAKE OF [...] According to latest polling results of independent pollster Andrey Vardomatskiy, Lukashenko's public support remains at 51.3% while de facto coalition leader Milinkevich's support rating dwindles to 4.0%. A large portion of respondents approve of Lukashenko's handling of the gas-oil conflict a [...]	2007-04-30 14:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
07MINSK357	GOB SHOWED RESTRAINT AT LABOR DAY DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) Despite inclement weather and heavy police presence, approximately 500 opposition activists gathered at Bangalore Square for a peaceful Labor Day rally and concert on May 1. Belarusian Party of Communists Head Kalyakin condemned the GOB efforts to suppress labor activists, including the use [...]	2007-05-02 15:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK358	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 3, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Former Political Prisoner Banned From Traveling Abroad (para. 2) - Over 4,500 Signatures Collected to Challenge the Religion Law (para. 3) - GOB to Review Former Monas [...]	2007-05-04 08:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK36	MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FALL WELL BELOW DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) As expected, Belarus January 14 municipal elections failed to meet any international democratic standard. The U.S. Embassy and EU released statements January 15 criticizing the GOB for failing to observe democratic principles. The election authorities have not released preliminary vote t [...]	2007-01-16 11:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK362	LEADERSHIP OF OPPOSITION EMERGES AS KEY ISSUE IN [...] (SBU) The opposition coalition held its first two regional conferences in the Gomel and Minsk oblasts on April 29 to decide on the agenda for the national congress of democratic forces scheduled for May 26-27. Congress organizer Bukhvostov explained to Pol/Econ Chief that the main issue at th [...]	2007-05-04 13:17:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK363	LAWYERS WILL ENCOURAGE POLITICAL PRISONERS TO SEEK [...] (C) Prominent human rights lawyers and the family members of political prisoners expressed cautious optimism after hearing the outcome of the April 25 meeting between EUR DAS Kramer and Presidential Administration Deputy Head Natalya Petkevich in Minsk. Pol/Econ Chief relayed to the group of [...]	2007-05-04 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK37	BELARUS BACKS OUT OF ITS OIL JAM, FOR NOW [...] (C) On January 12, Belarus and Russia signed an agreement on oil, giving both sides some of what they wanted. While Russia will finally see budget revenues from its oil exports to Belarusian refineries, Lukashenko has preserved, albeit in a weakened form, his country's status as an offshore d [...]	2007-01-16 12:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK373	EMBASSY VISITS POLITICAL PRISONER [...] (C) DCM and Poloff met with opposition youth leader Artur Finkevich on April 26 in the eastern city of Mogilyov, where Finkevich is serving two years of internal exile on trumped up charges of malicious hooliganism and large-scale property damage (ref A). Upon our arrival at his detention fac [...]	2007-05-08 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK382	LUKASHENKO, PALE AND BOMBASTIC, SLAMS U.S. AT [...] (SBU) President Lukashenko on May 9 delivered a war-like Victory Day speech to WWII veterans and the diplomatic corps at Victory Square in Minsk. After leading a short march of WWII veterans and laying a wreath at the eternal flame, Lukashenko praised the heroism and sacrifice of the Belarusi [...]	2007-05-10 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK385	DEMARCHE ON KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT THE ANNUAL [...] Post on May 11 delivered reftel talking points to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The points were received with no response. MOORE [...]	2007-05-11 11:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO IO AIAG ISN BO
07MINSK387	BELARUSIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: COMEDY AND TRAGEDY [...] (SBU) Observations from the recent arrest and trial of an AmCit accused of financial crimes confirmed that the Belarusian criminal justice system remains a weak parody of a system based upon rule of law. This glimpse at the court system outside the public eye and highly politicized cases expo [...]	2007-05-11 14:05:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CASC EFIN KFRD BO
07MINSK391	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 11, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - EC Office in Minsk Not Sign of Softness on GOB (para. 2) - Lukashenko Ratifies Kyoto Protocol (para. 3) Civil Society ------------- - Supreme [...]	2007-05-14 08:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK395	YOUTH ACTIVISM DECLINING ABSENT UNIFYING NATIONAL [...] (C) At a recent meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, youth leaders listed fear, GOB propaganda, and general complacency with the quality of life in Belarus as the main reasons for the decline in youth activism. Indifferent to contrived political maneuvers such as the opposition,s upcoming congress, t [...]	2007-05-14 14:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK399	DELEGATE CONFERENCE RESULTS IN MILINKEVICH LOSS [...] (SBU) The coalition of United Democratic Forces held seven regional delegate conferences April 29 - May 13 in which 620 regional delegates voted on agenda items for the May 26-27 opposition congress. Delegates voted against de facto leader Milinkevich's campaign for a single chairperson of the [...]	2007-05-16 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK400	CHARGE MEETS WITH INDICTED PRO-DEMOCRACY YOUTH [...] (C) Charge met May 15 with three Belarusian opposition youth leaders facing two years in prison for their pro-democracy activities. The activists expressed their gratitude for EUR DAS Kramer's recent visit to Minsk and encouraged the Embassy to continue USG efforts to highlight the plight of [...]	2007-05-16 14:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK401	MAY 31-JUNE 1 COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On May 15, Vladimir Tararov, Minister Counselor from the Russian Embassy, and Dep Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points, agenda and timetable to Vladimir Serpikov, Director of the MFA's European Cooperation Department. 2. (SBU) Serpikov said Oleg Anatolyevich Chernyshev, head [...]	2007-05-16 14:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PTER AFIN RS SP BO
07MINSK412	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 18, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Protest Children's Benefits Cut (para. 2) - Opposition Calls for Solidarity with Indicted Youth (para. 3) - Opposition Seeks Legal Action against P [...]	2007-05-18 08:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK414	MILINKEVICH LOOKING AT LONG-TERM ROLE IN OPPOSITION [...] (C) One week away from the May 26-27 congress of democratic forces, it appears that current coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich will participate -- if half-heartedly -- in the event. Opposition coalition leaders and activists had been wondering whether Milinkevich would withdraw from the [...]	2007-05-18 12:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK415	BELARUSIAN NATIONAL FRONT LEADER FACES INTERNAL [...] (C) Belarusian National Front (BNF) activists in recent days have noted that BNF leader Vyachorka's support rating within his party is wavering. All agree that Vyachorka's inactivity contributes to the decrease in support, but those still backing the leader also blame the situation on party f [...]	2007-05-18 12:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK416	MR. AHMADINEJAD COMES TO MINSK MAY 21 [...] (C) Iranian President Ahmadinejad will pay a two-day visit Minsk starting May 21. Post understands Tehran will seek to equip its military -- through purchases of weapons and dual-use technologies, expanding the presence of Belarusian companies producing dual use manufactures, and training Ira [...]	2007-05-18 12:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET BO IR
07MINSK422	BELARUS: LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) Although the frequency of high-level contacts between Belarus and Cuba has subsided in 2007, the GOB continues to hope to build economic ties with Cuba, strongly supports the Cuban government, and has no interest in promoting democracy, human rights or free market reform. End summary. [...]	2007-05-22 05:54:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC PREL BO CU
07MINSK424	MILINKEVICH CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESS [...] (C) On May 22, Charge met with de facto opposition coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich, who pledged his active participation in the May 26-27 democratic congress. Milinkevich described the coalition as occupied with organizational issues and divided on questions of international support. N [...]	2007-05-22 14:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK425	AHMADINEJAD IN MINSK: PARIAHS SEEK ECONOMIC TIES [...] (SBU) During President Ahmadinejad's May 21-22 visit to Minsk, Belarus and Iran signed a wide range of economic agreements. The deal with the most potential significance grants Belarus access to the Jofeir oilfield. Any arms sales were not made public. Only significant military exports from [...]	2007-05-23 10:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR ECON EPET BO IR
07MINSK430	ACTIVISM LIVES ON IN THE SOUTHERN MINSK REGION [...] (C) A trip to Belarus' most prominent mining town, Soligorsk, and neighboring areas revealed significant opposition activism despite the usual repression by local authorities. The independent union at the potash mining giant Belaruskaliy boasted that over 20 percent of the company's employees [...]	2007-05-23 14:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON BO
07MINSK431	CHARGE MEETS 16-YEAR-OLD FACING PRISON FOR [...] (C) On May 22, Charge met with 16-year-old Anastasiya Palazhanka, one of seven Malady Front (MF) members who face up to two years in prison for "running an unregistered organization" (ref A). Like her four MF compatriots with whom Charge had visited earlier (refs B and C),Palazhanka express [...]	2007-05-23 14:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK437	EUR DAS KRAMER'S MESSAGE RESOUNDS [...] (SBU) Local media coverage of DAS Kramer's recent visit to Minsk reflected primarily straightforward and opinion-free reporting. A bit of vituperation was thrown in by Belarusian State TV, which commented in a manner consistent with its usual anti-American sentiment. A lively element of pu [...]	2007-05-24 10:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL BO
07MINSK438	OPPOSITION COMMUNIST LEADER ENJOYS STRONG INTERNAL [...] (C) With his recent uncontested re-election as head of the Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC),Sergey Kalyakin clearly enjoys strong support from within his party going into the May 26-27 opposition congress. According to BPC deputy Skrigana, Kalyakin and the 185 BPC delegates will defend v [...]	2007-05-24 14:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK439	UNITED CIVIC PARTY CHAIRMANSHIP NOT CHANGING HANDS [...] (C) No one within the United Civic Party appears capable of challenging current Chair Anatoliy Lebedko for the party's leadership. Lebedko saw his already formidable position within the party strengthened by the battles within the opposition in the run up to the May 26-27 congress. Influentia [...]	2007-05-24 14:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BO
07MINSK440	TWO POLITICAL PRISONERS FREE, KOZULIN TO REMAIN IN [...] (C) On May 22, authorities granted parole to opposition youth organization Malady Front founder Pavel Severinets and opposition politician Nikolay Statkevich whom a Minsk court had sentenced in May 2005 to internal exile for leading unauthorized demonstrations against the official results of [...]	2007-05-24 15:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK442	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 25, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Fines Third Organizer of Chernobyl March (para. 2) - Opposition Campaign to Commemorate Vitebsk Purges (para. 3) International Relations ----------------------- [...]	2007-05-25 10:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK452	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-07-004 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 15:47:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	KACT PARM UP US START JCIC BO
07MINSK453	OPPOSITION HOLDS CONGRESS, MILINKEVICH STEPS DOWN [...] (C) The opposition's May 26-27 democratic congress was filled with debate and accusations, but the nearly 600 attending delegates from all around the country reaffirmed their commitment to work together in their struggle for freedom. The highlight of the event was former coalition leader Ale [...]	2007-05-29 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK454	KOZULINA NOT HUNGERSTRIKING [...] (C) Summary: During a May 25 meeting with Ambassador, the wife of imprisoned opposition leader Aleksandr Kozulin denied rumors that she will go on political hunger strike. Irina Kozulina described her husband as politically engaged and his health as slowly improving following his two-month h [...]	2007-05-29 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK457	MALADY FRONT LEADERS FINED, NOT IMPRISONED [...] (U) On May 29, a Minsk courtconvicted five opposition youth organization Maldy Front (MF) leaders on politically motivated carges of running and/or acting in behalf of an uregistered organization (refs A, B, and C). Despit the prosecutor's request for "corrective labor"for Anastasiya Palazha [...]	2007-05-30 13:34:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK458	CUTS TO SOCIAL BENEFITS ON THE HORIZON [...] (C) Cuts to in-kind benefits scheduled to take effect in 2008 would reduce subsidies to two-thirds of Belarusians. The government likely undertook the measure in light of its budgetary savings, however modest. While affected groups have mounted small protests, the overall reaction to the cuts [...]	2007-05-30 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK463	BELARUSIAN-CHINESE RELATIONS: MORE HYPE THAN [...] (C) Lukashenko has referred to China as its most important strategic partner with increasing regularity. Not only do GOB officials routinely claim that trade between the countries is developing rapidly, they note that Beijing's ability to spur economic growth while maintaining "political sta [...]	2007-06-01 12:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK464	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 1, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Activists Protest Abolition of Social Benefits (para. 2) - Protestant Pastors Face Intensified Harassment (para. 3) - Youth Activists Protest Old Town Demolition in Gro [...]	2007-06-01 14:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK465	MINISTER-LEVEL PETROCHEMICAL BOSS JAILED BY BKGB [...] (C) On May 29, the Belarusian State Security Committee arrested Aleksandr Borovskiy, Director of Belarusian government-owned petrochemical holding company, Belneftekhim. Authorities will likely file corruption charges against Borovskiy, although any corruption he engaged in apparently came wi [...]	2007-06-01 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK466	LIDA AUTHORITIES ALLOW NON-PARTY AFFILIATED [...] (C) Opposition and civil society activists in Lida are permitted to conduct most activities without hindrance and sometimes in cooperation with the local authorities so long as they refrain from organizing such events in their capacity as political party activists. The local Belarusian Nationa [...]	2007-06-04 13:17:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK476	FORMER IMPRISONED OPPOSITION LEADERS BACK [...] (C) On June 4, Ambassador met with two recently-released political prisoners. Opposition youth leader Pavel Severinets and Belarusian Social Democratic Party chair Nikolay Statkevich expressed their gratitude to the USG for pressuring the GOB to free them. They also noted their dissatisfact [...]	2007-06-05 14:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK477	POLITICAL PRISONERS APPLY FOR CLEMENCY AFTER GOB [...] (C) The GOB in recent weeks has shown some signs of progress by dropping charges against youth activists and giving Malady Front members on trial a fine rather than a jail sentence. In light of these events, human rights lawyer Labkovich informed Pol/Econ Chief that lawyers for several politi [...]	2007-06-05 14:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK478	NEW LAW TAKES AIM AT INDEPENDENT INTERNET SITES [...] (C) The GOB lower house recently passed legislation that appears to empower the regime to further repress independent and opposition Belarusian media. Despite its laissez-faire language, independent journalists fear that the bill could permit the regime to investigate the growing number of p [...]	2007-06-06 13:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID BO
07MINSK481	IMF: ENERGY COST INCREASES DEMAND STRUCTURAL REFORM [...] (SBU) The annual IMF mission to Belarus terms 2007 a new economic era for the country with higher energy costs possibly knocking 5.5 percent off of GDP growth. Although the IMF notes some GOB short-term policies softened the blow, only more thorough tightening will head off the danger of the [...]	2007-06-07 12:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK484	GOB RATCHETS UP HARASSMENT OF PROTESTANTS [...] (C) The GOB recently increased its harassment of Protestants. On June 3, Protestant Pastor Bokun, who had been arrested two times in eight days, was sentenced to three days in jail for organizing an unauthorized religious service in his home. Bokun's co-pastor, Polish citizen Yaroslav Lukasi [...]	2007-06-07 14:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF BO
07MINSK486	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 8, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Protests Benefits Cuts for Children (para. 2) - Holocaust Memorial Unveiled at Former Ghetto Site (para. 3) - Youth Activists Receive Short Jail Sentences (p [...]	2007-06-08 12:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK489	MFA WARNS EMBASSY NOT TO INTERFERE IN BELARUS' [...] (C) On June 7, Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Viktor Gaisyonok called Ambassador to the MFA to complain that Embassy officials' regional travel was one-sided and interfered in the internal affairs of Belarus. He warned that if such activities continue, the GOB could "take appropriate measures [...]	2007-06-08 15:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK490	NEW COALITION CO-CHAIRS ON OPPOSITION, POLITICAL [...] (C) The new co-chairs of the opposition coalition outlined for Ambassador their plans through the fall. The co-chairs will each take responsibility for a segment of the coalition's work but leave the door open for former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich to become a fifth co-chair [...]	2007-06-08 15:05:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK497	OSCE ACTIVELY WORKS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN BELARUS [...] (C) According to Deputy Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk Vahram Abidjan, the mission's democracy promotion efforts in Belarus focus primarily on monitoring the GOB's actions to fulfill its OSCE commitments. In order to evaluate the GOB's progress, Minsk OSCE Office representatives attend tria [...]	2007-06-11 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK502	60-YEAR-OLD POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASED [...] (C) On June 8, Ambassador met with Yekaterina Sadovskaya, whom authorities recently released from prison after cutting short her two-year sentence for allegedly insulting President Lukashenko (reftel). Sadovskaya expressed her deepest gratitude to the USG for leading the international effort [...]	2007-06-12 14:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK508	THE SURVEY SAYS SUPPORT FOR LUKASHENKO STILL HIGH [...] (C) Independent pollster Oleg Manayev presented post the results of the latest IISEPS survey conducted May 5-15. Aleksandr Lukashenko's rating fell slightly, although support for opposition leaders remained low. Manayev's findings suggest public openness to an opposition and support for negot [...]	2007-06-14 14:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK51	ELECTION AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE LOCAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Central Election Commission (CEC) on January 18 announced the final results of the January 14 municipal elections. Allegedly 79 percent of the electorate voted, but only 16 out of 166 pro-democracy candidates won council seats. The CEC rejected all complaints from election particip [...]	2007-01-19 13:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
07MINSK510	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 15, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Arrested and Fined in Vitebsk (para. 2) - Youth Activist Fined in Mogilev (para. 3) - Women Support Activist Shatsikova's Parental Rights (para. 4) [...]	2007-06-15 10:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK52	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 17, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. This report covers events from January 8 to January 19. TABLE OF CONTENTS GOVERNMENT ---------- - Lukashenko Appoints Son to Belarus' Security Council (para. 2) - Parliamentary Session on Election Commission (para. 3 [...]	2007-01-19 14:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK521	MFA REQUESTS A RESPONSE TO ITS LETTER TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) On June 12, MFA Americas Desk Counselor Andrei Rzheusskiy reminded A/DCM that the GOB is awaiting an answer from the USG on its request that the FBI participate in the investigation of the deaths of Belarusian citizens Al [...]	2007-06-18 12:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS OEXC PREL BO
07MINSK522	MILINKEVICH OPTS FOR FREEDOM OF ACTION [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Ambassador, Aleksandr Milinkevich pointed to the release of political prisoners as a sign Lukashenko's opponents could successfully put pressure on the regime. He outlined ideas for his new "For Freedom" movement, insisting it would complement rather than compete [...]	2007-06-18 12:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK53	BFIF PROPOSAL FROM BELARUS [...] Embassy Minsk applies for funding under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund for two proposals. First, post proposes hosting a professional wine tasting to build the image of American wines in Belarus. Second, post proposes funding travel for the Embassy's Pol/Econ (formerly FCS) FSN to [...]	2007-01-22 13:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD BTIO AMGT EAGR EINV ETRD BO
07MINSK539	AUTHORITIES FIRE OPPOSITION LEADER'S MOTHER [...] (U) On June 18, a judge in the northern city of Vitebsk rejected a civil suit filed by Tatyana Severinets against the local school district for terminating her employment on April 3 after she had gone to Poland for a teacher training conference during her school's official spring break. Sever [...]	2007-06-22 11:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK541	USG Defends Belarus TIP Ranking Despite GOB Disappointment [...] (SBU) Following the release of the Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, Ambassador hosted a digital video conference with G/TIP Ambassador Mark Lagon for those involved in combating TIP in Belarus. The participants discussed Belarus' Tier 2 Watch List (T2WL) placement, steps the [...]	2007-06-22 13:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN BO
07MINSK542	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 22, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - South African Delegation Visits Belarus (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Minsk Authorities Want to Remove Small Retail Kiosks (para. 3) [...]	2007-06-22 13:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK546	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-07-006 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 15:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM UP US START JCIC BO
07MINSK550	WOMEN LEADERS DIVIDED ON POTENTIAL FOR WOMEN'S [...] (C) In a recent lunch with Ambassador, several prominent women leaders praised the creation of a newly formed U.S. NGO-sponsored women's network that seeks to promote both women and democracy in Belarus. However, a number of prominent women leaders were quite discouraged about the network's a [...]	2007-06-27 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK551	BELARUS HOPES TO REVERSE GSP SUSPENSION [...] (U) The GOB has responded relatively tamely to the June 21 suspension of the EU's General System of Preferences (GSP) for Belarus. Although a loss to the country's budget, independent analysts doubt the annual impact will amount to more than USD 67 million. However, Belarus' image will suffe [...]	2007-06-28 09:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO

07MINSK561	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 29, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - GOB and Russian FMs Discuss Union, Missile Shield (para. 2) - Official Israeli Delegation Arrives in Minsk (para. 3) - Vietnam Military Delegation V [...]	2007-06-29 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK562	POLITICAL PRISONERS GET NO AMNESTY [...] (SBU) On June 29, the conclusion of the Belarusian parliament's 2006-2007 session dashed hopes of a general amnesty that might release several Belarusian political prisoners. On June 25, GOB Interior Minister Vladimir Naumov announced that the GOB's Presidential Administration (PA) had been [...]	2007-06-29 14:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK566	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Your decision to meet with leaders from the Belarusian opposition underlines continued USG support for democratic transformation in the country Secretary Rice aptly labeled Europe's last dictatorship. Belarus's increasing international isolation puts the opposition in a unique position [...]	2007-07-05 09:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK57	PACE PRESIDENT MANIPULATED BY REGIME DURING VISIT [...] (C) Belarusian opposition leaders and civil society activists continue to communicate disappointment regarding the recent visit to Minsk by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Rene van der Linden. In contrast, top GOB officials and state media seem pleased with the vis [...]	2007-01-23 13:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK575	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO GOMEL STRESSFUL, REWARDING [...] (SBU) Ambassador on June 20-21 made an introductory visit to Gomel and Rechitsa to deliver a shipment of western medicines to an oncology center and meet with authorities and civil society activists. Hospitable authorities praised local economic growth and sought greater U.S. investment. Poli [...]	2007-07-06 12:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK576	CHAVEZ IN MINSK, THE NEW CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE [...] (C) Belarusian coverage of Hugo Chavez's visit to Minsk focused on the Venezuelan's "anti-imperialist" rhetoric. The militaristic tone of the trip lends credence to suggestions Venezuela will acquire Belarusian dual-use technologies with applications for anti-aircraft systems. As for non-mili [...]	2007-07-06 12:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV BO
07MINSK577	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 06, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - Iranian Military Delegation Comes to Belarus (para. 2) - South Korean Trade Delegation in Minsk (para. 3) Civil Society ------------- - Opposi [...]	2007-07-06 12:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK578	LUKASHENKO PAYS FEALTY TO RUSSIA, DEFIES WEST [...] (C) In recent Belarusian Independence Day speeches, President Lukashenko reaffirmed the GOB's commitment to strengthening its relations with Russia and other former Soviet republics. Meanwhile, the dictator defiantly downplayed the economic consequences of the EU's recent removal of trade pr [...]	2007-07-06 13:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK595	DELIVERED NON-PAPER ON AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING AS US [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 12:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG
07MINSK601	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 13, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Top Election Official Rules Out Dialogue with Opposition (para. 2) - Civil Society Activist Loses Lawsuit, Remains Expelled (para. 3) - Youth Opposition Activist Faces J [...]	2007-07-13 11:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK609	KOZULIN'S PARTY SPLINTERING ONE YEAR AFTER [...] (C) One year after the politically motivated imprisonment of former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Kozulin's party appears to be splintering over rivalries among his party's deputies and disagreements regarding Belarusian relations with Russia and the West. These differe [...]	2007-07-16 13:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK620	LUKASHENKO REMOVES BELARUSIAN KGB CHIEF [...] (C) As predicted, President Lukashenko replaced Belarusian KGB (BKGB) Chief Sukharenko with Major General Zhadobin, the former head of the presidential security service. Lukashenko also removed Sukharenko's deputy Dementei, but no replacement has been made. Official statements claim the dismissal [...]	2007-07-18 12:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK635	Embassy Minsk Weekly Pol/Econ Report - July 19, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Adopts Parliamentary Elections Guidelines (para. 2) - Daughters Visit Kozulin (para. 3) - Polish Journalist Banned Entry to Belarus (para. 4) - Union of Left- [...]	2007-07-20 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK642	ISA DEMARCHE DELIVERED, IRANIAN FM VISITS MINSK [...] (SBU) On July 20, Acting Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Oleg Anisimov, Counselor in the North American Division. Anisimov promised to pass the information along to the Asia-Africa Department and the International Organizations Department. He also offered to attempt to facilitate a m [...]	2007-07-25 10:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR BO
07MINSK643	AUTHORITIES DENY OPPOSITION PERMISSION FOR JULY 27 [...] (U) Minsk authorities denied the opposition coalition permission to stage a concert on July 27 in celebration of Belarus' 1990 independence from the Soviet Union. Organizers will appeal the decision and continue with plans to hold a meeting at Independence Square and a poetry reading at Yanka [...]	2007-07-25 10:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK65	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 2617, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Gomel Opposition Files Suit against Election (para. 2) - GOB Detains and Drafts Youth Activists (para. 3) INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ---------------------------------- [...]	2007-01-26 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK650	GOB EXPLORES TARGETS FOR THREATS TO U.S. BUSINESS [...] (C) Belarusian authorities have begun preliminary investigation into options for carry through on threats made by Lukashenko to retaliate against U.S. businesses if the USG strengthens its sanction regime. Officials claiming to represent the tax authorities asked Coca-Cola and McDonald's to d [...]	2007-07-26 07:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK652	LESSON FROM MOLODECHNO: DO NOT BUY BRICKS [...] (SBU) During a July 19 visit to Molodechno, city officials informed Acting Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff about their city's booming economy, cultural richness, and attractiveness to foreigners. Local political party representatives painted a different picture and lambasted the same city officials [...]	2007-07-27 07:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK654	Embassy Minsk Weekly Pol/Econ Report - July 26, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Solidarity Road Tour Participants Detained (para. 2) - Opposition Movement Denied Registration (para. 3) - GOB to Establish Nuclear Regulatory Agency (para. 4) - Forensi [...]	2007-07-27 09:30:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK656	PA AIDE: IT SECTOR SUCCESSES NOT TRANSFERABLE [...] (C) Former Belarusian Ambassador to the United States turned IT promoter Valeriy Tsepkalo provided Ambassador an overview of his High Tech Park. Tsepkalo discounted the possibility of Belarus recreating similar pro-business conditions in other sectors of the economy in the near future. He al [...]	2007-07-27 13:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK66	LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FACES CLOSURE [...] (C) In the GOB's latest attack on Belarusian civil society, authorities have formally taken steps to evict the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC),one of the country's last registered human rights NGOs, from its office. If the BHC continues to operate without a legal address, it could be li [...]	2007-01-26 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK661	AUTHORITIES DISPERSE JULY 27 DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) A large GOB security force aggressively, though non-violently, dispersed opposition demonstrations commemorating the 17th anniversary of Belarus' independence from the Soviet Union. Nine activists, including United Civic Party leader Lebedko and Belarusian National Front (BNF) Deputy Iv [...]	2007-07-30 13:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK662	BELARUS: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of seven (7) unresolved claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Belarus (GOB). Under the second heading are provided, as last year, six (6) other incidents in which property owned by the US Government was sei [...]	2007-07-30 13:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EFIN EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV BO
07MINSK673	TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED - GOB RESPONDS [...] On July 31, Poloffs delivered reftel points to Oleg Anisimov, Counselor in the North American Division, and Andrei Taranda, Counselor in the Human Rights Division. Taranda promised to pass the information along to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for review, and offered a written commentary on [...]	2007-08-01 13:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK674	TWO DAYS FOR LUKASHENKO TO FIND A COMPROMISE [...] (C) Gazprom's surprise announcement that it will reduce gas transfers to Belarus by 45 percent effective August 3 follows the company's longstanding policy of publicly stating it wants to move its dealings with Minsk to a market basis. Unlike negotiations over gas and oil pricing for 2007, def [...]	2007-08-01 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK676	LUKASHENKO ORDERS GOB TO PAY UP [...] (C) Lukashenko publicly announced he ordered his government to withdraw money from its foreign reserves to pay off its debt to Gazprom. GOB officials and independent commentators alike predicted that Minsk would seek to avoid escalating the gas crisis with Moscow. Belarusian state media outl [...]	2007-08-02 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK678	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 3, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Neo-Nazi Activist Jailed (para. 2) - Disabled Children Seek Greater State Support (para. 3) - Two Protestants Briefly Detained (para. 4) - Human Rights NGO Seeking Re- [...]	2007-08-03 12:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
07MINSK681	GASTRIC REFLUX: NEAR-TERM ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) On August 3, Belarus made initial payment on its debt to Gazprom as ordered by Lukashenko. GOB foreign reserves remain sufficient to preserve economic stability in the short term, although Belarus likely will seek foreign credits in advance of further increases in gas prices in 2008. Poli [...]	2007-08-06 12:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK685	ISA DEMARCHE: MFA FURTHER DETAILS GOB POSITION [...] (C) MFA officials presented DCM further points in response to the demarche on the Iran Sanctions Act August 7. They claimed Belarusneft's oil exploration in Iran would not violate international norms, and noted that Western investors, including oil companies, are already engaged in Iran. The [...]	2007-08-09 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR BO
07MINSK687	GRODNO OPPOSITION UNIFIED, LOCAL GOB OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Ambassador recently traveled to two cities in Belarus' western Grodno region to survey the local political and economic landscape. The regional authorities were predictably optimistic about Belarus' economic development and foreign investment. Meanwhile, local pro-democracy forces rem [...]	2007-08-09 13:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK689	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 10, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Malady Front Appeals Registration Denial (para. 2) - Human Rights Group to Assist Political Victims (para. 3) - Minsk Authorities Deny Application for Demonstration (pa [...]	2007-08-10 12:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK692	GOB THREATENS UNSPECIFIED RECIPROCAL MEASURES IN REACTION [...] (SBU) In an August 9 meeting, the MFA protested to Ambassador the expansion of categories of persons considered subject to travel restrictions under Presidential Proclamation 8015. The Ambassador reviewed the policy behind the expansion and reminded the GOB that it could hardly be described a [...]	2007-08-10 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CVIS BO
07MINSK696	PINT-SIZED PRIVATIZATIONS UNDER WAY WHILE [...] (C) August could become a relatively significant month for privatizations. An Austrian company apparently fronting for Belarusians will purchase a controlling packet in an ailing bicycle factory. More significantly, potential investors submitted bids for one of the country's largest breweries [...]	2007-08-13 14:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK710	REPLACING PM SIDORSKIY EASIER SAID THAN DONE [...] (C) Once again, Belarusian Prime Minister Sergey Sidorksiy has survived rumors of his imminent political demise. Dismissing Sidorskiy with economic indicators still holding up, and with further gas negotiations with Russia just around the corner, would seem ill-timed. Instead, Lukashenko may [...]	2007-08-17 13:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK711	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 17, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Demographic Trends (para. 2) - Entrepreneurs Resolve to Strike and Defend Rights (para. 3) - Independent Editor Faces Criminal Charges (para. 4) - Polish Officials Den [...]	2007-08-17 13:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK717	UNITED CIVIC PARTY SET TO REMOVE FOR FREEDOM [...] (C) The United Civic Party (UCP) will require anyone holding a leadership position both within the party and in former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's "For Freedom" movement (FF) to choose one spot of the other. While this decision attempts to focus the energies of UCP leaders, [...]	2007-08-21 11:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK72	KEEPING THE ECONOMY AFLOAT SANS CHEAP ENERGY? [...] (C) Economists' forecasts for Belarus in the wake of significant energy import price rises vary greatly. Those most optimistic about the economy's prospects focus on the relatively benign budget implications for 2007 and the ability of Lukashenko to dictate adjustments. Pessimists note the m [...]	2007-01-30 09:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK724	JUDICIAL ASSAULT ON BELARUSIAN YOUTH ACTIVISTS [...] (C) On August 23, a GOB court sentenced opposition youth organization Malady Front founder Pavel Severinets to his second 15-day jail sentence since his recent release from internal exile. Severinets' deputies believe the Lukashenko regime is attempting to prevent the youth leader from organ [...]	2007-08-24 08:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK727	TRUSTBANK REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION BY TREASURY [...] (C) Trustbank requested a meeting with post to seek a means to remove the bank from the Department of Treasury's list of money laundering concerns. Bank officials conceded its continued profitability remained highly doubtful without rehabilitation, and they offered to consider any recommendat [...]	2007-08-24 12:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL BO
07MINSK728	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 24, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Neo-Nazis Threaten Vitebsk Activist (para. 2) - Police Prevent Solidarity Demonstration (para. 3) - Vendors Hold Spontaneous Protest at Minsk Market (para. 4) - Opposi [...]	2007-08-24 13:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK729	BELARUSIAN BLOGGERS AND OFFICIALS COMMENT ON U.S. VISA BAN [...] (U) On August 3, the USG expanded the list of Belarusians subject to special visa review procedures under Presidential Proclamation 8015. The previous list, which cannot be made public due to the Privacy Act, contained only those individuals directly linked to human rights abuses. The new ex [...]	2007-08-27 05:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BO
07MINSK730	BELARUSIAN BLOGGERS AND OFFICIALS COMMENT ON U.S. VISA BAN [...] (U) On August 3, the USG expanded the list of Belarusians subject to special visa review procedures under Presidential Proclamation 8015. The previous list, which cannot be made public due to the Privacy Act, contained only those individuals directly linked to human rights abuses. The new ex [...]	2007-08-27 06:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BO
07MINSK733	VITEBSK OFFICIALS' OPTIMISM SHROUDS CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Poloffs recently traveled to two cities in Belarus' Vitebsk region to survey the local political and economic landscape. The regional authorities were generally optimistic about the region's economic performance and potential for foreign investment, particularly in its Free Economic Zo [...]	2007-08-27 13:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK738	GOB DISPUTES U/S BURNS' STATEMENTS ON BELARUSIAN [...] (C) On August 28, Director of the MFA's North America office Sergey Sergeyev, accompanied by Counselor Andrey Rzheuskiy, presented to Charge and Acting Pol/Econ Chief the GOB's official reaction to Under Secretary Burns' characterization during a August21 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interv [...]	2007-08-28 12:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC BO IR
07MINSK739	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN MINSK SPECULATES ON [...] (U) In an Interfax interview that has circulated widely through the international media beginning on August 27, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Aleksandr Surikov was asked whether Russia might station new military assets on Belarusian territory in response to USG moves to enhance European anti- [...]	2007-08-28 14:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MNUC BO RS
07MINSK740	SOSNY TRUST AND COOPERATION HIGH, SECURITY LOW [...] (C) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) team continued its project with Belarus' Joint Institute of Power and Nuclear Research (JIPNR)--Sosny on the design of an upgraded Material Protection, Control and Accounting (MPC&A) system for the facility's nuclear material. The team also began explori [...]	2007-08-28 14:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY PARM MNUC PGOV BO
07MINSK743	SOSNY TRUST AND COOPERATION HIGH, SECURITY LOW [...] (C) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) team continued its project with Belarus' Joint Institute of Power and Nuclear Research (JIPNR)--Sosny on the design of an upgraded Material Protection, Control and Accounting (MPC&A) system for the facility's nuclear material. The team also began explori [...]	2007-08-29 10:15:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV TRGY BO
07MINSK745	MILINKEVICH UPBEAT, FOCUSING ON EUROPEAN FUTURE [...] (C) Belarusian opposition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich complained to post that GOB authorities' repression of freedom of association reached new heights. Despite the harassment, he will continue to try to meet supporters and civic activists throughout Belarus. Milinkevich remains clearly foc [...]	2007-08-30 12:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK746	BELARUS'"FREE THEATER" DEFIES REPRESSION [...] (C) On August 29, Charge met with representatives of the Belarus' independent Free Theater (FT) to express the Embassy's moral support after authorities raided a private residence where they were performing the play "Eleven Vests." Police detained and later released over 40 Belarusian actors [...]	2007-08-31 11:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK747	YOUTH MOVEMENT CHAIR DEFIANT AHEAD OF SHOW TRIALS [...] (C) On August 31, Charge and Poloff met with opposition youth organization Malady Front (MF) Chair Dmitriy (Zmitser) Fedaruk on the eve of the trials of three MF regional leaders (ref A). When Charge pledged the Embassy's presence at the trials, Fedaruk expressed his deepest gratitude to the [...]	2007-08-31 14:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK754	BELARUSIAN YOUTH ON TRIAL: REGIME LIGHT ON [...] (SBU) Embassy Minsk sent poloffs to separate trials of two Malady Front (MF) activists September 4 (refs A and B). In Nesvizh, the judge found Anastasiya Azarka guilty of acting on behalf of an unregistered organization (Article 193),and sentenced her to a USD 572 fine. The Slovak DCM, repr [...]	2007-09-04 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK758	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 31, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Several Demonstrations for Kozulin Release Banned (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Fined for Leaflets (para. 3) - Police Detain Youths for Pro-Opposition Graffiti (para. 4) [...]	2007-09-05 11:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK767	IAEA/IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 12:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IAEA AORC BO IR
07MINSK768	PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR LUKASHENKO ERODING [...] (SBU) The latest independent public opinion poll confirms a trend of slowly declining support for Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko. Most respondents termed the economy as fair, but showed slightly less optimism about economic developments. Cuts in social benefits to take effect in De [...]	2007-09-07 13:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK770	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Pro-GOB Youth Union Reports on Successes (para. 2) - Opposition Leaders Harassed in Brest (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Sentenced to Jail and Fines (para. 4) - Free-Lan [...]	2007-09-07 13:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK771	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Pro-GOB Youth Union Reports on Successes (para. 2) - Opposition Leaders Harassed in Brest (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Sentenced to Jail and Fines (para. 4) - Free-Lan [...]	2007-09-07 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK780	LOVING FOR LUKA IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES: A GLIMPSE [...] (C) Recent travel to Lukashenko's birthplace revealed Shklov and environs to be a veritable Potemkin village. Thanks to the dictator's largesse, the town of less than 15,000 sported brightly painted houses -- at least on the main streets -- and a number of new public institutions. The vaunte [...]	2007-09-12 08:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK783	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 07:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON OSCE BO
07MINSK786	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Leader Jailed and Fined (para. 2) - Three Activists Receive Jail Sentences (para. 3) - GOB Introduces Residential Registration (para. 4) - Soligorsk Miners [...]	2007-09-13 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK787	DEMONSTRATION AGAINST HIRING RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) On September 10, several hundred small entrepreneurs gathered peacefully to protest an executive order which will limit entrepreneurs to employing only family members. The Perspektiva small business association and retail vendors' councils from several cities throughout the country organ [...]	2007-09-13 13:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
07MINSK788	17-YEAR OLD YOUTH LEADER FINED, NOT IMPRISONED [...] (C) After hearing possibly coerced testimony, a Belarusian court recently fined 17-year-old opposition youth leader Yaroslav Grishchenya USD 435 for running an unregistered organization. Outside the trial, police forcibly detained 24 protesters, including a prominent opposition youth leader [...]	2007-09-13 13:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK796	CHANGE COMING TO BELARUS WITH OR WITHOUT CIVIL [...] (SBU) The fledging Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS) held its inaugural conference September 10-12 in Kyiv. The conference represents the first attempt to gather the full spectrum of independent political and social analysts of Belarus, without GOB or political participants, t [...]	2007-09-17 12:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK797	OPPOSITION'S PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN PLANS MOVE [...] (C) The opposition coalition made substantial progress in August in agreeing to a formula for choosing a single democratic candidate per district for the 2008 parliamentary elections. Parties signing the agreement identified nearly 300 potential nominees for the 110 electoral districts, with [...]	2007-09-17 12:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK799	MOGILYOV OFFICIALS PLAY NICE, REQUEST ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Poloffs recently traveled to two cities in Belarus' Mogilyov region to survey the local political and economic landscape. The regional authorities emphasized stability and were generally optimistic about the region's development, at the same time taking every opportunity to solicit mone [...]	2007-09-19 07:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK8	A STIFF LUKASHENKO SENDS A MELANCHOLIC NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (SBU) An exhausted-looking Lukashenko on December 31 delivered his yearly New Year's address to Belarusians before the stroke of midnight. Standing stiffly next to a fireplace mantle and eyes noticeably shifting to the teleprompter behind the camera, Lukashenko slowly, without his infamous "ch [...]	2007-01-05 07:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK805	BELAYA RUS-IFICATION OF PARTY POLITICS? [...] (C) Belaya Rus, a group created two years ago to support Aleksandr Lukashenko, may soon formalize its status as a national social organization. Most likely, Belaya Rus will provide pro-presidential local election commission members and monitors for the 2008 parliamentary vote. Members of Bel [...]	2007-09-19 13:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK808	GEORGIA ON LUKASHENKO'S MIND [...] (C) During a visit by Georgia's Minister of Defense to Minsk, Lukashenko said he wanted to make relations between the two countries "better than during the Soviet Union." While Georgian officials mostly focused on trade in public statements, the GOB most likely sought to signal independence fr [...]	2007-09-21 11:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO GG
07MINSK809	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 21, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - Syria to Open Embassy in Minsk, Expand Ties (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Arrested, Fined, and Expelled (para. 3) - [...]	2007-09-21 11:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK81	BELARUS' MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, below please find the name, title, institution and contact information for post's recommendations for the five most influential women in Belarus. A. Karach, Olga Head Sedmaya Gran +375-29-662-7120 (cell) B. Kozulina, Irina Wife of i [...]	2007-01-31 09:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK810	WORLD BANK: BELARUS ECONOMY NOT IN DANGER -- YET [...] (SBU) In a World Bank Country Assistance Team meeting with the diplomatic corps, World Bank Country Director Paul Bermingham stated that the macroeconomic situation in Belarus is "serious, but not life-threatening", that economic growth is real, but foreign reserve levels are not ideal. Bermin [...]	2007-09-21 11:13:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK811	LUKASHENKO'S ARMS DEALER BACK FROM MALTA? [...] (C) A Minsk businessman claims suspected Belarusian arms dealer Vladimir Peftiyev just returned to Minsk permanently after several years residing in Malta. The move, if true, suggests Lukashenko may have transferred ill-gotten assets elsewhere. End summary. Major Weapons Trader Returns to [...]	2007-09-21 11:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PREL PINR BO MT
07MINSK812	BREAST CANCER ADVOCACY SUMMIT IN BELARUS [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Emboffs attended the Third Biannual Eastern Europe and Central Asia Breast Cancer Advocacy Summit in Minsk on September 15. The summit, which received Democracy Commission funding, gathered the full spectrum of breast cancer specialists from the region and the United Stat [...]	2007-09-21 12:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI BO
07MINSK817	BANK MARKAZI DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 15:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC IR BO
07MINSK818	LEBANON DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 15:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC LE PTER BO
07MINSK819	UNGA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 15:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA BO
07MINSK820	IAEA/IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 15:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM BO IR
07MINSK825	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 28, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Leaflets against Edicts Seized at Market (para. 2) - Corruption Case Sent to Supreme Court (para. 3) - Activist Hospitalized After Arrest (para. 4) - Participants of F [...]	2007-09-27 16:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK831	IPR PROTECTION FOR SOFTWARE: AROUND THE BEND? [...] (C) A Minsk conference highlighted the need for improved IPR protection for software in Belarus. Despite reasonable legislation, piracy rates for software remain above 80 percent. Previously the small size of the Belarusian market meant little pressure to improve enforcement, but the industr [...]	2007-10-01 13:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR EINT PGOV SCUL BO
07MINSK833	HUMAN-RIGHTS NGO DODGES LIQUIDATION FOR NOW [...] (C) On September 26, authorities ended, at least temporarily, their effort to liquidate Supolnost, one of Belarus' few remaining registered independent human rights NGOs. However, civil society and opposition leaders believe the reprieve may be only temporary given Supolnost's plans to observ [...]	2007-10-01 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK84	CLINTON BENCH AT KURAPATY MASSACRE SITE VANDALIZED AGAIN [...] (U) During a January 27 trip to the Kurapaty Stalin-era massacre site, DCM and visiting EUR/UMB Office Director Robert Boehme discovered that the bench presented in 1994 by former U.S. President Bill Clinton on behalf of the United States to the people of Belarus had been vandalized again. Th [...]	2007-01-31 13:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK846	POLLS SHOW DIP IN LUKASHENKO'S SUPPORT [...] (SBU) According to independent nationwide polling data, public support for Aleksandr Lukashenko continues to slip (ref A),while support for the opposition holds steady. Public opinion on the economy shows little change over the course of 2007. While opposition to government cuts in social b [...]	2007-10-04 12:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK849	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 05, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Protests Social Benefits Cuts (para. 2) - Jailed Opposition Leader's Daughter Fired (para. 3) - Parliament's Lower House Elects New Speaker (para. 4) - Loca [...]	2007-10-05 15:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK850	VENEZUELA ARMS SHIPMENTS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (S) On October 2, Ambassador delivered points from reftel to Valentin Rybakov, Foreign Policy Advisor to President Lukashenko. Rybakov noted the points, and responded only by asking if the U.S. Government expresses such concerns to other governments as well, mentioning Russia in particular, o [...]	2007-10-05 16:31:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC RS VE BO
07MINSK851	DEMARCHE ON U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 06:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI BO
07MINSK853	BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION: SEVERAL PATHS, ONE GOAL [...] (C) Belarusian opposition leaders expressed confidence for a large turnout at the October 14 demonstration in favor of European values and asked for international support. Differences of opinion over a second demonstration planned for November suggest it may not fare as well. The four main co [...]	2007-10-09 15:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM BO
07MINSK857	OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS JAILED AHEAD OF EUROPEAN [...] (U) Ahead of the democratic opposition's October 14 European March (reftel),GOB security services have detained several opposition leaders and activists. On October 8, Minsk police arrested march organizer Yevgeniy Afnagel soon after he met with authorities to discuss the European March and [...]	2007-10-10 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK858	GSP SUSPENSION NOT PRODDING GOB TO IMPROVE WORKER [...] (C) The EU's suspension of the General System of Preferences (GSP) for Belarus over the government's unwillingness to follow recommendations from the International Labor Organization (ILO) has not triggered any improvement in worker rights. To the contrary, the Presidential Administration ann [...]	2007-10-11 14:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BO
07MINSK863	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 12, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Authorities Permit March with Route Modification (para. 2) - UCP Office Raided after OSCE Speech (para. 3) - European March Organizer Sentenced to Jail (para. 4) - Dem [...]	2007-10-11 15:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK865	LEFTIST LIQUIDATION: WOMEN'S PARTY NADZEYA [...] (U) The Belarusian Supreme Court ordered the liquidation of the Belarusian Women's Party "Nadzeya." Following the suspension of the opposition Communist Party in August, Nadzeya is now the second of the three members of the Union on Leftist parties to have its activities curtailed. End summar [...]	2007-10-12 13:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK875	HEALTHY TURNOUT FOR MINSK'S EUROPEAN MARCH [...] (C) The Belarusian opposition gathered a diverse crowd of up to 6,000 for the October 14 European March, the largest mass demonstration since March 2006. While there were arrests before the march (refs B, C) the large security presence policing the protest demonstrated restraint. In a statem [...]	2007-10-16 10:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK882	LUKASHENKO CRITICIZES PUTIN, BACKS [...] (U) At an October 12 press conference with Russian journalists, President Lukashenko criticized the Putin government for limiting the GOB's access to Russian mass media and stalling Belarusian-Russian integration. Lukashenko advocated a "multi-directional" GOB foreign policy emphasizing close [...]	2007-10-17 16:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO RS
07MINSK883	AMBASSADOR FINDS OUT WHAT'S NEW IN STARIYE DOROGI [...] (C) Ambassador presided over a ceremony presenting humanitarian assistance to a hospital in Stariye Dorogi on October 16. The well-tended small town benefited recently from regime's largesse, but still faces demographic concerns. The existence of a private museum glorifying Belarusian nation [...]	2007-10-18 12:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK884	BELARUS TIP STRATEGY PROPOSAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL KCRM UN AU BO
07MINSK885	EMBASSY MINSK'S 2008 WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINEE [...] (SBU) Embassy Minsk's nominee for the International Woman of Courage Award is Enira Bronitskaya, former political prisoner, human rights advocate, civil society activist, and International Coordinator for the Belarusian NGO Committee for Defense of the Repressed "Salidarnasts." Nominee is wil [...]	2007-10-19 08:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPAO KWMN CG BO
07MINSK886	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 19, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Polish Minority Leaders Arrested in Grodno (para. 2) - Supreme Court Denies Leftist Union Registration (para. 3) - Milinkevich Founds European Integration Council (para [...]	2007-10-19 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK889	MFA REPLIES TO IRAN DEMARCHES (ILSA) [...] (C) Summary: On October 22, the Head of the MFA's North America Department Sergey Sergeyev met with the DCM to discuss a host of topics, chief among them issues related to Belarusian relations with Iran. While little new information was offered, Sergeyev's approach enabled the DCM to deliver [...]	2007-10-22 16:38:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ENRG EFIN MNUC IR BO
07MINSK892	WALKER CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 15:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UN UNGA BO
07MINSK893	NEAR-TERM ECONOMIC COLLAPSE UNLIKELY - ANALYSTS [...] (C) Belarusian economic experts do not foresee the imminent collapse of the Belarusian economy, in spite of price hikes for imported Russian natural gas. During an October 18 meeting with the Ambassador, economic analysts predicted that the Belarusian economy could sustain expected gas price [...]	2007-10-23 15:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EFIN PINR BO
07MINSK894	OPPOSITION CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT BUILDS NEW PARTY [...] (C) On October 19, DCM met with opposition party leader Pavel Severinets, who described an inter-generational rift within the opposition movement before, during, and following the October 14 European March. Severinets articulated his goal of transforming his newly-created Christian Democracy [...]	2007-10-23 15:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK898	AMNESTY LEAVES FATE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS UNKNOWN [...] (U) On October 24, the lower house of parliament passed both readings of a bill granting amnesty to over 3,000 common criminals. To enter into force the bill must still pass the upper house and be signed by Lukashenko. At this point the amnesty does not cover political prisoners. Prison aut [...]	2007-10-24 15:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO

07MINSK901	COALITION LEADERS UNITED ON MESSAGE, ELECTIONS [...] (C) The four leaders of the opposition coalition asked Ambassador to signal to the GOB that the international community would watch closely the planned November 4 Social March. They expressed relief that the recent visit by a Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe official apparently [...]	2007-10-25 15:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK904	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 26, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Party Establishes Youth Wing (para. 2) - Activists Protest Expulsions (para. 3) - Activist Re-Arrested Immediately Following Release (para. 4) - Commemorati [...]	2007-10-26 14:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK905	SUPREME COURT DENIES VYASNA REGISTRATION APPEAL [...] (U) The Supreme Court denied the registration appeal of Human Rights NGO Vyasna October 26. The NGO had been appealing an earlier decision by the Justice Ministry to deny its registration due to supposed errors in its application. The group is a successor to an organization that the Supreme C [...]	2007-10-26 15:07:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK915	FORMER PRESIDENTIAL AIDE ON LUKASHENKO AND CRONIES [...] (C) Former Presidential Administration Press Advisor Aleksandr XXXXXXXXXXXXX told Pol/Econ Chief on October 23 that Lukashenko has not decided whether to run again in 2011. The dictator's inner circle does not fear a managed transition, but still wants to avoid significant steps toward democratiza [...]	2007-11-01 15:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK916	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-07-007, 008 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 15:22:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT KREL START JCIC US BO
07MINSK917	MCC INDICATOR SCORES DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 16:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC BO
07MINSK918	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 02, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Activists Mark Remembrance Day (para. 2) - Police Seize Materials Ahead of Social March (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Examined by Psychiatrists (para. 4) - Authorities [...]	2007-11-02 16:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK920	PROTESTS OVER SOCIAL BENEFITS CUT SMALL BUT NOVEL [...] (C) November 4 witnessed two demonstrations in Minsk against upcoming cuts in social benefits. A total of up to 600 participants took part. The smaller demonstration was the first one held in the center of October Square since March of 2006. Government-organized skinheads marred the larger [...]	2007-11-05 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK922	AMBASSADOR HONORS STALIN VICTIMS AT KURAPATY [...] On November 2, Ambassador, several EU Heads of Mission, and the Israeli Ambassador visited Kurapaty, a wooded area outside Minsk where Stalin's secret police murdered thousands of victims and buried them in mass graves during the 1930s and 1940s. The Heads of Mission held the ceremony in obse [...]	2007-11-05 15:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK926	JUDGE ORDERS CONTINUANCE IN DASHKEVICH CASE [...] (SBU) Political prisoner and "Malady Front" leader Dmitriy Dashkevich's current trial on charges of failure to give evidence in a criminal case (ref A) began November 6, but was quickly adjourned, with a continuance ordered until November 9. In a closed court at Penal Colony 17 in Shklov, Mogi [...]	2007-11-06 16:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK929	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 09, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition to Hold 1,500 Rallies in Mid-December (para. 2) - Gomel District Court Upholds University Expulsion (para. 3) - Christian Democracy Conference Held in Minsk [...]	2007-11-08 15:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK93	LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FACES CLOSURE [...] (C) In the GOB's latest attack on Belarusian civil society, authorities have formally taken steps to evict the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC),one of the country's last registered human rights NGOs, from its office. If the BHC continues to operate without a legal address, it could be li [...]	2007-02-01 18:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK934	DASHKEVICH TRIAL ENDS IN CONVICTION, FINE [...] (SBU) Political prisoner and "Malady Front" leader Dmitriy Dashkevich's trial on charges of failure to give evidence in a criminal investigation ended November 9 with a conviction and a fine of 1.86 million BYR (865 USD). While the trial was closed to the public again, Ministry of Interior and [...]	2007-11-13 16:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK935	MODEST GAS PRICE HIKE LIKELY FOR BELARUS IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Gazprom is likely to raise natural gas prices for Belarus by roughly 25 percent for 2008. Such a modest hike would rule out Russia granting Belarus a stabilization loan. Still, analysts term the predicted 2008 price less than called for by the New Year's agreement between Minsk and Mosc [...]	2007-11-13 16:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL BO RS
07MINSK944	INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR BELARUS [...] This interim assessment (reftel) covers Belarus' continuing efforts against trafficking in persons (TIP) since April, 2007. GOB action on TIP has seen marked, if uneven, improvement in this period. The GOB has provided increased in-kind resources to TIP-related NGOs, and has improved relatio [...]	2007-11-15 15:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN BO
07MINSK946	BELARUS PROTESTS EXPANDED USG SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Deputy FM Viktor Gaysyonok summoned Ambassador November 15 to protest the recent listing of Belarusian petrochemical giant Belneftekhim by Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). Gaysyonok read the text of a diplomatic note (see text para 5) stating in part that the OFAC measu [...]	2007-11-15 16:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ETTC BO
07MINSK949	REGIME FAILING TO DEAL WITH POPULATION DECLINE [...] (C) A recent conference demonstrated that official Minsk recognizes that economic migration to Belarus could help counterbalance the country's significant natural population decline. Weak policies and modest goals for attracting workers from abroad suggest the GOB will continue to focus on we [...]	2007-11-16 13:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB BO
07MINSK95	GOB RENEWS LEASE OF LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGO [...] (C) On January 31, the GOB reversed a December 2006 decision and announced that it would renew the lease contract for the offices of the prominent human rights organization the Belarus Helsinki Committee (BHC) for one more year. The GOB denied any political motivation in its original cancell [...]	2007-02-01 19:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK950	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 16, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - BPF Convention to Be Held in Minsk (para. 2) - Apparent Neo-Nazis Disrupt Polish Embassy Reception (para. 3) - GOB Bans Subscription to Major Russian Periodicals (para. [...]	2007-11-16 17:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK956	AMNESTY BILL PASSES UPPER HOUSE, NO RELIEF FOR POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK96	KEEPING THE ECONOMY AFLOAT SANS CHEAP ENERGY? [...] (C) Economists' forecasts for Belarus in the wake of significant energy import price rises vary greatly. Those most optimistic about the economy's prospects focus on the relatively benign budget implications for 2007 and the ability of Lukashenko to dictate adjustments. Pessimists note the m [...]	2007-02-01 19:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK960	ENTREPRENEURS RALLY AGAINST HIRING LAWS [...] (SBU) About 800 members of the Perspektiva entrepreneurs' association protested November 19 in Minsk's Bangalore Square Park against the Lukashenko regime's plans to limit hiring by individual entrepreneurs. Under banners that read, "Getting married, employment assured," "No family members -- [...]	2007-11-20 12:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK967	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 23, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Polish Priest Faces Deportation (para. 2) - Activists Authorized to Mark Slutsk Uprising (para. 3) - Activist Wins Appeal in Supreme Court (para. 4) - Pro-Regime "Bela [...]	2007-11-23 15:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK968	MESSAGE FOR BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION: UNITY, ACTION, [...] (C) An opposition visit to Washington just weeks after the OFAC listing of Belarusian petrochemical giant Belneftekhim offers an ideal opportunity both to reconfirm USG support for the opposition and to express USG expectations for 2008. The opposition will no doubt take heart from a restatem [...]	2007-11-23 16:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
07MINSK97	EUR/UMB DIRECTOR DISCUSSES OPPOSITION CONGRESS AND [...] (C) Ambassador and visiting EUR/UMB Director Boehme recently met with several Belarusian opposition party leaders who expressed their support for holding an early March congress of pro-democracy forces. The opposition leaders generally were in favor of broadening U.S. economic sanctions agai [...]	2007-02-01 19:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK973	REQUEST DELIVERED TO BELARUS TO OPPOSE RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel talking points to the MFA November 23. No substantive comment has been received to date. 2. (SBU) On November 26, Pol/Econ Chief discussed the upcoming votes with Andrey Rzheusskiy, Counselor in the MFA's USA and Canada Department, and noted that abstentions by [...]	2007-11-27 06:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA BO IS
07MINSK976	UDF FALLING BEHIND ON JOINT CANDIDATE LIST [...] (C) Belarus' United Democratic Forces (UDF) have fallen significantly behind their self-imposed timetable for formation of a unified slate of candidates for 2008 parliamentary elections. While UDF co-chairs had hoped a candidate list would be complete by mid-November (refs B, D),USAID-funded [...]	2007-11-27 15:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID BO
07MINSK978	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NOMINATION OF PROSPER TO UN CERD [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 16:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA BO
07MINSK983	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 30, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Blacklisted Musicians Meet Chief Ideology Officer (para. 2) - Three Poles Expelled from Belarus (para. 3) - Business Activists Jailed (para. 4) - Family Describes Kozu [...]	2007-11-30 14:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK984	BELARUS - LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) Although the frequency of high-level contacts between Belarus and Cuba has subsided since 2006, the GOB continues to build economic relations with Cuba (ref B). It has consistently offered the Cuban regime strong support and has no interest in promoting democracy, human rights or free m [...]	2007-11-30 14:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ETRD PREL BO CU
07MINSK99	MFA WARNS EUR/UMB DIRECTOR AGAINST FURTHER USG [...] (C) Visiting EUR/UMB Director Boehme and DCM met with the MFA U.S. and Canada Desk Director Sergey Sergeyev on January 26. Sergeyev expressed the GOB's concern about the potential impact of the recently passed U.S. legislation, the Belarusian Democracy Reauthorization Act, stressing that new [...]	2007-02-02 07:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK992	VITAL VOICES PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS SEMINAR WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met with participants of a summit held recently by Vital Voices in Ukraine. The conference, "Vital Voices of Eurasia: A Leadership Summit for Women and Girls," took place in Kyiv October 14-18 and highlighted successful practices that women leaders have undertaken to advance the [...]	2007-12-05 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN BO
07MINSK993	NATIONAL BANK CHAIR MAY SUCCEED SIDORSKIY AS PM [...] (C) While talk of the imminent sacking of Belarusian Premier Sergey Sidorskiy has circulated for some time, rumors are increasing regarding one likely successor, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus Pyotr Prokopovich. A civil engineer by training, Prokopovich is a long-time [...]	2007-12-05 14:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR BO
07MINSK994	IRAN NIE POINTS DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 15:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP IR BO
07MINSK995	UNCITRAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 15:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UNCITRAL UN
07MINSK997	INDEPENDENT PAPER FACES DEBILITATING LIBEL SUIT [...] (SBU) On December 5, Minsk Judge Alena Anannich agreed to hear a libel suit filed by vitriolic Belarusian parliamentarian Nikolay Cherginets against the independent weekly newspaper "Novy Chas" and journalist Aleksandr Tamkovich. Cherginets' suit demands the paper withdraw Tamkovich's Septem [...]	2007-12-06 14:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK998	JCIC-DIP-07-009: ANNUAL START SLCM DECLARATION PASSED TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 14:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT JCIC START NRRC INF BO
08MINSK100	Embassy Minsk Input for Reports to Congress on Energy [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 15:30:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD BO
08MINSK101	HEFTY LIBEL JUDGMENT UPHELD FOR INDEPENDENT PAPER [...] (SBU) A three judge appeal panel of Minsk's City Court upheld the December 20, 2007 verdict of libel against the independent newspaper "Novy Chas" (reftel). The panel left in place a BYR 50 million (USD 23,245) judgment against the paper and a BYR 1 million (USD 465) judgment against journali [...]	2008-02-12 15:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR KPAO BO
08MINSK102	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: BELARUS [...] (C) Post believes three objects in Belarus meet the definition of critical infrastructure (ref A): the Druzhba oil pipeline, the gas pipelines, and the Sosniy nuclear research facility. The USG actively engages Belarus to improve security at Sosniy. End summary. Druzhba Oil Pipeline ---- [...]	2008-02-13 09:05:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	ASEC ECON PTER PREL BO
08MINSK103	KOSOVO/OSCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Valentin Rybakov, Foreign Policy Advisor in the Presidential Administration. Rybakov offered no substantive reply. Comment ------- 2. (C) In recent weeks the Belarusian state press has been highly critical of USG and EU policy on Kosovo's [...]	2008-02-13 15:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU BO
08MINSK11	REGIME ANNOUNCES STEPS TO LIQUIDATE OPPOSITION COMMUNISTS [...] (U) On January 2, the Belarusian Justice Ministry announced plans to initiate liquidation proceedings against the opposition Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC). The announcement came one month before the party's six-month suspension is set to expire (ref A). Authorities allege that the par [...]	2008-01-04 15:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM BO
08MINSK111	TIMELINE FOR 2008 BELARUSIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Though only a presidential decree can set the date of parliamentary elections in Belarus, thanks to various press statements by Central Election Commission Chair Lidiya Yermoshina, it is an open secret that these polls will be held on or about September 28, 2008. According to Belarusian [...]	2008-02-14 12:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM BO
08MINSK112	JCIC-DIP-08-001 DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 15:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT START JCIC BO
08MINSK115	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - February 15, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Entrepreneurs in Baranovichi Protest Regulations (para. 2) - GOB to Introduce New Requirements for Popular Majors (para. 3) - Gomel Opposition Activists Fined and Jaile [...]	2008-02-15 15:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08MINSK116	KOSOVO/OSCE DEMARCHE REPEATED TO BELARUSIAN MFA [...] (SBU) On February 15 A/DCM and A/Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Sergey Sergeyev, Head of the MFA's North America Department, and Counselor Ilona Yurevich. Sergeyev offered no substantive reply. Comment ------- 2. (SBU) Post fully expects official Minsk to join Moscow and B [...]	2008-02-15 16:02:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU BO
08MINSK118	SATELLITE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 16:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG
08MINSK119	POLICE PREVENT DEMONSTRATION ON CENTRAL SQUARE [...] (C) On February 18, security forces prevented several dozen protestors from gathering on October Square in central Minsk, although a small group was allowed to protest elsewhere. Police took in eight persons, including Aleksandr Milinkevich, for several hours of questioning to prevent them f [...]	2008-02-19 15:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON PINR BO
08MINSK120	ANDREY KLIMOV IS FIFTH POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASED [...] (C) On February 15, the Belarusian authorities freed opposition politician and former MP Andrey Klimov from a prison in Mozyr. His early release belies suspicions that Lukashenko would wait for a response from the West before releasing additional political prisoners. Aleksandr Kozulin still [...]	2008-02-19 15:05:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK121	STRONG NEGATIVE GOB REACTION TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Aleksandr Lukashenko and the Belarusian MFA have issued strong statements against Kosovo's February 17 declaration of independence, with Lukashenko even chastising Russia for not taking steps sooner on Serbia's behalf. Belarus' negative reaction to Kosovo's independence declaration was [...]	2008-02-20 06:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BO YI KV
08MINSK123	KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 15:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BO YI KV
08MINSK126	BELARUS SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Post once again recommends placement of Belarus on the watch list for 2008. Belarus has made modest progress in protecting IPR over the past year. Pirated optical media remains the norm, and is readily available across the country, including in state-owned stores; enforcement was minimal and [...]	2008-02-21 16:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON BO
08MINSK127	NOTIFICATION OF SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT PASSED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 17:02:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PNAT PINS KTIA KSPA BO
08MINSK129	SDVIZHKOV RELEASED AFTER COURT COMMUTES SENTENCE [...] (U) Belarus' Supreme Court on February 22 commuted independent journalist Aleksandr Sdvizhkov's sentence for reprinting the infamous cartoons of Mohammed (ref A) from three years to time served. The court cited Sdvizhkov's health concerns -- on February 21 he was moved to a prison hospital i [...]	2008-02-22 11:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK13	ACTIVIST ACQUITTED AS GOB DIVIDES AND CONQUERS [...] (C) A court found for a pro-democracy activist on January 8, signaling last minute rearrangements in how authorities will respond to a planned January 10 protest. Potentially hundreds of market vendors affected by Presidential Order 760 could turn out, in part motivated by offensive remarks b [...]	2008-01-09 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK130	KLIMOV HOPES TO SURVIVE TO SEE A DEMOCRATIC BELARUS [...] (C) Recently released political prisoner Andrey Klimov told Ambassador that Lukashenko could still release Aleksandr Kozulin. Klimov argued that Lukashenko grew tired of dependence on Moscow and would consider whether he could safely make a move toward the West. Klimov said those responsibl [...]	2008-02-22 11:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK132	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - February 22, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Small Businessmen Fined and Jailed (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Expelled From University (para. 3) - Malady Front Activists Briefly Detained (para. 4) - Opposition Fac [...]	2008-02-22 12:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08MINSK133	Utility Prices Up for Households, Businesses [...] In January the Government of Belarus increased utility rates for households and rate increases for industry are set to take effect in April. Both price hikes are attempts to cut costs by reducing the heavy subsidies the GOB pays to utility services providers. Lukashenko, fearing public backla [...]	2008-02-22 12:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV BO
08MINSK139	IRINA KOZULINA DIES, FUNERAL AWAITS HUSBAND'S [...] (C) Irina Kozulina, wife of political prisoner and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, died February 23 from breast cancer. Kozulin's daughters have officially requested his release to participate in the funeral, tentatively scheduled for February 26. The family reportedly will [...]	2008-02-25 10:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK14	REGIME'S NEW TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) On January 1 a GOB decision came into force that replaced exit permit stamps in Belarusian passports with an "electronic black list" of persons banned from travel outside Belarus. The first uses of the new policy to ban travel for opposition political and civil society activists have alr [...]	2008-01-10 09:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08MINSK143	KOZULIN URGES CONTINUED PRESSURE ON REGIME [...] (C) Political prisoner Aleksandr Kozulin was released on a three-day furlough February 26 to attend his wife's funeral. Kozulin met Ambassador just hours after his release and expressed his thanks to her and the people of the United States for their efforts on his behalf. Kozulin said that h [...]	2008-02-27 14:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK144	FREED JOURNALIST DESCRIBES THREE MONTHS IN JAIL [...] (C) Journalist Aleksandr Sdvizhkov thanked the United States for its role in securing his release before prison damaged his health even further. He held out hope that Lukashenko would bend before international pressure and make Aleksandr Kozulin's furlough permanent. Sdvizhkov spoke of the [...]	2008-02-27 14:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK145	IRINA KOZULINA RESTS IN PEACE, LUKASHENKO WORRIES [...] (C) Overflow crowds packed the February 26 and 27 funeral services for Irina Kozulina held in downtown Minsk. Opposition figures and Minsk residents both paid their respects to her and took the opportunity to express their support to her political prisoner husband Aleksandr, who had been furl [...]	2008-02-27 16:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK147	SUPPLEMENT TO BELARUS SPECIAL 301 REVIEW SUBMISSION - [...] (SBU) This cable provides supplementary information to reftel based upon a February 25 meeting at Belarus' National Center for Intellectual Property (NCIP),the competent authority in the GOB on IPR issues. NCIP leadership argued that bringing the collective rights holders association under t [...]	2008-02-28 12:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BO
08MINSK148	KOZULIN EXTENDS HAND TO LUKASHENKO IN WEB CHAT [...] (SBU) One day after his wife's funeral, political prisoner and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin offered an olive branch of forgiveness to Aleksandr Lukashenko, "for the good of the country." Kozulin is in the final hours of a three-day furlough that was approved to facilitate [...]	2008-02-28 16:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BO
08MINSK150	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - February 29, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Leader Undertakes Brief Speaking Tour (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Cleared of Criminal Charges (para. 3) - Business Activists Barred From Kozulina Funeral (p [...]	2008-02-29 13:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG IR BO CU
08MINSK151	EMBASSY MINSK SUBMISSION FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the eighth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security reasons, post requests that the Department protect their identity and not p [...]	2008-02-29 14:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BO
08MINSK153	OPPOSITION COALITION'S CANDIDATE LIST NEARS [...] (C) The United Democratic Forces (UDF) coalition at long last looks set to finalize its list of potential candidates for parliamentary elections due in September. At the same time the UDF would still consider opening up slots to nationally known opposition figures who as of yet refuse to com [...]	2008-03-03 15:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK160	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - March 07, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Leader Detained Seven Times in Two Days (para. 2) - Protestants and Youth Warned About Activities (para. 3) - Soligorsk Small Business Activist Jailed (para. [...]	2008-03-06 16:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG KIRF BO
08MINSK161	REGIME STRENGTHENS RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN CLERGY [...] The GOB has introduced stringent procedures for Belarusian religious associations that invite foreign clergy to work in Belarus. The Plenipotentiary Representative for Religious and Nationality Affairs (PRRNA) that authorizes foreign religious workers' activities now has the right to deny req [...]	2008-03-06 16:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
08MINSK164	RELIGIOUS LEADERS DEMAND AMENDMENT OF RELIGION LAW [...] (C) A group of local religious leaders led by the New Life Church launched a campaign to pressure the GOB to change Belarus' restrictive 2003 Religion Law. Leaders from various religious groups met with Ambassador to discuss their campaign plans. The following week, the group conducted a pr [...]	2008-03-07 16:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL KIRF BO
08MINSK165	UNSCR 1803/IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] (C) DCM delivered a copy of UNSCR 1803 (with annexes) along with reftel points March 7 to Andrey Rzheusskiy and Ilona Yurevich, Counselors of the MFA's North America Department. 2. (C) While Rzheusskiy offered no substantive comment on the resolution, he did raise a February 29 interview [...]	2008-03-07 16:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PARM MNUC KNNP IR BO
08MINSK168	REGIME REPEATS "SUGGESTION" THAT AMBASSADOR [...] (C) DCM was summoned Saturday March 8 to meet with MFA Americas Department Director Vadim Lazerko and North America Head Sergey Sergeyev. Lazerko provided a diplomatic note (e-mailed to EUR/UMB) which repeated the key points made verbally by Deputy Foreign Minister Gaysyonok March 7 (ref A),[...]	2008-03-10 15:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ODIP OFDP BO
08MINSK169	THIRTY-TWO MEMBERS OF MALADY FRONT DETAINED BY [...] (C) Thirty-two members of the youth NGO "Malady Front" were detained by police March 9 while holding an organizational meeting at the Minsk office of the Congress of Democratic Trade Unions. Katya Galitskaya, external relations coordinator for the group, told Pol/Econ Chief that "Malady Fron [...]	2008-03-10 16:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK17	OPPOSITION, ENTREPRENEURS STAND TOGETHER FOR [...] (C) On January 10, between 1,500-2,000 demonstrators gathered on Minsk's October Square to protest new regulations driving small entrepreneurs out of business. At one point the protestors blocked off traffic at a main intersection. Authorities began their crackdown before the demonstration, [...]	2008-01-11 15:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK170	GOB "CLARIFIES" NEW EXIT PERMIT DATABASE [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a press conference March 5 to "clarify misperceptions" about its newly implemented electronic exit permit database. Officials stressed that the implementation of the new system was not increasing the number of citizens banned from traveling abroad. H [...]	2008-03-11 16:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK172	NO IMMINENT ECONOMIC CRASH IN BELARUS - IFI [...] (C) World Bank Regional Director for Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Paul Birmingham told representatives of Minsk's diplomatic corps March 10 that he sees little likelihood of an economic crisis in Belarus in the short term. Birmingham noted that the Belarusian authorities had managed to weathe [...]	2008-03-12 08:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN IBRD EBRD BO
08MINSK174	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TEMPORARY DEPARTURE WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met March 12 with leaders of the Belarusian opposition to inform them of her impending departure for consultations in Washington. She reassured them that U.S. policy would remain firm: the release of all political prisoners is a precondition for any bilateral dialogue on impro [...]	2008-03-13 08:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BO
08MINSK18	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - January 11, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - No Investigation into Fedaruk Beating (para. 2) - Top Election Official Promises Strict Regulations (para. 3) - Neo-Nazis Threaten Regional Journalists (para. 4) - Pre [...]	2008-01-11 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID BO
08MINSK181	EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE, STAFF [...] (C) During a meeting to deliver the U.S. response to a recent Belarusian diplomatic note, MFA representatives presented Charge with a new note informing the Embassy that Ambassador Stewart's return to Belarus can take place only after the return of Belarusian Ambassador Khvostov to Washington [...]	2008-03-13 16:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP OFDP BO
08MINSK184	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - March 14, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Grodno Activists Campaign for "European Belarus" (para. 2) - Protestant Pastor Fined (para. 3) - Former Prisoner to Monitor Judicial Abuses (para. 4) - Independent Jou [...]	2008-03-14 12:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08MINSK185	TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO LENGTHY JAIL TERM [...] On March 3, a Gomel district court sentenced a local 59-year-old woman to 11 years in a minimum security jail on human trafficking charges. The unnamed defendant was convicted under the TIP-specific Criminal Code Article 181 "Kidnapping Human Beings for the Purpose of Exploitation," which all [...]	2008-03-14 12:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM BO
08MINSK190	KEEPING EMBASSY MINSK IN OPERATION: POST'S CURRENT [...] (U) This message has been reviewed by the full country team and cleared by section chiefs and agency heads (Charge, A/DCM, CONS, PAO, A/POL/ECON, MGT, RSO, DATT, RAO, AID) and is submitted in advance of the interagency meeting to discuss the subject issue at 10:00 local time in Washington on M [...]	2008-03-17 09:56:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL AMGT ASEC ODIP APER CMGT BO
08MINSK191	MFA DEMANDS EMBASSY MINSK CUT STAFF TO 17 [...] (C) MFA America's Department Director Vadim Lazerko called in Charge March 17 to repeat the Ministry's request that the Embassy cut its staff to seventeen, the number of diplomats and staff at Belarus' Embassy in Washington and New York Consulate General. Lazerko said the Embassy had until 3 [...]	2008-03-17 17:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ODIP AMGT CMGT PINR BO
08MINSK194	MARCH MADNESS: GOB SEEKS TOP 25 WORLD BANK RATING [...] (C) On March 4, Aleksandr Lukashenko signed a decree abolishing the notorious "Golden Share" rule that permitted re-nationalization of privatized firms. Analysts agree the GOB made the move as part of a campaign to increase foreign investment into Belarus. In and of itself, the end of "Gold [...]	2008-03-18 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK195	GOB SLOW TO INVESTIGATE ANTI-SEMITIC THREAT [...] (C) Poloff met March 14 with Yakov Basin, a Jewish community leader, to discuss an anti-Semitic threat letter sent by the Vitebsk cell of the neo-Nazi Russian National Unity (RNE) group to the editor of a regional independent daily in January. Basin stated that the editor had filed the case with th [...]	2008-03-18 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK197	DIVIDED THEY CAMPAIGN IN THE FALL [...] (C) Calls for a unified slate of opposition candidates in fall parliamentary elections failed to dissuade an opposition leader from organizing an alternate slate of candidates on a so-called European list. So far candidates from the main coalition slate, with a few exceptions, chose not to ac [...]	2008-03-19 14:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK199	CHARGE DEMARCHES MFA ON STAFFING DEMANDS, CONSULAR [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A points March 20 to MFA A/S- equivalent Americas Department Director Vadim Lazerko. Noting that the USG is considering its response to the GOB's request to for the U.S. Embassy in Minsk to reduce its staff, Charge challenged the request as being inconsistent with the [...]	2008-03-20 17:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP CASC OFDP PHUM AMGT BO
08MINSK20	REPRESSION AFTER JANUARY 10 PROTEST CONTINUES [...] (C) The GOB continued its repression of both individuals and organizations involved in last week's large demonstration against new small business regulations. Simultaneously the GOB sent out a feeler for further negotiations, which activists rejected. The GOB's rapid reaction indicates its [...]	2008-01-14 14:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK201	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - March 21, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Rallies in Support Of Political Prisoners (para. 2) - Pro-GOB "Belaya Rus" Membership Rises (para. 3) - BKGB Admits Control over Internet Access (para. 4) - [...]	2008-03-21 13:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG EAGR BO
08MINSK203	REGIME DEMAND FOR STAFF REDUCTION: FRENCH DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Charge met March 21 with French Ambassador Mireille Musso, currently representing the Slovenian EU Presidency in Minsk, to discuss her March 19 demarche to Foreign Minister Sergey Martynov on the continued demand of the Belarusian regime (ref A) for the U.S. Embassy to significantly redu [...]	2008-03-21 14:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ODIP AMGT BO
08MINSK208	CHARGE DELIVERS RESPONSE ON STAFF CUTS TO MFA [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A points and the ref B list of 17 U.S. diplomatic staff to remain in Belarus to MFA A/S-equivalent Americas Department Director Amb. Vadim Lazerko March 24. Charge noted that the USG's decision to accede to Belarusian demands to cut staff was made reluctantly and he [...]	2008-03-25 07:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP CASC OFDP PHUM AMGT CMGT BO
08MINSK215	REGIME TO DEMAND EMBASSY STAFF REDUCTION TO [...] (S/NF) As reported ref A, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Valentin Rybakov informed Charge March 25 that unless the U.S. reversed the guidance issued by the U.S. treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control March 6, Charge would be summoned to the MFA on Monday March 31 and infor [...]	2008-03-25 14:32:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL OFDP AMGT CMGT BO
08MINSK217	STATE MEDIA ACCUSES EMBASSY OF ESPIONAGE [...] (C) In its "analytical" program "Panorama of the Week" Belarusian State Television Channel One included a seven- minute piece accusing Post's Surveillance Detection (SD) Team of espionage and Post's Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) of being an undercover agent of the FBI. [Note: An [...]	2008-03-25 16:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PINR BO
08MINSK219	REGIME VIOLENTLY DISRUPTS OPPOSITION RALLY [...] (C) Riot police violently broke up a peaceful March 25 rally/march held in Minsk to mark the ninetieth anniversary of the short-lived Belarusian People's Republic. Charge, A/DCM, and a few EU colleagues observed the start of the march, which gathered over 1000 participants in spite of suffoc [...]	2008-03-26 16:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR BO
08MINSK221	BKGB MAKES UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON FREE PRESS [...] (SBU) Independent media report a massive nationwide crackdown against the independent media in Belarus. According to one press source, the BKGB are searching the offices of representatives of foreign-based media outlets including USAID-funded European Radio for Belarus (ERB),Radio Racija, an [...]	2008-03-27 13:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	BO KPAO PHUM PINR PREL
08MINSK223	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - March 28, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Protestant Pastor Charged (para. 2) - Gomel Opposition Youth Sentenced to Jail (para. 3) - Residents Protest Chemical Plant Construction (para. 4) International Rela [...]	2008-03-28 14:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG PARM VE BO
08MINSK224	LUKASHENKO'S POPULARITY STABLE, BUT OPPOSITION TO POLICIES [...] (SBU) According to independent nationwide polling data from March 2008, while the popularity of Aleksandr Lukashenko remained around 40 per cent, opposition to some of his regime's policies -- like benefit cuts, the travel ban and the introduction of atomic energy -- was significant. Though d [...]	2008-03-31 09:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI PINR BO
08MINSK225	MINSK UNABLE TO SUPPORT SUMMER INTERN IN 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 10:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER AMGT BO
08MINSK23	2008 Investment Climate Statement for Belarus [...] Per reftel, the follow is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Belarus: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ The government of Belarus officially welcomes foreign investment, which is seen as a source of new production technologies, jobs and hard currency. T [...]	2008-01-15 15:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTDB OPIC USTR BO

08MINSK236	BELARUS DEMANDS EMBASSY CUT STAFF TO FIVE [...] (C) As expected (refs A, B),Belarusian A/S-equivalent MFA Americas Department Director Vadim Lazerko presented Charge with a diplomatic note announcing that Belarus would reduce its diplomatic presence in Washington and New York to six (Ambassador plus five),and demanding that the U.S. redu [...]	2008-03-31 17:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT BO CMGT OFDP PGOV PINR PREL
08MINSK237	FOLLOW UP ON BFIF-FUNDED IBP TRAVEL TO CONEXPO [...] BFIF-funded IPB travel to the March 10-14 Conexpo Trade Show generated over a dozen expressions of interest and included the highest number of participants from Belarus to date. Post recruited nine organizations in construction and related businesses which sent a total of twenty representativ [...]	2008-04-02 06:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD BTIO AMGT EAGR EINV ETRD BO
08MINSK24	YOUTH ACTIVIST DESCRIBES GOVERNMENT OPPRESSION [...] (C) Charge met January 14 with youth activist Andrey Tenyuta who discussed the oppression that the regime subjects him to as a result of his activities as a member of Malady Front. Tenyuta said he narrowly escaped commitment to a mental institution due to his beliefs. He also described the [...]	2008-01-15 16:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08MINSK247	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 05, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Entrepreneurs' Leader Charged with Petty Theft (para. 2) - Mogilyov Oblast Residents Protest Nuclear Plans (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Sentenced to One Year of "Khimiya [...]	2008-12-12 14:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08MINSK25	Belarus Seeks Greater Energy Independence [...] Following Belarus' dramatic dispute with Russia in late 2006 over energy price increases, the GOB intensified efforts to reduce energy consumption and diversify energy supplies. Announced plans include inviting foreign investors to upgrade industry, burning more locally available fuel, and de [...]	2008-01-15 16:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EPET ENRG BO
08MINSK257	BELARUS: THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS ARRIVED [...] (SBU) Although President Lukashenka initially claimed that the global financial crisis would make the world realize the efficiency of Belarus' state-controlled economic "model," the crisis is having a clear impact on Belarus' economy. Effects can be seen mainly in the drop in exports, the lev [...]	2008-12-18 19:30:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL BO
08MINSK258	BELARUS: THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS ARRIVED [...] (SBU) Although President Lukashenka initially claimed that the global financial crisis would make the world realize the efficiency of Belarus' state-controlled economic "model," the crisis is having a clear impact on Belarus' economy. Effects can be seen mainly in the drop in exports, the lev [...]	2008-12-18 19:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL BO
08MINSK259	BELARUS: THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS ARRIVED [...] (SBU) Although President Lukashenka initially claimed that the global financial crisis would make the world realize the efficiency of Belarus' state-controlled economic "model," the crisis is having a clear impact on Belarus' economy. Effects can be seen mainly in the drop in exports, the lev [...]	2008-12-18 19:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL BO
08MINSK260	BELARUS: REGIME AGREES TO IMF TERMS, BUT WANTS [...] (SBU) IMF mission member Neven Mates reported to Charge December 19 that the GOB had agreed to the IMF's conditions (detailed ref A) but wants USD 3 billion whereas IMF headquarters were telling the IMF mission now in Minsk that more than USD 2 billion would be difficult to achieve. 2. (S [...]	2008-12-19 12:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL BO
08MINSK261	BELARUS: TWO INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS REGISTERED AND [...] (SBU) PAO met with Editor-in-Chief of Narodnaya Volya (NV) Yosif Seredich December 11 to discuss the independent newspaper's experience since receiving permission November 27 to be distributed via the state-owned distribution network, Belsayuzdruk. According to Seredich and other evidence, bo [...]	2008-12-19 13:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO BO
08MINSK262	BELARUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The following is the submission by Embassy Minsk for Part One of the 2008-2009 INCSR. Please note that post is operating under extreme conditions with only five American staff. Please direct any questions about this report to EUR/UMB. 2. Summary: Belarus remains a transit route for traff [...]	2008-12-19 17:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KJUS BO
08MINSK263	BELARUS: REGIME SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH IMF; OPPOSITION CALLS [...] (SBU) We have learned from a NATO embassy that the GOB and IMF mission signed an agreement for USD 2.5 billion late December 19. According to the same source, the GOB has not/not worked to accelerate IMF board approval, with the result that the IMF board is not expected to deliberate on the a [...]	2008-12-22 15:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PHUM ECON PREL BO
08MINSK264	BELARUS: REGIME SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH IMF; OPPOSITION CALLS [...] (SBU) We have learned from a NATO embassy that the GOB and IMF mission signed an agreement for USD 2.5 billion late December 19. According to the same source, the GOB has not/not worked to accelerate IMF board approval, with the result that the IMF board is not expected to deliberate on the a [...]	2008-12-22 16:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PHUM ECON PREL BO
08MINSK265	BELARUS: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD ON FURTHER [...] (SBU) Head of the Belarusian Presidential Administration Vladimir Makey received Charge for a one-on-one, 30-minute meeting December 24. He reported to Charge that "positive political steps" would continue, to include an initiative by the Presidential Administration to form a group or council [...]	2008-12-24 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON PINR BO
08MINSK269	BELARUS, RUSSIA, AND NATURAL GAS: WHEN HIGH PRESSURE IS A [...] (SBU) Although the Belarusian and Russian presidents agreed in principle December 22 on a new natural gas supply and payment formula for 2009, actual numbers are still being sorted out even as the new year arrives. Gazprom has not released Belarus from its contractual obligation to pay the wo [...]	2008-12-31 12:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL EFIN BO
08MINSK270	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 31, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Vandals Attack Human Rights Group Office (para. 2) - GOB Registers Hare Krishna Communities (para. 3) - Opposition Activists Dismissed (para. 4) - Independent Journalis [...]	2008-12-31 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
08MINSK3	LUKASHENKO NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS - 2007 A BAD YEAR, [...] (SBU) Lukashenko's 2007 New Year's Eve address -- by far his most widely viewed speech each year -- stressed his perennial themes of security and economic development despite threats from abroad. In contrast with last year, however, Lukashenko presented threats to Belarus as originating almos [...]	2008-01-02 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BO
08MINSK30	JANUARY 21 PROTEST MAY FURTHER SHAKE REGIME [...] (C) A large turnout for entrepreneurs' demonstrations planned for Minsk and the regions January 21 could convince the GOB to compromise over Presidential Order 760. Alternatively, weak attendance could embolden the regime to strengthen its already considerable crackdown against activists supp [...]	2008-01-18 12:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR ECON BO
08MINSK31	YOUTH ACTIVISTS CONVICTED IN RUNUP TO DEMO [...] (C) Ten youth activists were arrested January 16. Three were arrested while at Minsk's Central District Court to observe a trial, while the other seven were detained following "Solidarity Day" protests calling for the freedom of political prisoners. According to witnesses present at one of [...]	2008-01-18 15:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK32	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - January 18, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - More Entrepreneur Leaders Jailed (para. 2) - BKGB Detains Journalists, Raids Apartment (para. 3) - Activist Journalist Banned From Travel (para. 4) - BPF Invites Persp [...]	2008-01-18 15:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08MINSK34	BFIF PROPOSAL FROM BELARUS [...] Embassy Minsk applies for funding under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund for two proposals. First, post proposes a catalog show at an agricultural products exposition. Second, post proposes accompanying an International Buyers Program (IBP) delegation to CONEXPO in Las Vegas, March 1 [...]	2008-01-18 18:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD BTIO AMGT EAGR EINV ETRD BO
08MINSK42	ENTREPRENEURS' PROTEST DISPERSED BY SPETSNAZ [...] (C) On January 21, sole proprietors and their supporters staged their second large protest in downtown Minsk this month and agreed to protest again February 18. The crowd of approximately 1,500 then marched toward parliament before Interior Ministry troops in full riot gear dispersed them. P [...]	2008-01-22 17:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON BO
08MINSK44	REGIME FREES SECOND POLITICAL PRISONER [...] (C) Political prisoner and Malady Front Chair Dmitriy Dashkevich was freed late January 23. Dashkevich, who was originally incarcerated in 2006 for participation in an unregistered organization, is the second of Belarus' internationally recognized political prisoners to be freed in less than [...]	2008-01-24 15:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO BO
08MINSK49	THIRD POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASED [...] (C) The Belarusian regime freed political prisoner Yuriy Leonov late January 25. Former political prisoner and prisoner rights activist Timofey Dranchuk reported earlier on January 25 to Pol/Econ Chief that Leonov would be released shortly. A friend and business partner of recently released [...]	2008-01-25 17:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK50	FREED POLITICAL PRISONER AVTUKHOVICH DISCUSSES [...] (C) Ambassador met January 24 with entrepreneur Nikolay Avtukhovich, the first of three recently released political prisoners (reftel). Avtukhovich discussed his imprisonment, terms of his release, and his future plans. His fighting spirit intact, he plans to continue his struggle against o [...]	2008-01-25 17:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08MINSK51	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - January 25, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Journalist Sentenced for Mohammed Cartoons (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Banned from Traveling Abroad (para. 3) - Elderly Activist Fined for Newspaper Distribution (para [...]	2008-01-25 17:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08MINSK59	RUMORED S-300 SALE TO IRAN UNLIKELY [...] (U) This message has been cleared by the Minsk DATT. Summary ------- 2. (C) The GOB denied reports that it plans to sell an S-300 surface-to-air missile to Iran. A correspondent covering the defense industry also found such a deal highly unlikely, although he suggested Belarus could s [...]	2008-01-29 16:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PINR BO
08MINSK60	JUST-RELEASED POLITICAL PRISONER DASHKEVICH MEETS [...] (C) Ambassador met January 29 with opposition youth organization Malady Front (MF) leader Dmitriy Dashkevich, the second of three recently released political prisoners. Dashkevich discussed his imprisonment and his plans for re-assuming leadership of MF, and expressed his gratitude to the Emb [...]	2008-01-29 16:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08MINSK61	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS OPPOSITION ON RELEASE OF [...] (SBU) Participants: Belarusian Opposition --------------------- --Yuriy Gubarevich, Deputy Chair, For Freedom Movement (FF) --Sergey Kalyakin, Chair, Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC) --Viktor Korniyenko, Deputy Chair, For Freedom Movement (FF) --Anatoliy Lebedko, Chair, United Civic [...]	2008-01-29 16:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO BO
08MINSK63	GOB AND SME REPS TALK PAST EACH OTHER ON BUSINESS [...] (C) In a novel twist, the government made a public showing of attending a conference organized by one of the main business associations in Belarus. Analysts and business leaders put forth common complaints about government regulations and a generally oppressive business climate. GOB partici [...]	2008-01-30 15:05:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON BO
08MINSK67	GOB OFFICIALS OUTLINE ANTI-TERROR LAWS [...] (U) On January 16 and 17, poloff attended the Legal Workshop for Member States of the CIS on the Criminal Aspects of Countering Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Terrorism. The workshop was sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Organization for Security and Cooperation [...]	2008-01-31 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PTER MNUC PGOV BO
08MINSK72	ANALYSTS PREDICT GENTLE ECONOMIC DECELERATION [...] (C) Two leading independent economists told visitors from EUR/ACE that Belarus' economy outperformed dire expectations in 2007. They predicted a drop in GDP growth rates through 2011 unless the regime unexpectedly embarked upon reforms necessary to attract foreign investment. The economists [...]	2008-02-01 14:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK73	MORE DELAYS WITH UNIFIED OPPOSITION SLATE OF [...] (C) The United Democratic Forces' (UDF) drafting of a unified slate of candidates for 2008 parliamentary elections remains a work in progress. A host of factors, including internal Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) elections and the recent 15-day detention of United Civic Party Chair Anatoliy L [...]	2008-02-01 14:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
08MINSK74	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - February 1, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Expelled Activist Drafted into Military (para. 2) - New Life Church Receives Warning (para. 3) - Activists Jailed for Unsanctioned Rally (para. 4) - New Generation Pro [...]	2008-02-01 15:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08MINSK79	GOB RELEASES FOURTH POLITICAL PRISONER: YOUTH [...] (C) The regime released political prisoner Artur Finkevich February 5, making him the fourth political prisoner freed since January 18. The move suggests the GOB will move forward with its plan to liberate all political prisoners, although the most difficult cases remain. End summary. Ar [...]	2008-02-05 15:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK8	BELARUSIANS' FEAR OVER ECONOMY GROWS [...] (SBU) According to independent nationwide polling data from December 2007, public opinion on the state of the Belarusian economy has become decidedly pessimistic. Eighty-five per cent of respondents identified price hikes as one of the most serious problems facing the country, while the port [...]	2008-01-03 16:02:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINR BO
08MINSK83	TERRORISM FINANCE LIST 83 DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 14:29:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC BO
08MINSK85	LOST OUR LEASE -- REAL ESTATE AS A MEANS OF REGIME [...] (C) Representatives of the independent media, civil society and political opposition in Belarus report increasing pressure from landlords, including astronomical rent increases or termination of leases. The increasing use of this old tactic -- often indirect and sometimes buttressed with arguments [...]	2008-02-08 11:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
08MINSK86	FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER LEONOV MEETS WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met February 1 with entrepreneur Yuriy Leonov, a political prisoner who was released by the regime January 25. Leonov discussed the conditions of his imprisonment, his plans for the future, and expressed gratitude to Ambassador for the Embassy's support. End summary. "I Ho [...]	2008-02-08 15:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08MINSK87	NUCLEAR EXPORT DENIALS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 15:37:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA BO IR
08MINSK88	UN.GIFT AND VIENNA FORUM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 15:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BO
08MINSK89	HCOC "INREACH" DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA BO
08MINSK90	THIRD 2008 ENTREPRENEURS' PROTEST NO CHARM [...] (C) The two main organizers promoting Belarusian entrepreneurs' protests recently split over whether to support a demonstration on February 18. In any case, neither figure foresees the government compromising in the near term. While the regime appears willing to allow the leaders and their [...]	2008-02-08 16:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON PINR BO
08MINSK91	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - February 08, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Communist Party Resumes Activities (para. 2) - BKGB Questions Belarusian Christian Democrat (para. 3) - Opposition to Campaign for Youth Activist Release (pa [...]	2008-02-08 16:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08MINSK92	LIBERATED YOUTH VALUES BELARUS' FREEDOM ABOVE HIS [...] (C) Malady Front (MF) leader and former political prisoner Artur Finkevich told Ambassador he did not seek personal freedom within a totalitarian state. He vowed that MF would continue to support Belarusian democratization and show solidarity for all those repressed within Belarus. He thank [...]	2008-02-08 16:38:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK99	ACTIVIST'S MOTHER DISCUSSES SON'S DETENTION, TRIAL [...] (C) Ambassador met February 7 with Tatyana Kim, mother of detained youth activist Andrey Kim. Kim described the difficulties her son's attorney has been facing in court, and the support he has received from prominent members of the opposition. End summary. Youth Facing Six-Year Imprisonme [...]	2008-02-12 15:23:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK100	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 27, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - March 25 Protest Passes Without Violence (para. 2) - Military Court Dismisses Forced Conscription Appeal (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Leader Fined (para. 4) - Convicte [...]	2009-03-26 18:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK101	BELARUS INFORMED OF U.S. INTENTION TO PURSUE BILATERAL START [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 15:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US BO
09MINSK106	BELARUS: INTERIOR MINISTER OUT, AT LONG LAST [...] (SBU) Civil society has reacted positively to the news that Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumau (Vladimir Naumov) left office April 6; he ostensibly submitted his resignation based on health concerns, but is believed to have been dismissed. Navumau, who has been in charge of the Ministry of In [...]	2009-04-07 09:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK109	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 3, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Prosecutors Extend Investigation against Volkovysk Activists (para. 2) - Vitebsk Opposition Activists Fined (para. 3) - Polish Activists Fined in Absentia (para. 4) - [...]	2009-04-09 08:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK114	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 10, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - For Freedom Movement's Property Confiscated (para. 2) - Police to Investigate Desecration at Kurapaty (para. 3) Domestic Economy ---------------- - Lukashenka to [...]	2009-04-10 14:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK115	BELARUS: LIKELY MISINTERPRETATION OF USG SANCTIONS: ACTION [...] (U) Please see action request para 6. 2. (SBU) Charge met April 10 with MFA Americas Department Director Sergey Rachkov at the latter's request. Rachkov provided a copy of a letter to the Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ) in Zhlobin from the American Petroleum Institute (API; see partial text [...]	2009-04-10 17:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD BO
09MINSK127	BELARUS: WORLD BANK, IMF SEE NEED FOR EXCHANGE RATE [...] (SBU) Post has met recently with a visiting World Bank team and the new IMF resrep. Their consensus view, shared by post, is that that resolution of the economic crisis in Belarus will require fundamental steps by the GOB beyond simply obtaining further loans and credits. Recognition of thi [...]	2009-04-22 16:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR BO
09MINSK131	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 24, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Lukashenka Delivers Annual Address to Nation and Parliament (para. 2) - An Opposition Youth Activist Wanted (para. 3) - Malady Front Member Jailed (para. 4) - Human R [...]	2009-04-24 15:09:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK132	BELARUS: HIGHLIGHTS OF LUKASHENKA'S ANNUAL ADDRESS [...] (SBU) The following message is based on lightly edited press reports of Belarusian President Lukashenka's annual address to the parliament and the Belarusian people. The event was marked by long passages when Lukashenka departed from his prepared remarks and spoke rather more directly, in so [...]	2009-04-24 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM BO
09MINSK133	BELARUS: DEMONSTRATORS, POLICE CALM AT APRIL 26 PROTEST [...] (U) About 700-800 protestors gathered peacefully met in front of the Academy of Sciences Sunday April 26 for the annual Chernobyl March, marking the 23rd anniversary of the nuclear disaster. A variety of groups were represented, including the Young Belarus and European Belarus movements, the [...]	2009-04-26 12:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
09MINSK134	BELARUS: MFA OFFERS NEW TEXT FOR CHERNOBYL RESPITE [...] (U) Please see action request para 5. 2. (U) Following up on reftel discussion, MFA U.S. and Canada Director Sergey Rachkov met with Charge April 25 to provide a new draft text for USG review on the subject of the Chernobyl respite U.S. travel program for Belarusian children. Rachkov no [...]	2009-04-27 11:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OEXC CVIS CMGT BO
09MINSK136	BELARUS: SERIOUS DISCORD WITHIN UNITED DEMOCRATIC FORCES [...] (SBU) The leader of a major opposition party has ignited controversy through an April 17 interview with Belarus' state-owned newspaper. In the interview, Belarusian Social-Democratic Party Gramada (BSDP-G) chair Levkovich generously complimented President Lukashenka and condemned fellow demo [...]	2009-04-29 12:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK137	BELARUS: REGIME VIEWS ON POSITIVE POLITICAL CHANGES, OTHER [...] (SBU) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Valentin Rybakov met with Charge April 29 at the request of Presidential Administration head Vladimir Makey (Rybakov confirmed that rumors that Makey was still recovering from an illness). Charge inquired about statements made by Lukashenka in his an [...]	2009-04-29 17:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CASC ETRD BO
09MINSK138	BELARUS: DENIAL OVER DEPTH OF ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) The GOB is realizing more and more that the global financial economic crisis will take a bigger toll on Belarus than originally expected. Senior government officials led by Lukashenka try to look optimistic (and so do the official statistics). The reality, however, is not bright and th [...]	2009-04-29 17:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK14	BELARUS: POPULATION DISTRESSED AND DISILLUSIONED BY [...] On January 1, Belarus' National Bank announced a sharp devaluation of the national currency against the U.S. dollar, Euro (EUR) and Russian ruble (RUR),fulfilling an IMF condition for a USD 2.5 billion loan. The devaluation received highly skeptical responses from independent economic observ [...]	2009-01-09 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EFIN BO
09MINSK146	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 8, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - "Chernobyl March" Marked by Detentions, Raid (para. 2) - "Solidarity" Demonstrations Dispersed (para. 3) - BKGB Harasses Families of Opposition Youth (para. 4) - Oppos [...]	2009-05-07 14:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK150	BELARUS: IMF SEES NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RELIEF [...] (SBU) Charge met May 11 with the visiting IMF mission head and IMF resrep to discuss the IMF's stand-by agreement (SBA) with Belarus and the overall economic situation. Jarvis reported that the GOB was working well with the IMF and was largely on track with requirements, but that the GOB res [...]	2009-05-12 11:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK160	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 15, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Young Social Democrats Denied Registration (para. 2) - Police Curb Opposition Demonstration (para. 3) - Military Court Dismisses Forced Conscription Appeal (para. 4) - [...]	2009-05-15 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK164	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 22, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Detained (para. 2) - Human Rights Advocate Loses Appeal (para. 3) Domestic Economy ---------------- - Deputy Economy Minister: No more extern [...]	2009-05-22 18:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK171	BELARUS: NEW INTERIOR MINISTER APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Belarusian President Lukashenka formally appointed a new Minister of Internal Affairs June 2. Anatol Kulyashou, who has been acting Minister, is a career policeman -- in contrast to his predecessor. He has largely remained behind the scenes and is generally well regarded. The Ministry [...]	2009-06-03 15:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK172	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 6, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Malady Front Activist Fined (para. 2) - Human Rights Group Denied Registration (para. 3) - Prosecutors Extend Criminal Investigation against Volkovysk Activists (para. [...]	2009-06-08 09:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK173	BELARUS: REGIME CRYING OVER SPILT MILK AS SPAT WITH MOSCOW [...] (SBU) While there is no break between the countries, a Russian block on Belarusian dairy exports is just the latest manifestation of a vitriolic conflict between Minsk and Moscow as traditional Kremlin disdain for President Lukashenka (and the formerly-vaunted "Belarusian economic miracle") re [...]	2009-06-08 12:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR BO RS
09MINSK183	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 12, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - "European Belarus" Activists Fined (para. 2) - Prisoner of Conscience Fined (para. 3) - United Civic Party Activists Fined (para. 4) Domestic Economy ------------ [...]	2009-06-12 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK195	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 19, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Convicted (para. 2) - Protestant Activist Fined (para. 3) - GOB Denies Registration to Opposition Party (para. 4) - Police Raid Residence of Malady Fr [...]	2009-06-22 15:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK217	BELARUS: CODEL CARDIN SECURES AMCIT'S RELEASE, ADVANCES [...] (SBU) A CODEL led by Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Cardin visited Belarus June 30, the most senior USG delegation since the 1994 visit of President Clinton. The CODEL met with President Lukashenka -- who pardoned AMCIT Emanuel Zeltser in response to the CODEL's request -- for over two [...]	2009-07-03 22:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR BO
09MINSK22	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 16, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Independent Newspaper Denied Print, Distribution, then Fined (para. 2) - Grodno Activists Detained and Searched (para. 3) - Brest Activists Detained (para. 4) - Local [...]	2009-01-16 17:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK228	BELARUS POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 10, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Investigation Against Volkovysk Activists Extended (para. 2) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist's Associate and Employer Detained (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Fined (para. [...]	2009-07-10 15:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK244	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 17, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Protestant Community Fined (para. 2) - Belarusian Popular Front Youth Member Expelled (para. 3) - Independent Journalists Warned (para. 4) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist [...]	2009-07-17 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK248	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 24, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Another Opposition Activist From the 14 Is Amnestied (para. 2) - The Only Jailed Member of the 14 Stops His Hunger Strike (para. 3) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist Charge [...]	2009-07-24 14:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK255	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 31, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Police Disperse Independence Proclamation Rallies (para. 2) - Independent Journalist Warned (para. 3) - Independent Magazine Denied Distribution (para. 4) - Party of Wo [...]	2009-07-31 13:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK27	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 23, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------------ - Opposition Youth's Draft Order Suspended (para. 2) - Opposition Denied Venues (para. 3) - Demonstration Dispersed, Opposition Youth Leader Detained (para. 4) - Pr [...]	2009-01-23 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK274	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 14, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Supreme Court Denies Registration Appeal of Human Rights NGO (para. 2) - Religious Groups Complain GOB Is Trying to Limit Their Ability to Have Houses of Worship (para [...]	2009-08-17 14:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK275	BELARUS DENIES NASHA VYASNA HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP REGISTRATION [...] (U) On August 12, the Belarus Supreme Court refused to overturn the denial of state registration to the Nasha Vyasna (Belarusian for "Our Spring") human rights organization. The denial, the third since the organization was stripped of state registration in 2003, was an appeal of the Belarus Mi [...]	2009-08-18 10:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK287	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 21, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Yuri Leonov Attributes His Release to High Attention of Media and Foreign Embassies (para. 2) - "For Freedom" Activist in Gomel Fined For White-Red-White, EU Flags and [...]	2009-08-21 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK297	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - United Democratic Forces Finalized Procedures for Nominating Democratic Presidential Candidate (para. 2) - Supreme Court Upheld Registration Denial to the Party of Fre [...]	2009-09-04 18:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK30	GOB'S STEPS TOWARD MARKET REFORMS WELCOME WHILE INCOMPLETE [...] Summary: President Lukashenka signed his first decree in 2009 simplifying the process for registration and liquidation of businesses. The GOB further enumerated an ambitious, 52-point plan envisioning an overhaul of the country's business code in 2009 toward liberalizing the economy. While t [...]	2009-01-26 16:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK307	BELARUS DENIES PARTY FOR FREEDOM AND PROGRESS REGISTRATION [...] (U) On August 26, the Belarus Supreme Court refused to overturn an earlier denial of registration of the Party for Freedom and Progress (PFP). This was the party's fourth registration attempt since 2003. 2. (U) During the appeal hearing, the Belarus Ministry of Justice representative claime [...]	2009-09-10 16:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK317	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Continues to Use a Heavy Hand in Dispersing Opposition Demonstrations, Big or Small (para. 2) - GOB May No Longer Classify Unregistered NGOs and Political Part [...]	2009-09-16 15:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK322	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB, Lithuania Defer Agreement on Simplified Border Crossing (para. 2) - GOB Continues to Harass and Fine Opposition Activists (para. 3) - Riot Police Disperse an Oppo [...]	2009-09-18 16:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK332	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - New Life Church Still Facing Eviction, Receives Support from Visiting DRL Officer (para. 2) - "European Belarus" Activists Detained, Fined (para. 3) - GOB Continues to [...]	2009-09-25 12:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK345	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 9, 2009 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - IISEPS Survey: Despite Growing Pro-European Sentiments, Lukashenka Favored In Elections (para. 2) - GOB Continues to Try to Block Registered Parties from Getting Out [...]	2009-10-13 15:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK357	IN BELARUS THE JUDICIARY IS JUST ONE MORE TOOL OF CONTROL [...] (SBU) Summary. Two of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee's (BHC) most prominent human rights leaders, Harry Pogonyailo and Oleg Gulak, told Post that the Belarusian judicial system remains under the control of the Presidential Administration (PA) and the Justice Ministry (MOJ). According to t [...]	2009-10-21 08:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
09MINSK359	MID SIZE CITY IN BELARUS: ACTIVIST MORE CONFIDENT BUT [...] (U) Summary: On August 5, 2009 Chargi Scanlan visited Borisov, the second largest industrial center (pop 150,000) in the Minsk Oblast, where he met with the local authorities, state and private businesses, opposition political parties and civil society. While the authorities praised improveme [...]	2009-10-23 16:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK360	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 23, 2009 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Elections --------- - "Honest" Presidential Elections to be Held in Early 2011, so Says the CEC (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Parties Denied Registration, Evicted (para. [...]	2009-10-26 18:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK382	BELARUS:TWO CLEAR OPPOSITION CAMPS NOW EXIST [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 18:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
09MINSK385	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 17:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK390	BELARUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Summary. Belarus remains a transit route for illicit drugs and drug precursors. Reports of drug use and drug-related crime in Belarus increased in 2009, although there is no evidence of large-scale drug production in the country. In October 2008 the government adopted a National Action Plan [...]	2009-12-03 14:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM SNAR BO
09MINSK394	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 4, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Council of Europe Official Discusses Death Penalty with GOB, A CoE Condition (para. 2) - Santa Claus May Be Sent to Prison in Belarus (para. 3) - Despite Differences, [...]	2009-12-04 20:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK413	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 18, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Christian Democracy Party Denied Registration, Members Harassed and Discredited (para. 2) - State TV Criticizes Opposition Activists over Abduction Allegations (para. [...]	2009-12-18 17:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK415	BELARUS ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS: AN EXAMPLE OF NON-INCLUSIVE [...] Summary. The GOB is in the final stages of amending Belarus' electoral law in anticipation of local elections next April and presidential polls in 2011. While Lukashenka and other regime officials have publicly addressed proposed changes to the code, the amendment process has lacked transpar [...]	2009-12-23 12:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
09MINSK426	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 31, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society, Media -------------------- - GOB Drafts a Bill to Regulate the Internet (para. 2) - Independent Polling: Belarusians Feel Economic Pinch, Criticize GOB Policies; Although Majority Stil [...]	2009-12-31 13:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN BO
09MINSK69	BELARUS: DEEP DROPS IN EXPORTS TO RUSSIA, U.S. SHOW IMPACT [...] (SBU) Among other official Belarusian trade statistics, two figures stand out: decreases in exports to both Russia and the U.S. over 50 percent or more from 2007 to 2008. Russia is a major trade partner, and the U.S. significantly less so, but these figures confirm that the global financial c [...]	2009-02-27 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV BO
09MINSK72	BELARUS: NEW POLITICAL PARTY OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIL [...] (SBU) The Belarusian Christian Democracy Party (BCDP) held its founding congress in the "Palace of Culture" of the Minsk Tractor Factory February 28. While strongly conservative -- and somewhat confrontational -- in its philosophical outlook, the BCDP is seen by civil society as an important [...]	2009-03-02 16:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK73	BELARUS: NEW POLITICAL PARTY OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIL [...] (SBU) The Belarusian Christian Democracy Party (BCDP) held its founding congress in the "Palace of Culture" of the Minsk Tractor Factory February 28. While strongly conservative -- and somewhat confrontational -- in its philosophical outlook, the BCDP is seen by civil society as an important [...]	2009-03-03 08:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO

09MINSK78	BELARUS: ECONOMY UNDER CONTINUED PRESSURE, BUT ON TRACK WITH [...] (SBU) Charge met March 5 with visiting IMF European Department Advisor Christopher Jarvis to discuss the economic situation in Belarus and the current state of the USD 2.46 billion provided to Belarus under a 15-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) by the IMF in January 2009 (reftels). Jarvis re [...]	2009-03-05 18:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN PINR BO

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