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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09MINSK86 |
BELARUS: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the ninth annual TIP report. Responses, based on information received March 12, 2009, are keyed to ref A and subsequent tasking ref B. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security [...] |
2009-03-16 14:13:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB BO |
| 09MINSK87 |
BELARUS: FINANCIAL CRISIS FORCES INWARD LOOK AT ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) As the global financial crisis hits Belarus' ailing economy harder month after month, the GOB is trying various methods to counterbalance it, though to little avail. While IMF conditions are being met, independent economic observers generally recognize that only radical market reforms [...] |
2009-03-17 09:35:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV BO |
| 09MINSK92 |
BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 20, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Demonstrate on Solidarity Day (para. 2) - Unregistered Union of Poles Member Fined (para. 3) - Gomel Belarusian Christian Democrats Fined (para. 4) - [...] |
2009-03-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO |
| 10MINSK13 |
BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 10, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Elections --------- - Lukashenka Approves Election Law Amendments (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - GOB Continues to Prosecute Democratic Activists (para. 3) - Enforcement of Controversial I [...] |
2010-01-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG BO |
| 10MINSK16 |
ASSISTANCE TO HAITI FROM BELARUS APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-20 13:25:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN BO |
| 10MINSK20 |
BELARUS: 2009-2010 INCSR PART II: MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] Summary. Belarus is not a regional financial center. A general lack of transparency throughout the financial sector means that assessing the level of potential for money laundering and other financial crimes is difficult. Corruption (including embezzlement through abuse of office, taking br [...] |
2010-01-20 18:14:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR BO |
| 10MINSK21 |
BELARUS: 2009-2010 INCSR PART II: MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] Summary. Belarus is not a regional financial center. A general lack of transparency throughout the financial sector means that assessing the level of potential for money laundering and other financial crimes is difficult. Corruption (including embezzlement through abuse of office, taking br [...] |
2010-01-20 18:14:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR BO |
| 10MINSK23 |
BELARUS INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE: A [...] Summary. In the run up to the 2006 Presidential elections, the GOB banned independent newspapers that covered politics from having access to the state monopoly kiosk network and the postal service's subscription system. In 2008 and 2009, in an apparent response to western sanctions, a handful [...] |
2010-01-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM BO |
| 10MINSK24 |
BELARUS: MONTHLY MEMORIAL DEMONSTRATIONS ARE NOW PROCEEDING [...] Minsk authorities on January 16 continued a recent pattern of increased tolerance towards unsanctioned political demonstrations, allowing the monthly Solidarity demonstration to proceed with minimal interference on Minsk's October Square. The demonstration is held on the 16th of each month to c [...] |
2010-01-21 15:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM BO |
| 10MINSK32 |
BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 29, 2010 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Increases Harassment and Pressure Against Unrecognized Union of Poles (para. 2) - United Democratic Forces Pledge to Continue Activities Amid Uncertainty and Defec [...] |
2010-02-01 19:13:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG KDEM BO |
| 10MINSK47 |
BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 12, 2010 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Crackdown on Polish Minority Group Raises Tensions - One Year of Pretrial Detention for Two Vaukavysk Activists - Presidential Edict: Possible Move To Control the Int [...] |
2010-02-16 14:04:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
| 10MINSK54 |
BELARUS' REGIONAL INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS TELL THEIR STORIES [...] Summary. Brest is the most progressive Oblast in Belarus in terms of media freedom. Nevertheless, two Brest Oblast newspaper editors shared with CDA their difficulties, including having reliable access to the state monopoly distribution networks, unhampered ability to raise revenues through [...] |
2010-02-24 16:37:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM BO |
| 10MINSK56 |
BELARUS: OBSTACLES TO GETTING ON THE BALLOT AND MONITORING [...] Summary: With local elections just two months away, opposition parties in Brest, as elsewhere in Belarus, are facing government obstacles to gaining seats on election boards and in some case collecting signatures to get candidates on the ballot. Nevertheless, opposition parties in Brest plan [...] |
2010-02-25 20:04:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM BO |
| 10MINSK59 |
BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 26, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Crackdown on Polish Minority Sparks Flash Point with EU - The Aggressive Suppression of Peaceful Demonstrations Returns - New Election Law But GOB Control of Election [...] |
2010-02-28 15:40:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG ETRD BO |