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00STATE228765	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 20 [...]	2000-12-01 20:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER

00STATE228767	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF OFFICE MANAGEMENT [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR OFFICE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 2001 [...]	2000-12-01 20:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE228772	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF MID-LEVEL GENERALIST AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST VACANCIES, NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 31,2001. (COMBINED WINTER 2000 - SUMMER 2001 CYCLE). [...] No summary [...]	2000-12-01 20:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE229013	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF FS-01 GENERALIST AND [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR FS-01 POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH APRIL AND NOVEMBER 2001 TEDS MAY ALSO BID [...]	2000-12-01 23:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE229054	JUNIOR OFFICER (SUMMER AND NOW) OPEN [...] THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF UNASSIGNED OVERSEAS FO-04 AND FO-05 ADMINISTRATIVE, CONSULAR, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, INTERFUNCTIONAL AND ROTATIONAL VACANCIES AVAILABLE THROUGH APRIL 2002. IT INCLUDES POSITIONS REQUIRING SIX MONTHS OR MORE OF LANGUAGE TRAINING (FOR ELIGIBLE OFFICERS),AS WELL [...]	2000-12-01 23:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00THEHAGUE1950	DUTCH CONFIRM EU PLANS FOR MINISTERIAL TROIKA [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-28 11:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO NL OSCE EUN
02ANKARA8089	TURKS LUKEWARM ABOUT LUKASHENKO'S ATTENDANCE AT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-08 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO TU NATO
02HANOI2622	NONG DUC MANH VISITS RUSSIA AND BELARUS, [...] (U) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV),VISITED RUSSIA OCTOBER 9- 13 AND BELARUS OCTOBER 13-15. ALL SIDES HAVE DESCRIBED THE CAREFULLY SCRIPTED VISITS AS "SUCCESSFUL." MANH'S FOCUS WAS ON IMPROVING TRADE AND REAFFIRMING HIS "STRONG PERSONAL R [...]	2002-10-30 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON BO RS VM
03ANKARA6499	MFA DEPUTY U/S TUYGAN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told Ambassador October 16 that the GOT was grateful for the US assistance before and after the recent bombing in front of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad. Tuygan agreed that it was important for the US and Turkey to manage and "get right" the issue of a possible Turk [...]	2003-10-17 10:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC AF AR
03ANKARA7354	DAS PASCOE'S NOVEMBER 21 TRIP TO ANKARA [...] (S) Summary: EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe visited Turkey on November 21 for a series of meetings with MFA officials. In all his meetings, Pascoe urged MFA officials to think about the period leading up to the NATO Summit as a critical opportunity to showcase Turkey's achievements before the December [...]	2003-12-01 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	AJ AM GG PGOV PREL TU
03HANOI1043	MONITORING VISIT TO KY SON PHASE II PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Much to the relief of district officials and following extensive delays, the UNODC-funded Ky Son Phase II is up and running. Agriculture and livestock models -- the focus of the USG assistance to this project -- are being implemented in a number of communes dispersed around [...]	2003-04-29 05:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV EAID LA VM UNODC CNARC
03KUWAIT3360	NO BELARUS VISIT FOR KUWAITI SPORTS MINISTER [...] (C) Per Ref. A, the Ambassador briefed FonMin U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah on the background of Belarusian Sports Minister Yuri Sivakov during their July 27 meeting (other topics septel). 2. (C) Al-Jarallah said he could not confirm that Sivakov had extended any invitation to Sheikh Fahd Al-Jaber [...]	2003-07-27 15:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KU BO
03ROME2137	GOI AGREES ON NEED TO COORDINATE "STEP BY [...] (C) MFA RUSSIA OFFICE DIRECTOR ROSA ANNA CONIGLIO SAID THAT POINTS REFTEL, WHICH POLOFF ORIGINALLY DELIVERED MAY 6, WERE USED AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT AT THE EU COEST MEETING (AT 25) IN BRUSSELS THE FOLLOWING DAY. SHE SAID THAT ALL EU MEMBERS AND ASPIRANTS AGREED - THE US "STEP BY STEP" AND EU B [...]	2003-05-15 12:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU BO OSCE
03ROME4230	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY - THE WAY AHEAD ON BELARUS [...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 16, MFA NIS DESK OFFICER LORENZO ORTONA CONFIRMED TO POLOFF THAT THE DRAFT US-EU STATEMENT ON BELARUS WE PROVIDED TO THE PRESIDENCY WAS DISCUSSED AT THE SEPTEMBER 12 PSC IN BRUSSELS. ORTONA SAID THAT WHILE ITALY AND THE OTHER MEMBER STATES AGREED WITH THE SUBSTANCE OF THE DRAF [...]	2003-09-17 11:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO IT EUN
03THEHAGUE2573	MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS BRIEF CIO DE HOOP SCHEFFER, [...] (C) Summary: In Paris October 2, the Minsk Group Co-Chairs held separate discussions with the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, urging the two sides to quickly arrange meetings between the two presidents and announcing their desire to visit the region soon after the Azeri elections. [...]	2003-10-07 15:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ PARM NL RU OSCE EUN
03ZAGREB799	DRUZHBADRIA AND CPOT PIPELINES -- CROATIA MOVING [...] (SBU) THE DRUZHBADRIA PIPELINE PROJECT IS ONE POSSIBLE ROUTE TO BRING RUSSIAN OIL TO WESTERN MARKETS, SOMETHING WHICH WOULD ENHANCE GLOBAL ENERGY SECURITY BY INCREASING DIVERSIFICATION OF OIL SUPPLIES. THE CROATIAN PRESS HAS SOUGHT TO PORTRAY CROATIA AS A NEW PLAYER IN WORLD OIL POLITICS. H [...]	2003-04-11 08:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET SENV HR
04ANKARA4563	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4580	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 1- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 15, 2004 by the Internat [...]	2004-08-16 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5002	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 15- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 26, 2004 by Minsk Belaru [...]	2004-09-03 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6865	TIP: GOT PUSHING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTOCOLS [...] (U) During a visit to Ankara led by US Embassy Chisinau in November (septel),a Moldovan anti-TIP government delegation heard high-handed criticism from Turkish interlocutors about Moldova's failure to respond to a GOT-proposed anti-TIP protocol (para 3). The draft protocol, according to MFA D [...]	2004-12-10 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA7044	DEC. 12 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) In policy discussions with the Turkish General Staff during the Dec. 12 meeting of the Caucasus Working Group, DASD James MacDougall urged Turkey to consider how we might change our approach to the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The TGS representatives believed the Minsk Group had failed [...]	2004-12-20 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS
04BRATISLAVA1050	SLOVAK THOUGHTS ON UPCOMING GAERC MEETING [...] (SBU) DCM hosted lunch 11/15 for the MFA's "CFSP" team: Acting Director of the Division for European Affairs Frantisek Ruzicka, COREPER Director Anna Turinicova, and European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak. They discussed the latest thinking on the China arms embargo, Turkish accession, and Cuba [...]	2004-11-19 14:21:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO EUN
04BRUSSELS1162	U.S.-EU DISCUSS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At U.S.-EU COEST consultations on March 16, EUR DAS Steven Pifer and EU interlocutors agreed that Russian progress on democracy and human rights and cooperation with the U.S. and EU in the former Soviet space were central to building a better strategic relationship with Russia. E [...]	2004-03-19 09:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP BO MD EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1623	EU REACTION TO POTENTIAL POSITIVE STEPS FOR BELARUS [...] (C) Mission passed ref a points April 15 to Carl Hartzell, East Europe and Caucasus specialist of the Council's Policy Unit. Hartzell reviewed them briefly, and said they seemed reasonable, and in fact went further than the EU was thinking at this time. The EU was also looking at steps to inc [...]	2004-04-15 16:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2091	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU hosted a U.S. delegation headed by USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes for the biannual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on May 7. Key findings were: --U.S.-EU Coordination within OSCE: cooperation between t [...]	2004-05-14 10:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3224	EU MAY ACT TO BAN BELARUSIAN SPORTS MINISTER FROM [...] (C) Summary. The EU is looking seriously at steps it can take to ban Belarusian Sports Minister Sivakov from the Olympic games. Greece supports a ban, but wants to approach the International Olympic Committee first, as visas are issued along with IOC credentials, and Sivakov is likely to a [...]	2004-07-30 07:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KOLY PHUM PREL GR BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3782	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1 EUR DAS Laura Kennedy held semi-annual consultations with the EU on Caucasus and Central Asia (COEST). Caucasus discussions concentrated on establishing a political process to resolve the South Ossetia conflict (Kennedy met separately on South Ossetia with Heikki [...]	2004-09-08 14:36:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID GG AM AJ KZ KG TI TX UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3881	EUR DAS TEFFT REVIEWS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA AND [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with EU officials on September 10, EUR DAS Tefft discussed recent events in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. EU officials viewed the Beslan attack as a failure of Putin's Chechnya policy, expected him to respond by doing more of the same, and predicted cooler [...]	2004-09-13 15:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04HELSINKI1132	E-PINE: FINLAND COMMITS TO SEND OBSERVERS TO [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Pol Chief and Poloff demarched Tuula Yrjola, the desk officer for Ukraine, and Terhi Hakala, Director on the Unit for East Europe and Central Asia, about the need for additional election observers in Ukraine during upcoming elections. Poloffs noted the interest [...]	2004-09-01 11:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	KNEI PGOV PREL PHUM FI OSCE
04ROME4444	ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 22 GAERC [...] (C) EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo said that ministers would have an extended discussion of Middle East issues over lunch on November 22, including a wide-ranging exchange of views on how the EU should enhance its role in the Quartet post-Arafat. Italy's views on the content of the Council s [...]	2004-11-19 17:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT EUN
04VILNIUS1499	CSBM BILATERALS GIVE LITHUANIA ADDITIONAL TOOL TO [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania has developed bilateral Confidence and Security Building Measure (CSBM) agreements in accordance with the 1999 Vienna Document of OSCE and CFE requirements with Russia, Belarus and its Nordic neighbors. For Lithuania, the bilateral agreements enhance military transparenc [...]	2004-12-09 09:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS LH
04YEREVAN1369	REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS [...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered Ambassador John Ordway's press conference held on June 17. Almost all TV and newspaper reports were accurate and factual. The majority of the newspapers quoted the Ambassador without any comments. All the newspapers noted that there will be the final p [...]	2004-06-21 08:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN1520	CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM PRESIDENT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitted a letter from President Robert Kocharian to President Bush congratulating him on the occasion of the 228th anniversary of the independence of the United States. 3. (SBU) The [...]	2004-07-07 12:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM
04YEREVAN1822	MINIKES IN YEREVAN: ENGAGE WITH THE OSCE [...] (SBU) In a series of intense meetings with nearly all of Armenia's top-level leaders, USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes called for Armenia to engage with the OSCE to make sure the organization suits the country's needs, and not to carp from the sidelines, eroding OSCE basic principles. Mini [...]	2004-08-18 08:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
04YEREVAN1972	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT [...] (C) On September 4, 2004, Ambassador Evans presented his letters of credence to President Robert Kocharian. The Ambassador conveyed warm best wishes from President Bush, and explained how U.S. goals for the South Caucasus -- enhancing security and stability, strengthening democratic institutio [...]	2004-09-08 10:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KMCA ECON AM
04YEREVAN2092	ARMENIA'S MOD SUPPORTS BROADER, DEEPER DEFENSE [...] (C) In his first meeting with the Ambassador on September 20, Armenia's Defense Minister Serzh Sargsyan stated that Armenia highly valued its developing defense relationship with the U.S., stood ready to cooperate on an upcoming Defense Assessment and was preparing troops for deployment to Ir [...]	2004-09-22 12:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM AM
04YEREVAN2156	REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS [...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered the first press conference of Ambassador John Evans held on September 15. Virtually all TV stations commented on the unique format of the press conference (the heads of all the sections of the U.S. mission in Armenia were present). All TV stations show [...]	2004-09-30 13:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN2348	EUR DAS KENNEDY'S OCTOBER 14 - 17 VISIT TO ARMENIA [...] (C) Armenia plans to follow through with its commitment to deploy non-combat troops to Iraq. The issue is a political hot potato, however, and the GOAM hopes the USG will help keep the issue out of public view while it works to obtain the parliamentary approval required for deployment. This [...]	2004-10-22 07:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR AM
04YEREVAN2517	ARMENIAN DEFMIN SOLID ON IRAQ CONTINGENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-22 13:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	AM IZ MARR MOPS PREL
04YEREVAN2533	OSKANIAN SAYS "AZERBAIJAN IS MAKING A [...] During a joint press conference with visiting Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Margherita Boniver November 23, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian commented that "Azerbaijan is making a mistake by initiating the discussion of the situation in the occupied territories issue at the UN, and after a [...]	2004-11-24 13:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AJ AM UNGA
04YEREVAN462	"POLITICAL MURDER" ROCKS THE ARMENIAN BODY POLITIC [...] (SBU) The GOAM, parliamentarians, and NGOs agree across the board in calling the February 19 murder of Armenian Lieutenant Gurgen Margarian by an Azerbaijani officer at NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) English training program in Budapest a "political murder," and have been widely quoted in th [...]	2004-02-25 03:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM
04YEREVAN505	GOAM CALLS ON USG TO RECONSIDER FY 2005 FMF [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Ruben Shugarian demarched DCM February 26 regarding expected differences in FY 2005 military assistance levels for Azerbaijan and Armenia. Shugarian delivered an eleven- point non-paper that called on t [...]	2004-02-27 12:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR PARM AJ AM
04YEREVAN739	REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS [...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered the March 26 press conference held by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage at the Presidential Palace in Yerevan after his meeting with President Kocharian. Among forty invited representatives of mass media, ten represented foreign media outlets. [...]	2004-03-29 01:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN830	REAFFIRMING TIES WITH ARMENIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's visit to Armenia galvanized U.S.-Armenia relations as he met with Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian and President Kocharian in back-to-back meetings March 26. The meeting with Oskanian clearly set the agenda for the subsequent discussion with [...]	2004-04-07 09:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM TU AJ AM OVIP RICHARD ARMITAGE
05ALMATY24	KAZAKHSTAN: DEATH OF PROMINENT BANKER SPARKS RUMORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 19 death of Bank TuranAlem (BTA) president Erzhan Tatishev in a hunting accident has put the local rumor mill into high gear. Despite calming words from representatives of the bank, the second largest in Kazakhstan, the accident has received a great deal of media a [...]	2005-01-04 07:46:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PHUM KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL
05ANKARA2076	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan comes to Washington with the GOT continuing to talk about a strategic partnership but with bilateral relations troubled by an absence of clarity on Turkish direction and intent. Ruling AKP officials publicly deny any bilateral problems or blame them on U. [...]	2005-04-11 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR PHUM TU
05ANKARA2317	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-23 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2600	DAS KENNEDY MAY 3 MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA DIRGEN [...] (C) Summary: Continuing their strategic dialogue begun in February in Washington, EUR DAS Kennedy met May 3 with Turkish MFA DG for Central Asia and the Caucasus Akinci. FM Gul travels to Kyrgyzstan May 5 and will encourage the Kyrgyz to avoid violence and prioritize their assistance request [...]	2005-05-05 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU KG UZ AJ GG
05ANKARA2663	DAS KENNEDY URGES TURKEY TO SEIZE OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: During her May 2-3 visit to Turkey, DAS Kennedy urged Turkish MFA officials, National Security Council Secretary General Alpogan, and parliamentarians to seize the opportunity for dialogue presented by the exchange of letters between PM Erdogan and President Kocharian. MFA Cauc [...]	2005-05-09 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM TU
05ANKARA325	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-18 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3490	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by The Messenger, Georgia's Englis [...]	2005-06-20 06:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6554	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17 [...]	2005-11-02 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6846	NOV. 8 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) During Nov. 8 Caucasus Working Group discussions, the U.S. and Turkey shared assessments of the strategic situation in the Caucasus and Central Asia. The U.S. side briefed on the Caspian Guard program, and urged the Turks to participate in the upgrade of Nasosnaya Airbase in Azerbaijan, t [...]	2005-11-21 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS
05BRATISLAVA804	SLOVAKIA: BELARUS IS DETERIORATING, NEEDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, DCM and Poloff (notetaker) delivered reftel demarche to Stefan Rozkopal, MFA Director for CIS and Balkan Peninsula Countries. Rozkopal, who had met the day before with two opposition politicians from Minsk, offered Slovakia's support for democratization effor [...]	2005-10-03 14:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KDEM PGOV LO BO
05BRATISLAVA861	SLOVAKIA'S VIEWS OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD BELARUS [...] (C) Charge discussed Deputies Committee decisions on policy toward Belarus (ref A) with MFA Director for CIS and Balkans Stefan Rozkopal Oct. 21. Rozkopal provided a preliminary reaction to some of the points, but said the GOS hoped to have a clearer picture of the situation and how to inf [...]	2005-10-24 06:01:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO LO EUN
05BRATISLAVA924	SLOVAKS DISCUSS BELARUS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of recent meetings we have engaged our Slovak interlocutors in both the GOS and NGO community about democracy promotion efforts and strategy in Belarus, and spoken with several visiting Belarusian opposition figures about Slovak and EU engagement in the country. [...]	2005-11-18 16:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ETRD PREL SOCI PINR BO LO
05BRATISLAVA979	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER 12, 2005 [...] (C) SMK MP Laszlo Nagy told Poloff on December 7 that the SMK party continues to develop venues through which to promote democracy in Belarus. Having signed agreements with opposition parties in Minsk already, Nagy said that he has met with the Minister of Education to begin discussions of [...]	2005-12-12 14:39:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR ETRD SOCI BO LO
05BRUSSELS1226	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes, EU officials said: --in light of growing Russian intransigence on democracy issues, the EU is preparing a strategy on how to respond to the Russian challenge in OSCE; --Russia is blocking democracy promotion in the Counc [...]	2005-03-24 07:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
05GENEVA1404	JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON GROUND [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-021. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3-6 below are the letters on the ground transportation understanding that were signed and exchanged between the Russian Federation and the United States, and the Russian Federation and Belarus, at the final meeting of the first part of JC [...]	2005-06-08 05:03:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1771	UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS: GENEVA MEETINGS WITH UNHCR, [...] (C) Summary. US Mission Geneva Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) Counselor and Refugee Officer met with UNHCR staff representing the Bureaus for Central Asia, Europe, and Protection July 20 to press for details on the status of efforts and plans to relocate 455 Uzbek asylum seekers from Kyr [...]	2005-07-21 13:58:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	KG PREF PREL UZ UNHCR
05GENEVA2599	REPORT ON BELARUS ACCESSION TO THE WTO - INFORMAL [...] Summary. At the close of Belarus' last WTO Working Party (WP) meeting in May 2005, the WP Chair was unable to confirm support among WTO Members to hold another WP meeting for Belarus this year, so it was decided that informal consultations would be held on Monday, October 24. These consultat [...]	2005-10-26 12:07:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BO WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2654	COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. An October 10 meeting in Geneva marked the end of the decade-long CIS Conference Process, originally created to address problems of refugees and displaced persons -- as well as statelessness -- arising out of the break up of the Soviet Union. Although a final conference statemen [...]	2005-11-01 13:56:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM SMIG XG CIS
05HELSINKI1146	FINLAND SUPPORTIVE OF COORDINATED U.S-EU EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOF welcomes U.S. efforts to coordinate a robust Belarus strategy with EU partners. It views a strong message to Lukashenko as desirable and welcomes democracy promotion and outreach to civil society. However, the GOF cautions that the U.S. and EU must commit for the long-ter [...]	2005-10-27 12:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID BO FI PROG EUN
05HOCHIMINHCITY1091	CENTRAL VIETNAM'S TALE OF TWO PROVINCES: POLITICS, [...] (SBU): The Consul General led a team to Danang and Quang Nam provinces October 4-7 to broaden U.S. engagement in central Vietnam and to promote U.S. economic, human rights and religious freedom interests. The style and substance of our interaction with the province's two Party Secretaries and [...]	2005-10-20 10:54:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM PINR VM DPOL HUMANR RELFREE
05ISTANBUL1867	TURKEY-ARMENIA: TRACK TWO ON TRACK? [...] (C) Summary: Turkish-Armenian "Track Two" efforts continue to chip away at old attitudes. A New Jersey-based Armenian Orthodox Church official was pleased with his reception in Ankara during a recent visit, and plans to organize tours to Turkey with diaspora Armenians next year. "Alternati [...]	2005-10-27 11:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM
05ISTANBUL329	MUNICIPALITY TO FUND ISTANBUL TIP SHELTER, BUT [...] Summary and comment: In recent Istanbul meetings on trafficking in persons (TIP),G/TIP officer Jennifer Donnelly discussed the upcoming TIP report and Turkey's Tier 2 watch list placement with Istanbul prosecutors, municipal and governorate officials and the leading Turkish NGO on TIP issues. [...]	2005-02-28 14:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TU BO MD PHUM KCRM PGOV KJUS TIP IN TURKEY
05ISTANBUL38	ISTANBUL POLICE ON TIP AND MURDER OF BELARUSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 27, poloff met with Osman Kaplan, Deputy Director of the Foreigners Unit of the Istanbul Police Department, to follow up on trafficking in persons issues raised during the visit of a Moldavan anti-TIP government delegation (ref B) and the murder of a Belarusian woman [...]	2005-01-11 07:37:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TU BO MD KCRM PGOV KJUS
05LJUBLJANA628	RUPEL ON TRANSNISTRIAN ELECTIONS, SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) After meeting with Minsk Group Co-Chairs on Karabakh (septel),Slovenian FM and OSCE CIO Dmitrij Rupel pulled aside Ambassador Steven Mann for a private talk on Transnistria. He said that he had spoken with Ukrainian FM Tarasyuk a few days previously and Tarasyuk had talked up the Ukrai [...]	2005-08-31 04:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MD SI
05LJUBLJANA629	OSCE CO-CHAIRS BRIEF CIO RUPEL [...] (C) Summary: Minsk Group Co-Chairs briefed OSCE CIO Rupel on the eve of his Caucasus trip. The Co-Chairs advised that progress on Karabakh would be on hold until after the November Azerbaijan elections. They encouraged the CIO to probe with Presidents Kocharian and Aliyev for candid readou [...]	2005-08-31 05:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI
05LJUBLJANA882	OSCE: U/S BURNS BILATERAL MEETING WITH CIO [...] (U) Summary. Meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, U/S Burns and Slovene Foreign Minister and Chairman in Office of the OSCE Dimitrij Rupel discussed Slovenia's cooperation in and contribution to international peacekeeping missions; the Government of Slovenia's (GOS) recent politi [...]	2005-12-27 07:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SI
05MADRID3667	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY STATES THAT THE SPANISH POLICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIS [...]	2005-10-19 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL BOUCHAIB KAKA
05MANAMA1674	EUR A/S FRIED MEETS WITH DANISH STATE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Meeting Held on November 12, 2005, 15:30, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama, Bahrain. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. A/S Fried Leslie Tsou (TDY Notetaker) Denmark State Secretary Carsten Staur Tomas Christensen, Middle East Department Director 3. (C) Summary. Following t [...]	2005-11-14 11:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI BA EG DE
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
05PRAGUE356	(C) US NAVY POTENTIAL PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN MISSILES [...] (C) Poloff was shown March 10 the request for an export license filed by the Czech firm that is working to provide an initial shipment of 23 Russian-made sea-skimming missiles (KH-31) to the US Navy. The application showed the name and address of the firm in Minsk that was supplying the missiles, b [...]	2005-03-10 16:26:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL EZ BO RS UP
05ROME3547	ITALIANS SHARE USG CONCERNS ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. On October 24 Poloff met with Antonino Cascio, Deputy Director of the Office of Eastern European Affairs of the Italian MFA to deliver reftel points. Cascio stated that Italy and the EU share the USG opinion that pressure must be stepped up on the Lukashenko regime in advance of [...]	2005-10-24 15:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO IT EUN
05VATICAN400	ORTHODOX AND CATHOLICS PURSUE CULTURAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Holy See officials have told us recently they are encouraged by "small signs" of progress in Orthodo 2.(SBU) Holy See Country Director for Russia Monsignor Julio Murat told us that he has seen an increasing openness on the part of some Orthodox to the Vatican in recent months on cultura [...]	2005-02-07 08:09:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI VT RU
05VIENNA3762	EUR A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH AUSTRIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with Austrian interlocutors, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried outlined the strategic agenda for U.S. engagement with the Austrian EU Presidency. Most of our work concerns areas outside the EU. One key is the "frontiers of freedom" in Europe in an area analag [...]	2005-11-29 14:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU
05VILNIUS1076	LITHUANIA TRIES TO EXPLAIN AWAY [...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian Foreign Minister Valionis accepted U.S. and EU Presidency criticism of recent Lithuanian machinations regarding Belarus October 7. His top policy deputy acknowledged that Lithuania was "damaged" by the meeting earlier this week between the Lithuanian and Belarusian [...]	2005-10-07 15:20:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV BO LH
05VILNIUS1093	CODEL KOLBE AND BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The congressional delegation led by Congressman Jim Kolbe expressed unwavering commitment to a diverse group of Belarusian opposition leaders and pledged its continued support for democratic change in Belarus. Two U.S. NGOs, the International Republican Institute and the Nation [...]	2005-10-12 14:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO LH
05VILNIUS1121	YOUR VISIT TO LITHUANIA [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, you will arrive in Lithuania this weekend with our relations with this small but steadfast ally at their best level yet. Lithuania supports and participates in every major U.S. foreign policy initiative. Its Provincial Reconstruction Team in Chagcharan, Afghanistan -- whi [...]	2005-10-19 14:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1161	GOL SUPPORTS USG POLICY ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: The GOL is refocusing its efforts to promote democracy in Belarus after fielding criticism from the USG and EU for overstepping the bounds of the agreed non-engagement policy. GOL foreign policy decision-makers admit that the Prime Minister's October 4 meeting with Belarusian PM [...]	2005-10-29 07:40:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM EAID PGOV BO UP LH
05VILNIUS1240	GOL SEEKS TO PLAY THE RUSSIAN CARD WITH LUKASHENKO [...] (C) Summary: The GOL believes that a joint USG-EU mission to Belarus to deliver a strong message to the regime is doomed to fail if the Government of Russia does not also participate. The MFA argues that any trip to Minsk by a high-level USG official should include a stop in Moscow aimed at [...]	2005-11-23 15:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS LH
05VILNIUS395	YOUR VILNIUS VISIT: REWARDING THE LOYAL AND [...] (C) Your bilateral program in Vilnius during the NATO Ministerial will score important advances in keeping this loyal ally in Iraq and Afghanistan, highlight our joint efforts for a democratic Belarus, and set the stage for a successful U.S.-Baltic summit in Riga next month. It will also hel [...]	2005-04-13 14:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP LH
05VILNIUS732	GOL EAGER TO DEAL QUIETLY WITH DETAINED BELARUSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior GOL officials are focused on managing the detention by Lithuanian authorities of a Belarusian employee of a USAID contractor on charges of money smuggling. The courier was arrested as she attempted to leave Lithuania for Belarus with US$25,000, well over the limit set by Lithuan [...]	2005-07-13 12:35:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID BO LH
05VILNIUS751	WHEELS GRIND IN DETAINED BELARUSIAN COURIER CASE [...] (C) The GOL is keen to resolve the case of a Belarusian courier detained while carrying undeclared cash for an NGO in a manner consistent with its laws, while not undermining its own support for democratic change in Belarus. The GOL is focused on two challenges: resolution of the case, and d [...]	2005-07-20 11:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID BO LH
05VILNIUS888	MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION WILLING TO TAKE HARD [...] (C) Minister of Transportation and Communication Petras Cesna, meeting with the Ambassador on August 25, emphasized his eagerness to see increased US investment in Lithuania, thanked the Ambassador for the close cooperation between his Ministry and the USG, and showed a willingness to consider [...]	2005-08-29 11:21:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LH BO
05WARSAW3613	POLAND: U.S. POLICY TOWARD BELARUS [...] (C) We shared reftel (A) demarche points with Polish MFA officials October 12 and 13, highlighting the results of our policy review and our determination to coordinate closely with partners in support of Belarusian democracy. Polish officials indicated that Poland shares the broad outlines of [...]	2005-10-17 14:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BO PL
05YEREVAN1529	ARMENIAN MFA PROPOSES A2 VISA FOR NKR REP [...] SUMMARY: The issue of travel documents and visas for representatives of the "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" (NKR) to travel to the United States remains controversial. While it has been USG policy that it is useful for the NKR to have a voice in Washington, any recognition of the independence of [...]	2005-08-24 09:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL AM
05YEREVAN1717	DETAILS OF SHOOTING INCIDENT ON LINE OF CONTACT [...] (C) The September 20 shooting incident on the line of contact seemed clearly directed to disrupt N-K negotiations and will certainly be raised at the OSCE Permanent Council. While there is no way to determine which side fired, the round -- which impacted about 20 meters from an international [...]	2005-09-23 11:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS AJ AM OSCE
05YEREVAN2008	CONGRESSMAN HASTINGS'S VISIT TO ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Congressman Alcee Hastings (President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly) visited Armenia November 7-9 as the country was preparing for a constitutional referendum on November 27 and already looking ahead to parliamentary elections in 2007 and presidential elections in 2008. During meeti [...]	2005-11-16 05:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AJ AM
05YEREVAN216	ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES [...] On February 2, the embassy received text of a congratulatory letter for Secretary Rice from Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian. The original was forwarded via pouch to EUR/CACEN. 2. Begin text: January 31, 2005 Dear Dr. Rice, Allow me to extend my warmest congratulations on your a [...]	2005-02-07 12:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC AM
05YEREVAN2182	CURIOUS TIMING OF GOAM PRESS RELEASE ON [...] (C) The GOAM distributed a press release on December 15 denouncing what it called "barbarous" vandalism of Armenian cultural monuments by Azeri soldiers in the Nakhichevan region along the Azerbaijan-Armenia border. The statement, citing reports by Armenian priests, claimed that 100 Azerbaija [...]	2005-12-16 12:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AM AJ
05YEREVAN287	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV: ARMENIA'S PLACE IS BY RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Armenia and Russia are "old friends, reliable allies and strategic partners" declared Russian FM Sergey Lavrov on February 17. The GOAM and Russia broke no new ground during the FM's high-profile visit to Yerevan February 16-17, but used the occasion to cement their existing strong relati [...]	2005-02-18 10:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG AJ AM RU
05YEREVAN435	ARMENIA'S TENTATIVE STEPS TOWARDS NATO [...] (C) Armenia is making steady progress in preparing its NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) and plans to have a document ready for presentation to the Alliance on April 7. Armenia's plans for its developing relationship with NATO do not include membership, but it is exploring ways [...]	2005-03-11 07:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM NATO
05YEREVAN500	PUTIN'S UPCOMING VISIT TO ARMENIA: CEMENTING TIES [...] (C) Russian president Vladimir Putin will visit Yerevan March 24 to 25 on what the Russian Embassy describes as a "working visit." He will make only a few stops during his roughly 24-hour visit, and Russian diplomats told us to expect "no surprises." While the visit may be routine from Mosco [...]	2005-03-21 13:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG AM RU
05YEREVAN517	ARMENIAN DEFMIN ON POW'S, CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS [...] (C) Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian told the Ambassador that Azerbaijan was to blame for the recent increase in cease-fire violations on the line of contact with Azerbaijan. If the International Community was now concerned about the effect of violations on the negotiation process, t [...]	2005-03-23 12:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR AM AJ
05YEREVAN553	LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM ARMENIAN FM OSKANIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of hearings today in the Armenian National Assembly on Nagorno-Karabagh (SEPTEL),Foreign Minister Oskanian passed the following letter to embassy representatives of Minsk Group co-Chairs, addressed to Ministers. The letter raises concerns about the possibility o [...]	2005-03-29 12:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	AJ AM PARM PBTS PREL
05YEREVAN583	HEARINGS ON N-K OPEN NEW SPACE FOR PUBLIC DEBATE [...] (C) Public hearings on Nagorno-Karabakh hosted by Armenia's National Assembly March 29-30 continue to dominate local political discussions and appear to have opened a new space for public debate on the issue. Reports by Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian and pro [...]	2005-04-04 10:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AJ TU AM
05YEREVAN593	GENERAL WALD'S MARCH 30-31 VISIT TO ARMENIA [...] (C) In meetings with President Kocharian, MOD Sargsian and CHOD Harutiunyan, EUCOM's General Charles Wald acknowledged steps Armenia had taken in the past year to open the way for a closer defense relationship with the U.S. General Wald assured President Kocharian that peace and stability in [...]	2005-04-05 11:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR AM
05YEREVAN997	FM OSKANIAN ON ARMENIA'S CURRENT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) On June 2, FM Oskanian briefed Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions resident in Yerevan. He characterized the May 17 Warsaw meeting of Presidents Kocharian and Aliyev as "positive," with a critical step forward, but rejected Azerbaijan's assertion that Armenia had agreed to return all "occupied [...]	2005-06-07 11:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PHUM
06ALMATY2545	KAZAKHSTAN: PROGRESS ON UZBEK REFUGEE CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstani authorities granted UNHCR access to Uzbek refugee Gabdurafikh Temirbayev on July 11. UNHCR reports that Temirbayev is in good physical and mental condition. The GOK has also said that it will permit a joint review by the UNHCR and the Almaty procuracy of documentati [...]	2006-07-13 15:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF UZ KZ
06ALMATY761	KNB HEAD STEPS DOWN FOLLOWING ARRESTS IN [...] (U) Summary: On February 22, two days after the arrest of five KNB officers in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftel),Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted the resignation of Committee of National Security (KNB) Chairman Nartai Dutbayev. According to press reports, KNB Vice Cha [...]	2006-02-25 10:05:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KZ POLITICAL
06ANKARA1666	TURKEY/BELARUS: TURKEY KEEPING A LOW PROFILE ON [...] (C) We shared ref b points concerning our talks with EU member states on responding to Belarus elections with MFA Commonwealth of Independent States Department Head Meltem Buyukkarakas on March 28. We asked if Turkey has considered making public statements concerning the fraudulent elections [...]	2006-03-29 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS BO TU
06ANKARA273	EUCOM DCDR DISCUSSES IRAN, CAUCASUS, BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary: EUCOM Deputy Commander Gen Charles Wald emphasized the risk to Turkey of Iran's WMD program on January 17 in separate sessions with Turkey's CHOD and Deputy CHOD as well as at a roundtable with TGS staff chaired by DCHOD GEN Isik Kosaner. In all meetings, TGS officials acknowled [...]	2006-01-24 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM TU IR ZJ ZL
06ANKARA3203	SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 4 VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (S) Your visit to Turkey comes at an important moment. Foremost on our immediate agenda is ensuring Turkey's sustained support for Secretary Rice's May 31 announcement that we will join EU-3 talks if Iran suspends enrichment and reprocessing. Turkish officials will be interested in hearing U. [...]	2006-06-02 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA5515	TURKEY/ARMENIA: ARMENIA LOSING OUT ON ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA DDG for Caucasus and Central Asia Huseyin Avni Karslioglu told us September 14 that given Turkey's concrete efforts to improve economic and trade ties with the Caucasus and Central Asia via pipeline, road and railroad links, Armenia is starting to lose out economically [...]	2006-09-21 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
06ASTANA668	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev in Astana, the Ambassador proposed policy discussions on the permanent disposition of BN-350 spent fuel, expressed disappointment at Kazakhstan's voting record in the Third Committee, and offered expanded trainin [...]	2006-11-27 04:24:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PARM PHUM PREL PTER AF KZ
06BAKU1001	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's July 7 introductory call, Minister of Defense General-Colonel Safar Abiyev stressed that the U.S.-Azerbaijani relationship is both strategic and special and that U.S. assistance has allowed Azerbaijan to integrate closer with the West. The Minister was p [...]	2006-07-11 13:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS PINR AM AJ
06BAKU1153	EUROPEAN ACTION PLAN FOR AZERBAIJAN MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: German and Finnish diplomats separately confirmed that Azerbaijan has completed its European Action Plan (EAP). Previous hold-ups over EAP language regarding Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and Azerbaijan's August 2005 commercial flight to Northern Cyprus have been resolved [...]	2006-08-04 11:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PBTS AJ
06BAKU1164	AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC BEGINS TO DEBATE MINSK GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the weeks since the OSCE Minsk Group core principles for a settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict have become public, reaction in Azerbaijan has shifted from official protestations of surprise and knee-jerk sloganeering to a more nuanced discussion of the merit [...]	2006-08-08 10:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06BAKU1194	AZERBAIJANI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SEEKS CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: In an August 8 meeting with Poloff, prominent Azerbaijani human rights activist Arzu Abdullayeva said that she found Nagorno-Karabakh leader Arkadi Gukasyan to be open to a civil society dialogue between the Karabakhi and Azerbaijani communities. Abdullayeva led a delegation of re [...]	2006-08-11 13:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06BAKU1279	IDP COMMUNITY SPEAKS OUT ON N-K NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 24, Poloff met with an IDP community that lives in abandoned train cars just outside the southern Azerbaijani city of Imishli. Although one man insisted that the only way to settle the N-K conflict is through war, most members of the community remain hopeful that a peace [...]	2006-08-29 12:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PBTS PHUM KDEM AM AJ
06BAKU1410	OSD DASD MACDOUGALL'S SEPTEMBER 15 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Abiyev affirmed the importance of close cooperation with the US and NATO in a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James MacDougall. MacDougall raised the importance of Azerbaijan formally notifying NATO ab [...]	2006-09-27 08:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KZ AJ
06BAKU1425	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR /CARC CONFLICTS ADVISOR JOHN [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/CARC John Crosby to travel to Baku 1-2 October 2006, to support the OSCE Minsk Group's U.S. Co-Chair negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh. Control officer will be Political Officer Jeff Bennett. Mr. Bennett can be reached at the Em [...]	2006-09-29 09:10:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AJ
06BAKU1426	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza to travel to Baku 2-3 October 2006, for meetings with the Minsk Group co-chair counterparts.. Control officer will be Political Officer Jeff Bennett. Mr. Bennett can be reached at the [...]	2006-09-29 09:11:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AJ
06BAKU1433	FINNISH AMBASSADOR TERHI HAKALA DISCUSSES THE EU'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finnish Ambassador Terhi Hakala met with the Ambassador on September 22 to discuss Azerbaijan's European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan. The EU Commission has approved the plan, and the EU Troika will visit Baku on October 3. Hakala said negotiating the agreement was some [...]	2006-10-03 05:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG PBTS AR AZ
06BAKU1501	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) Summary. In a September 27 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hassanov reiterated the GOAJ commitment to improving the conditions of Azerbaijan's IDP population. Hassanov said that he has transformed the GOAJ relationship with the international donor commun [...]	2006-10-16 04:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PBTS MARR SNAR AJ
06BAKU1525	DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV RAISES REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met with Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev on October 2 to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and regional security issues. Abiyev said the GOAJ advocates a peaceful resolution to the NK conflict, but there has been no concrete results in ending [...]	2006-10-19 12:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR AJ AM IR RS GG
06BAKU1579	CORRECTED COPY: FRENCH LAW ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Parliament's draft law criminalizing denial of the Armenian "genocide" has triggered a heated reaction from the Azerbaijani public, including several atempted protests at the French Embassy. Azerbaijan's parliament criticized the draft law, stating that it cast doubt on [...]	2006-10-30 13:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM FR
06BAKU1582	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES U.S.-AJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 27 meeting with a visiting German Marshall Fund delegation that included six Congressional staff, President Aliyev applauded U.S.-Azerbaijani relations as "developing very successfully" across many areas, and "entering a new phase." Underscoring that Azerbaijan is a [...]	2006-10-31 13:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ETRD ECON GG RU IR AJ
06BAKU1674	PARTY LEADERS AND POLITICAL ANALYSTS DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 7 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, a group of party leaders, Members of Parliament (MPs) and political analysts discussed the political situation in Azerbaijan and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Leaders of the opposition parties shared their concerns about democracy [...]	2006-11-17 10:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU170	MINOR PROTESTS MARK MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS VISIT AS [...] (SBU) The Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) once again was up to its usual tactics during the visit of the three OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs January 31-February 1. Ambassador Steven Mann, US Special Negotiator for the conflict and Minsk Group Co-Chair, was met at the airport by two noisy a [...]	2006-02-06 07:27:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM ASEC KPAO PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU1708	GOAJ QUERIES ON USG STATEMENT REGARDING DECEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Several senior GOAJ officials - most recently Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov -- have asked us whether the U.S. intends to issue a statement rejecting the constitutional referendum scheduled to be held December 10 in the so- [...]	2006-11-24 13:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AM AJ
06BAKU1710	AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON ENERGY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a late October 2006 meeting, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov reiterated that Azerbaijan seeks a step-by-step solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and wants Armenia to share in the economic integration and prosperity of the south Caucasus. Mammadyarov characterized Russia [...]	2006-11-24 13:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV UNGA EAID ENRG AM UAM IR AJ
06BAKU1719	POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AZERBAIJAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 30 - November 1 trip to Azerbaijan's southern regions, the Ambassador met with a broad range of contacts, including representatives from local government, civil society, and a variety of businesses. The southern regions are experiencing some growth and investmen [...]	2006-11-28 06:16:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO ECON ETRD AJ
06BAKU1721	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SEEKS BILATERAL "PERMANENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on November 23 (see septel for discussion of energy issues),President Aliyev, recalling his discussion with U.S. government officials in Istanbul last July about an intensified bilater [...]	2006-11-28 06:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU1729	AZERBAIJAN IN MUTED SHOCK OVER CLOSURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani society remains in a state of muted disbelief following the GOAJ's surprise decision to close independent ANS Television and evict several independent media outlets from their downtown offices. The Coordination Council Union of Public Interest Organizations, an umbrell [...]	2006-11-28 14:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC AJ
06BAKU1754	AZERBAIJAN: GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR ON PM NOGHAIDELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan the November 30 visit of PM Noghaideli to Baku was "very positive," and highlighted Georgia's and Azerbaijan's shared strategic vision on energy security and on seeking European markets for Caspian energy. In the meeting between [...]	2006-12-01 16:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG AJ PREL PGOV
06BAKU1771	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON UPCOMING GAS [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see Paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told the Ambassador on December 5 that he expected the December 8 Trilateral meeting of Energy Ministers in Tbilisi to "clarify" whether Turkey was willing to help Georgia with its winter gas problems. He said Azerbaijan [...]	2006-12-05 15:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG GA PGOV PREL TU AJ
06BAKU1791	DOD DAS MACDOUGALL'S DECEMBER 7 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador--accompanied by SIPDIS Major General Harry Wyatt of the Oklahoma National Guard and EUCOM Brigadier General Melvin Spiese--met with Defense Minister Safar Abiyev on December 7 to discuss bilate [...]	2006-12-08 14:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHUM AJ IR
06BAKU277	AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC DISMISSES N-K TALKS AS "TOILET [...] (SBU) Public reaction following the unsuccessful presidential talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict February 10-11 in Rambouillet, France, has been predictable. While the international press had billed the talks as having the possibility for a break-through, most Azerbaijanis remained cynica [...]	2006-02-22 09:25:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KMDR KPAO PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU342	KHOJALI TRAGEDY: PATRIOTISM, GRIEF, AND A PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's commemoration of the Khojali Massacre (a 1992 attack by Armenian forces that resulted in the death of a reported 613 civilians) contained a decidedly political message this year, with pointed outreach to the international community and a disturbing uptick in anti-Arme [...]	2006-03-03 13:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV KCRM SOCI AM AJ
06BAKU452	SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 29 US-AZERBAIJAN [...] (S) Summary: The March 29 political-military consultations are an important opportunity to broaden our strong security relationship. Strategically located in the heart of the Greater Middle East, Azerbaijan provides excellent cooperation on security issues and looks for opportunities to do [...]	2006-03-23 12:15:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM MARR MASS MOPS PBTS AJ
06BAKU455	UPDATE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH: CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS [...] (U) Militant rhetoric on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during the past week followed reports of ceasefire violations and an announcement that three soldiers were convicted of treason for collusion with Armenia. Meanwhile President Aliyev called on the Armenians to accept the useful suggestions [...]	2006-03-23 13:17:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS ASEC AJ
06BAKU529	AZERBAIJAN'S DEPUTY SPEAKER INTRANSIGENT ON [...] (C) On March 30 PolEcon Counselor called on First Deputy Speaker Ziyafat Asgarov to discuss plans for parliamentary reform and his legislative priorities. However, Asgarov chose to devote the meeting to a lengthy soliloquy on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and why the international community h [...]	2006-04-06 06:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR MARR AJ
06BAKU536	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE'S APRIL 12-14 VISIT TO [...] (U) Chairman Kolbe, I warmly welcome you and Congressman Garrett to Baku next week. This visit will be a superb opportunity to deliver a strong message of support for political and economic reform, and to enhance further our strong security cooperation with Azerbaijan. Your visit comes at a p [...]	2006-04-07 09:22:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEN ECON EAID MARR AJ
06BAKU605	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's April 18 farewell call, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev pledged that the May 13 parliamentary rerun elections would be transparent and free. To that end, Mehdiyev said he had warned the ExComs in regions where rerun elections will take place tha [...]	2006-04-19 13:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS KDEM AM RU AJ
06BAKU607	EC VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN HEAVY ON NEIGHBORHOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his April 7 visit to Baku, EC RELEX Deputy Director-General Fotiadis discussed mainly European Neighborhood Program issues and some energy issues. Sticking points for adoption of Azerbaijan's draft ENP plan appear to be language on regional cooperation, lingering Cypriot [...]	2006-04-20 03:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG AJ GG AM CY EU
06BAKU858	EUR DAS BRYZA AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev June 6 to discuss Azerbaijan's growing role as energy supplier, its regional relations and Nagorno-Karabakh. Aliyev expressed strong and unambiguous support for the U.S. "Southern Corridor" Strategy to help Europe di [...]	2006-06-12 12:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AJ AM
06BAKU992	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's July 4 introductory call, Prime Minister Rasizade urged the U.S. to consider the root causes of terrorism. The Ambassador responded that U.S. policy focuses on eliminating terrorism by giving people hope in the future, and urged Azerbaijan, as Chair of the [...]	2006-07-11 08:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON KISL IR AJ
06BAKU993	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: During her July 7 introductory call on Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev, the Ambassador reviewed U.S. priorities for the bilateral relationship -- global security, energy security, and political and economic reform -- emphasizing that continued reform is essential for [...]	2006-07-11 08:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM AM AJ
06BERLIN1025	DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S MEETING IN [...] (C) (Summary) During his visit to Berlin on April 11, Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer met with Rolf Nikel, Deputy Director General for Foreign Affairs, Security Policy, and Global Issues at the Chancellery, and Rolf Welberts, Office Director for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and [...]	2006-04-13 15:03:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS EUN GM BO
06BERLIN3354	DAS KRAMER'S VISIT TO BERLIN, NOVEMBER 17 [...] (C) (Summary) National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen, MFA Political Director Michael Schaefer, and other senior German officials discussed Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, and Belarus in meetings with DAS Kramer who visited Berlin on November 17. Schaefer and Heusgen argued that we s [...]	2006-11-22 16:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM RU UP MD GG
06BISHKEK1196	BOUCHER AND BAKIYEV: BOTH PLEDGING TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 11 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Affairs Richard Boucher, SIPDIS President Bakiyev turned straight to investment issues, urging U.S. involvement in major hydro-electric projects. Surprising everyone with an about-face, Bakiyev said that the [...]	2006-08-16 06:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PGOV PREL ENRG EINV MARR KG
06BISHKEK1750	KYRGYZ PLEDGE TO JOIN HIPC INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: World Bank-led discussions with a Kyrgyz negotiating team headed by PM Kulov yielded an agreement December 9 on Kyrgyzstan's accession to the HIPC initiative. The Kyrgyz Government has yet to make any public announcement about the agreement, but the World Bank country manager bel [...]	2006-12-12 13:59:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KG
06BRATISLAVA180	BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION TELLS BRATISLAVA THE [...] (SBU) At a March 3 briefing hosted jointly at the MFA by State Secretary (Deputy Minister) Magda Vasaryova and German Marshall Fund's Pavol Demes, Belarusian opposition figures Andrei Sannikov and Oleg Manaev told representatives from the Canadian, U.S., and EU embassies that the Lukashenko r [...]	2006-03-03 16:40:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI LO BO
06BRATISLAVA234	SLOVAKIA FRUSTRATED WITH EU RESPONSE TO BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 24 event on "next steps in Belarus" hosted by the British Ambassador to Slovakia and featuring presentations by representatives from both the Slovak MFA and NGO community, highlighted Slovakia's disappointment in the lack of a clear, timely EU response to Belarus' March [...]	2006-03-24 14:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EU BO LO
06BRATISLAVA235	SLOVAKIA CONDEMNS MILITIA ACTION AGAINST [...] Slovakia released the following statement condemning the attack on and arrest of Belarusian protesters on March 24. The original statement can be found in Slovak at www.mzv.sk . BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic condemns the attack of uni [...]	2006-03-24 15:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI BO LO
06BRATISLAVA301	LAVROV VISIT REINVIGORATED BILATERAL TALKS ON [...] (C) Summary: The working visit of Russian FM Lavrov to Slovakia focused on renewing dialogue on economic and energy issues. Lavrov expressed the Russian desire to continue supplying oil, gas, and nuclear materials for Slovakia's energy needs. On Belarus, Slovak FM Kukan reportedly was forcef [...]	2006-04-13 14:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON BO RU LO
06BRATISLAVA349	CONFERENCE ON BELARUS: EU ON DEFENSIVE, RUSSIANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An April 25-26 conference on Belarus held at the Slovak Ministry on Foreign Affairs was an intellectual lynch mob in two acts. The first day, academics and activists painted a bleak picture of the Lukashenko regime, criticized Russian "meddling," and presented statistical da [...]	2006-04-28 14:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM SOCI EU BO LO
06BRATISLAVA97	SLOVAKIA WELCOMES U.S. ASSISTANCE, READY TO MOVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: MFA Third Territorial Division Director Stefan Rozkopal welcomed the news February 7 that Washington had agreed in principle to set aside USD 40,000 to bolster the V-4 contingent of the March OSCE/ODIHR election monitor [...]	2006-02-07 12:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU PO BO EZ LO
06BRUSSELS442	MIGRATION MANAGEMENT: REGIONAL APPROACH FOR EU AND [...] (U) Summary. At a ministerial conference held on January 24-25, EU officials and counterparts from eastern and south neighbors launched the "Vienna Process" to improve migration management via a structured, regional dialogue and a joint program of action. Major themes of the conference -- whi [...]	2006-02-09 11:26:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREL KCRM PREF PHUM ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS707	EUR DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, [...] (C) Summary: On February 22, EUR DAS David Kramer held COEST Troika consultations with the EU on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus. On Russia, the EU agrees that a combative Russia feels it is in an increasingly strengthened position. The European Commission viewed the "creeping reasserti [...]	2006-03-03 09:20:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS MD UP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS928	GAERC: WAITING ON HAMAS GOVERNMENT, LIKELY TO [...] (C) A Commission official told us March 17 that she expects no movement on WTO and heavy criticism of Belarus to dominate the March 20 GAERC. EU Foreign Ministers will review how to handle Hamas, given rumors that Hamas could name the personnel it wants in a government over the March 18-19 w [...]	2006-03-17 13:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAL BO ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BUCHAREST629	ROMANIA: DAS KRAMER, AMBASSADOR HODGES - [...] (C) Summary: DAS David Kramer and Ambassador to Moldova Heather Hodges shared views with leading Romanian interlocutors on recent developments involving Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia during a visit to Bucharest on April 3-4. Although Romanian interlocutors described growing strains in [...]	2006-04-18 07:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MD RS BO UP KDEM PHUM RO
06BUENOSAIRES1682	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza's rice to the region; the Argentine Government's position vis-`-vis the war in Lebanon and Israel; Venezuelan President Chavez's trip to Bielo-Russia and Russia; an [...]	2006-07-28 18:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06CARACAS2829	THE OUTSIDERS: BRV RECRUITMENT OF ROGUE STATES [...] (C) President Chavez' September 5-7 meeting with Belarussian government officials provides another example of the BRV's strategic partnerships with the most troublesome of bedfellows. In part through his extensive international travel schedule, Chavez has strengthened ties around the globe to [...]	2006-09-15 20:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06DAMASCUS2404	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by Palestinian Minister of Interior Said Siam and his meeting with VP Shara. Siam expressed the Palestinian government's and the Palestinian people's great appreciation for Syria's stances towards the Palestinian people. VP Shara reiterated [...]	2006-05-25 11:14:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DUSHANBE1296	RUMSFELD VISIT AND RUSSIA - WHO'S ON THE SIDE OF THE [...] (S) Russian Charge Viacheslav Svetlichny was the first diplomat to seek a readout of Secretary Rumsfeld's visit to Tajikistan and his meeting with President Rahmonov. The Ambassador joked with him on July 12 that Svetlichny must surely already have a near-verbatim treatment of the meeting fro [...]	2006-07-12 11:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR TI
06DUSHANBE1463	TAJIK-UZBEK TENSIONS GROWING IN GAS, WATER AND COUNTER [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the last six weeks, the Tajik media has reported on a series of small incidents, the sum of which suggest that the already fractious relationship between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan is not getting smoother, despite the hopes raised when Uzbekistan joined the Eurasian Eco [...]	2006-08-01 11:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ECON ENRG TJ UZ
06DUSHANBE397	TAJIKISTAN'S 2005-2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Dushanbe's 2005-2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. Post's lettering system matches reftel's. OVERVIEW OF TAJIKISTAN'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. Tajikistan is an origin country for trafficking. International trafficking for the purposes [...]	2006-02-28 14:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC
06HELSINKI1173	DAS KRAMER AND FINNISH DG ESKELINEN DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer on 15 November met with Finnish Director General Eskelinen and other foreign ministry staff to discuss U.S. consultations around the G-8 Political Directors' meeting in Moscow and Finnish preparations for the upcoming EU-Russia summit on 24 [...]	2006-11-21 14:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU FI EUN BO MD PL UP
06HELSINKI505	FINLAND'S EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) During its EU Presidency, Finland will generally be a cooperative partner for the US, keen to facilitate US-EU cooperation and improve overall trans-Atlantic relations. We should expect no GOF-generated surprises; the Finns view their Presidency as a continuation of ongoing processes an [...]	2006-06-02 12:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG EAID EU FI
06KIEV1062	UKRAINE/BELARUS/RUSSIA: GOU VIEWS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: During EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 meetings in Kiev, Deputy Defense Minister Polyakov said that while security issues in the Ukraine-Russia relationship were secondary to political and military aspects, his Ministry (MoD) tried to play a "good cop" role by reinforcing a produ [...]	2006-03-17 15:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM PHUM PINR RS BO UP
06KIEV1162	UKRAINE/BELARUS: GOU STATEMENTS ON BELARUSAN [...] (SBU) On March 24 DCM relayed concerns (ref A) regarding a March 21 MFA statement calling the international isolation of Belarus ineffective (ref B) to MFA Second Territorial Department Deputy Director Ihor Prokopchuk. DCM characterized the March 21 statement by GOU spokesman Filipchuk as unh [...]	2006-03-24 16:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM

06KIEV2039	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER GETS AHEAD OF FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said a meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and Belarus might be possible if Belarus were to make favorable decisions on issues of importance to Ukraine. Tarasyuk added that the Ukrainian government was preparing t [...]	2006-05-26 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM EAID NATO MARR PINR BO UP
06KIEV2278	UKRAINE: ENCOURAGING GREATER SUPPORT TO BELARUSAN [...] (C) Summary: During a June 8 meeting with DFM Khandohiy, U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Krol encouraged Ukraine to develop contacts with Belarus at a level below cabinet minister and suggested that Ukraine could use such contacts to promote more responsible Belarusan government behavior. He also [...]	2006-06-09 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BO UP
06KIEV336	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: NATO, [...] (C) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, ASD/ISP Flory and EUR A/S Fried noted U.S. support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, but emphasized the importance of Ukraine demonstrating that it shared the political, economic, and social values required to meet the performance-b [...]	2006-01-26 08:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR YI IZ MD BO UP OSCE NATO
06KIEV341	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: [...] (SBU) During Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, the U.S. side raised the year-long inability of the Embassy to dispatch diplomatic pouches by air given a Ukrainian law requiring x-ray inspection. 2. (SBU) As Acting Chair for the U.S. side, EB A/S Tony Wayne noted that the Ukrain [...]	2006-01-26 10:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ADPM ADCO PREL KREC ASEC KRIM UP
06KYIV4062	UKRAINE: GUAM STATEMENT CRITICIZES RUSSIAN ACTIONS [...] (U) The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM issued a statement dated October 16 on Russia-Georgia tension on the margins of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Minsk. The press reported that Ukrainian delegation head First Deputy [...]	2006-10-20 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PREL KDEM YI RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4305	UKRAINE: LITHUANIAN MFA U/S PAVILIONIS AND A/S [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Zygimantas Pavilionis and A/S Fried discussed developments in the region and measures needed to address recent Russian assertiveness. Paviolionis said that the Lithuanian, Polish, and Ukrainian Presidents formed an effective "troika" in working tog [...]	2006-11-17 16:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO UP RS GG TU PL LH
06KYIV4466	EU MAKES BELARUS AN OFFER, AWAITING RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: EU European Commission official Jean-Eric Holzapfel told us December 4 that the initial Belarusan government reaction was noncommittal to the November 21 delivery of an EU non-paper stating its readiness to assist Belarus if the government implemented democratic reforms. The timi [...]	2006-12-05 14:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM EAID EUN BO UP
06KYIV4647	UKRAINE/BELARUS: PLANNING A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary/comment: According to the MFA, Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Chief of Staff Baloha's December 14 visit to Minsk was intended to maintain momentum toward a possible meeting between the Ukrainian and Belarusan presidents in the February-March 2007 timeframe. The meeting, if it [...]	2006-12-22 10:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
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
06MADRID3082	USOSCE AMB FINLEY CONSULTS SPAIN ON ITS OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: USOSCE Ambassador Finley discussed Spain's plans for its upcoming OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office with Spanish OSCE Task Force Director Lopez Jorrin and his team on December 15. Finley and Lopez Jorrin discussed the importance of focusing the next OSCE ministerial on a few key issues [...]	2006-12-21 14:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE SP
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
06MOSCOW1171	RUSSIA COMFORTABLE WITH STATUS QUO IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: The MFA's official stance on Belarus seems to have shifted from resigned noninterference to passive support for Lukashenko and the status quo. However, Russian activists and leaders of the Belarusian opposition based in Moscow have not given up hope that determined resistance wi [...]	2006-02-08 08:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BO RS
06MOSCOW12257	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: FM BEZHUASHVILI GETS RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Georgian FM Bezhuashvili told Ambassador November 2 that he "got the message" passed to him bluntly November 1 by FM Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov: that the Russians believe Georgia will begin military action in Abkhazia or South Ossetia; that Russia will confront Georg [...]	2006-11-02 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW12441	RUSSIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin told us November 13 that Georgia shows no willingness to meet Russia's "simple" demands for normalizing relations. He downplayed the effects of the sacking of former DefMin Okruashvili. He fretted that an "alternative election" in South Osseti [...]	2006-11-14 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS UNSC OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW12600	RUSSIA'S RELATIONS WITH BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. Another Putin-Lukashenko meeting has come and gone with few evident results. It occurred against a widespread perception here that Putin would like to rein in Lukashenko as part of Russia's growing assertiveness. Unresolved problems, most notably those related to energy, plague [...]	2006-11-24 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BO RS
06MOSCOW12711	CIS SUMMITS: GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: After a series of low-impact/low-turnout meetings, CIS Heads of State gathered again in Minsk on November 28. The meeting -- billed as a "working" summit -- will be followed by another, more formal gathering in Astana in December to commemorate the CIS's fifteenth anniversary. [...]	2006-11-30 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR BY RS
06MOSCOW12924	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: TREADING WATER [...] (C) Summary: Russian-Georgian relations are treading water until after both countries recover from their break for New Years and Orthodox Christmas, around mid-January. Georgia has taken pains to tone down the rhetoric, and Putin has noticed. Georgia is dismantling some of the restrictions f [...]	2006-12-14 10:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW12963	RUSSIAN ENERGY: WINTER GAS, BELARUS, AND THE [...] (C) Summary. This year is no exception to the rule that Gazprom's annual gas tariff negotiations with its CIS customers are blunt instruments, and generally go down to the wire. Deals have not yet been cut with Belarus, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Gazprom did manage to ink one with Ukraine, th [...]	2006-12-18 12:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
06MOSCOW12966	RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: DEAL IN THE WORKS? [...] (C) Summary: The Romanian Embassy in Moscow alleged to us that Moldova and Russia are close to a package bilateral deal that would normalize bilateral political and economic relations, guarantee Moldovan "neutrality" for 50 years, resolve Transnistria along the lines of the Kozak Memorandum, [...]	2006-12-18 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR MD RS
06MOSCOW2760	MOSCOW CALLS LUKASHENKO'S REELECTION "LEGITIMATE" [...] (SBU) The MFA called Belarus' presidential election "legitimate" in a March 20 press release. (Informal translation of text in para 4). According to the press release, the election took place according to recognized norms of transparency and reflected the will of the Belarusian people. In [...]	2006-03-20 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE BY RS
06MOSCOW2761	MFA ON DETAINED UZBEKS [...] (C) REFCOORD delivered ref A demarche to Dmitriy Knyazhinskiy, chief of the migration section in the Department of Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights at the MFA. Knyazhinskiy said his office had written "numerous" requests to the Procurator General in support of UNHCR's request for acc [...]	2006-03-20 16:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW3035	AFTER THE ELECTION: MOSCOW VIEWS ON BELARUS AND [...] (C) Summary. Russia's embrace of President Lukashenko's victory in the March 19 Belarus election reflects official Moscow's strong preference for stability in Minsk and its belief that the status quo offers the best chance for that stability. Contacts close to the Belarusian opposition in M [...]	2006-03-27 05:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS
06MOSCOW3202	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH RUSSIAN DFM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Burns met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin March 29 to discuss the outcomes of the Belarusian and Ukrainian elections and recent developments in Moldova, Georgia, and Nagorno-Karabakh. Karasin was sanguine about the March 26 Ukrainian parliamenta [...]	2006-03-29 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD BO UP GG MD RS
06MOSCOW3687	RUSSIAN MFA ON BELARUS, UKRAINE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires delivered demarche on Belarus elections (ref A) April 7 to Vyacheslav Kovalenko, who was acting for Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin on CIS affairs. Charge urged Russia to use its influence to help secure release of peaceful protesters who had been detained by [...]	2006-04-07 17:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS
06MOSCOW4615	IRAN AND ENERGY THE FOCUS OF RUSSIAN-GERMAN TALKS [...] (C) Summary: President Putin and Chancellor Merkel focused on Iran and energy issues during largely positive talks on April 26-27 in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Putin's message to Merkel on Iran was that Moscow was willing to put diplomatic pressure on Tehran but was extremely uneasy that [...]	2006-04-28 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PARM ETRD ENRG GM RS
06MOSCOW6065	SQUEEZING BELARUS, BUT NOT UNTIL IT POPS [...] (C) Summary. Moscow's embrace of Lukashenko before and immediately after his March 19 reelection has tightened into a clench. Analysts here agree the GOR has sent a blunt message to Lukashenko: he needs to move from talk to action on at least economic integration. Some observers see Moscow [...]	2006-06-07 04:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS
06MOSCOW6608	G-8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS/SENIOR GROUP JUNE 14 [...] (C) Summary. Meeting in Moscow June 14, G-8 Political Directors/Senior Group Members discussed outstanding issues relating to the St. Petersburg Summit statement on nonproliferation, including sensitive technology transfers, the U.S.-India agreement, and how to deal with the DPRK and Iran. [...]	2006-06-22 09:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM RS
06NICOSIA96	CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON BELARUS ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On January 26 poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlain in the MFA's Bilateral Affairs Division. Chamberlain said Cyprus would support EU policy on the Belarussian presidential election, including any efforts to engage the international media. He characterized the EU positio [...]	2006-01-26 13:27:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BO KDEM KPAO PREL

06OSLO181	DIALOGUE WITH BELARUSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador brought together visiting Belarusian human rights activist Aliaksandr Bialiatski, Norwegian government officials and NGOs on February 16. Bialiatski greatly appreciated us hosting him and stressed the key role of the international community providing political and [...]	2006-02-16 14:04:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO NO
06OSLO523	OSLO ROLLS OUT RED CARPET FOR BELARUS' MILINKEVICH [...] (C) Summary. Belarussian presidential candidate Alexander Milinkevich's April 19-22 visit to Oslo (sponsored by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee) included high-level meetings with top Norwegian officials, numerous press activities and an afternoon coffee hosted by Ambassador and Mrs. Whitney [...]	2006-04-26 05:14:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO NO
06PARIS1735	FRENCH ON MARCH 20 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials spent much of March 17 helping plan the EU response to the summons received by EU and US Ambassadors in Minsk late March 16; the Austrian presidency will issue a statement holding Lukashenko alone responsible for any violence surrounding this weekend's presid [...]	2006-03-17 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU FR EUN
06PARIS1938	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Los Angeles Demonstrations - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 11:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2252	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO AND FORMER SOVIET SPACE [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/S Fried met with French MFA officials to discuss NATO partnerships, Georgia, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Belarus, Russia and Darfur. Fried pressed French officials to remain open to offering Georgia a NATO Membership Action Plan, and noted that French and U.S. analy [...]	2006-04-06 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR RU BE MO
06PARIS6047	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6063	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]	2006-09-11 09:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS7057	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR DAS Bryza and EUR/CARC Conflicts Advisor Crosby met with newly arrived MFA Deputy Political Director and A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe October 24 to exchange views -- in advance of Georgian FM Bezhuashvili's November 7 visit to Paris -- on next steps on Russia-Ge [...]	2006-10-27 08:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG RS NATO EU KDEM MARR
06PRAGUE204	CZECH DIPLOMATS MAY FACE EXPULSIONS FROM BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Chilly relations between the Czech Republic and Belarus have nearly frozen in the aftermath of a Belarusian television broadcast that accused the Czech Embassy in Minsk of subversive activities and distributing propaganda to extremist groups. (Note: the document is actually a UN h [...]	2006-02-24 14:38:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BO EZ
06PRAGUE222	CZECHS HOST COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONFERENCE ON BELARUS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Czech MFA hosted a Council of Europe (COE) Conference on Belarus February 22. The Conference was attended by Belarusian democratic opposition members, delegates of numerous CE member states, and NGOs active in Belarus. The COE delegates discussed the value of (1) increasing [...]	2006-03-02 12:08:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BO EZ
06PRAGUE309	CZECHS STRONGLY SUPPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR [...] (C) In a meeting on March 23, MFA Eastern Europe Director Tomas Szunyog told Poloff the Czechs support travel restrictions for top Belarusian government officials, ref A. On MQch 24, Poloff called Szunyog to confirm the Czechs support travel restrictions for Belarusian President Aleksandr Luka [...]	2006-03-24 17:03:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO EZ
06RIGA619	DAS KRAMER TALKS BELARUS, MOLDOVA AND RUSSIA WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a productive series of meetings in Riga July 24, DAS David Kramer discussed Belarus, Moldova and Russia with key Latvian officials. Latvia is closely watching Belarus' relations with Russia and trying to improve people to people contacts. NGO representatives who work with Be [...]	2006-08-02 11:59:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID RS MD BO LG
06RIGA633	SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE: LATVIAN MFA,S REACTION TO [...] (C) Summary: Latvia believes that the recent incident alleging that one of its diplomats in Minsk was distributing pornography was a set up meant to retaliate against Latvian support for Belarusian NGO's and Belarusian opposition forces, notably while Latvia was the EU presidency representa [...]	2006-08-08 09:02:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM PINR EUN BO LG
06RIGA847	LATVIAN MFA ON BELARUS AND GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Belarus has dropped the charges against the Latvian diplomat accused in July of distribution of pornography and transferred the evidence to Latvia under the bilateral mutual legal assistance treaty. While this should allow some stabilization in the bilateral relationship, includ [...]	2006-10-17 11:09:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID BO GG RU LG
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
06SOFIA198	NEW CHIEF PROSECUTOR READIES FOR "WAR" [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 3 meeting with the Ambassador, newly elected Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev made clear that despite pressure to produce immediate results for an EU audience, his main focus would be on building solid cases against OC figures and asserting control over a deeply dysfun [...]	2006-02-07 16:27:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCOR KCRM BU
06SOFIA82	BULGARIA: SELECTION OF NEW CHIEF PROSECUTOR IS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The main event on Bulgaria's political calendar this year is often considered to be the November presidential election, but in fact the selection of a new Chief Prosecutor today may have more of a lasting impact on Bulgaria's future. As previewed with the Ambassador by Interior [...]	2006-01-19 17:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KCOR KCRM BU
06STATE197404	INSTRUCTIONS: BELARUS POLITICAL PRISONER [...] (SBU) Action Request: USUN is instructed to raise the issue of the hunger strike of Belarus political prisoner Kozulin under "other matters" during the Security Council,s informal consultations on Monday, December 11, and to make a statement to the press following the consultations, drawing [...]	2006-12-11 14:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC BO
06TALLINN1084	ESTONIA: PRESIDENT ILVES'S TRIP TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, President Ilves's Foreign Affair Advisor, Sven Jurgenson, briefed us on Ilves's recent trip to Georgia. While in Tbilisi, Ilves emphasized to Georgian President Saakashvili the need for the GOG to reduce tensions with Russia and take a more pragmatic approach to E [...]	2006-12-07 09:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG EN
06TBILISI2866	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili told A/S Fried October 18 that recent Russian statements and actions indicated that Russia had decided to launch an all-out diplomatic assault on Georgia, trying to marginalize the U.S. from the Group of Friends, targeting GUAM, and working to di [...]	2006-10-30 08:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG
06TELAVIV916	ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 15:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TOKYO3357	JAPAN-CENTRAL AND SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE RELATIONS: [...] (C) Summary. In a recent review of Japan's relations with Central Europe, MOFA officials related that ties with Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are moving away from assistance and toward direct investment. Japan's relationship with Romania and Bulgaria is largely focused on ener [...]	2006-06-18 23:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID AADP SENV XH ZL ZS JA
06TOKYO6754	MEDIA REACTION - BUSH MEETING WITH IRAQI PRIME [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 02:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06USOSCE246	WHITHER GOEST OSCE: A DEPARTING PERSONAL VIEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 16:17:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL
06USUNNEWYORK1546	AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S MEETING WITH MINSK GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary. Minsk Group Co-chair reps met with Acting General Assembly President August 14 to discuss the Azerbaijani draft resolution regarding the fires that have been raging since June in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel points, which were endo [...]	2006-08-16 13:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNGA AJ AM
06USUNNEWYORK1595	MEETING OF MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS WITH AZERI [...] (SBU) Summary. Minsk Group Co-chair reps met with Azeri PermRep Aliyev August 18 to discuss the Azeri draft GA resolution regarding the fires that have been raging since June in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel points, which were endorsed by the oth [...]	2006-08-21 18:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNGA AJ AM
06VIENNA230	JANUARY 30 GAERC PRE-DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered ref (a) demarche to Austrian MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken on January 24. Riecken noted that, in addition to the topics mentioned in reftel, the EU Foreign Ministers would discuss the problem of granting visas [...]	2006-01-25 16:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU EUN
06VIENNA785	AUSTRIA ON REACTION TO BELARUS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: During a March 14 meeting, MFA Belarus expert Josef Litschauer said Austria would issue a "presidential statement" on the Belarusian elections an hour after the ODIHR press conference (which will take place at 2:00 pm Minsk time on March 20). Litschauer said there was no EU con [...]	2006-03-15 13:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV BO AU EUN
06VIENNA788	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- MARCH 20 EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on March 14 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. Riecken made the following substantive comments 2. (C) MEPP -- In light of the day's developments in Gaza, there might be more discussion of the situation in the Middle East. [...]	2006-03-15 15:05:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD AU EUN
06VIENNA892	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON BELARUS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on March 24 to Josef Litschauer, the MFA's DAS-level Director for Eastern Europe. (Note: Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting was not in Vienna. Ambassador will press these points on March 27 and 28 in meetings with the Chancellor's Diplomatic [...]	2006-03-24 13:59:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS BO AU EUN
06VILNIUS102	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) Senators McCain and Lieberman, a hearty welcome and our sincere thanks to you and your colleagues for traveling to Lithuania! Your visit will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror and bolster int [...]	2006-02-02 08:22:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OVIP BO LH
06VILNIUS103	LITHUANIA: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] The following is the response for Lithuania for the 2005 and 2006 Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Unless otherwise stated, average exchange rate used throughout the report is: 1 USD = 2.775 Lita. ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. (U) L [...]	2006-02-02 08:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL LH
06VILNIUS278	ELECTION EVE DUSTUP IN LITHUANIA-BELARUS RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lithuanian-Belarusian relations are tense on the eve of the March 19 elections. The decision by the Minsk regime to deny visas to six Lithuanian MPs who planned to observe the elections led Parliament to pass a resolution condemning the Lukashenko government. The Lithuanian Fo [...]	2006-03-17 14:09:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BO LH
06VILNIUS279	EUR DAS KRAMER AND EU REPS COORDINATE BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS David Kramer participated in an informal meeting on Belarus with EU officials and representatives from EU capitals March 14 in Vilnius. The participants agreed that the USG and the EU will coordinate their statements and actions in the immediate post-election period. EU [...]	2006-03-17 14:27:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET RS UP BO KZ LH
06VILNIUS45	LITHUANIA: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] The following is the response for Lithuania for the 2005 and 2006 Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Unless otherwise stated, average exchange rate used throughout the report is: 1 USD = 2.775 Lita. ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. (U) L [...]	2006-01-30 09:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL LH
06VILNIUS540	LITHUANIA HOLDS SUB-MINISTERIAL LEVEL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. Subcabinet-level officials from the Lithuanian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries held annual bilateral meetings June 1-3. Discussions focused on the impending increase in visa fees for Belarusians, the closure of Lithuania's consulate in Grodno, and economic and environmental is [...]	2006-06-09 14:11:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH BO
06VILNIUS682	U.S.-LITHUANIA BILATERAL WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the annual Bilateral Working Group (BWG) meetings between the USG and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in Vilnius July 12-13, all three Baltic delegations carried a unified message on Baltic cooperation and Baltic air policing. In both the multilateral and bilateral fora, [...]	2006-07-19 13:21:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS AF LH
06VILNIUS705	LITHUANIAN AND BELARUSIAN AIR FORCE COMMANDERS [...] (C) Lithuanian Air Force Commander Arturas Leita invited Belarus's Air Force Commander Oleg Paferov to Lithuania to discuss an alleged June 19 border incursion by a Belarusian helicopter into Lithuanian territory, an event which Belarus denies. The Lithuanian side was seeking an explanation fo [...]	2006-07-31 14:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL BO LH
06VILNIUS789	PM AND FM UNDECIDED ON LEBANON; SEE OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John A. Cloud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: PM Kirkilas and FM Vaitiekunas both told the Ambassador in initial courtesy calls that Lithuania's likely contribution to UNIFIL would be small, given its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. They said [...]	2006-08-23 12:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM ENRG ECON LE LH
06VILNIUS814	SUBJECT LINE [...] (S) Lithuanian officials do not believe that Belarusian authorities were behind the death of Lithuanian diplomat Vytautas Pociunas. Pociunas, who worked as a security advisor to the Lithuanian consulate in Grodno, was found dead following a fall from the ninth-story window of an Inturist hote [...]	2006-09-01 13:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	PREL BO LH
06VILNIUS815	(S) GOL WITHHOLDING JUDGEMENT ON DEATH OF [...] (S) Lithuanian officials do not believe that Belarusian authorities were behind the death of Lithuanian diplomat Vytautas Pociunas. Pociunas, who worked as a security advisor to the Lithuanian consulate in Grodno, was found dead following a fall from the ninth-story window of an Inturist hote [...]	2006-09-01 14:10:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	PREL BO LH
06VILNIUS946	LITHUANIA OUTLINES BELARUS POLICY, ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary. Lithuanian activism in support of reform in Belarus continues. In EU structures, Lithuania argues for an exception for Belarus to the anticipated 60-euro Schengen visa fee, encourages smarter spending of Commission money to support democratic forces in Belarus, and will possibly [...]	2006-10-13 15:02:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH BO
06WARSAW131	ASSISTANT SECRETARIES FRIED AND FLORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) State Department Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Fried, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Peter Flory, accompanied by Ambassador, EUR DAS Mark Pekala, NSC Senior Director Damon Wilson, and Polcouns, met January 25 with Prime Mi [...]	2006-01-27 14:57:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG MASS MARR EINV PL
06YEREVAN1000	ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER VOICES SUPPORT FOR OSCE [...] (SBU) Addressing the extraordinary congress of Republican Party of Armenia (reftel),the chairman of the party, Prime Minister Andranik Markarian, spoke about the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh (NK) conflict, reiterating that the most recent proposals put forth by the OSCE Minsk group (name [...]	2006-07-25 13:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ AM
06YEREVAN1237	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PARLIAMENT SPEAKER [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Torosian told the Ambassador at a September 6 meeting that Armenia was committed to holding democratic elections in 2007 and 2008 and that work on revisions to the electoral code had nearly reached consensus, both among drafters and with international community advisers [...]	2006-09-08 10:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR AM
06YEREVAN1249	DEFMIN SARGSIAN REVEIWS N-K, IRAN, AND ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sargsian lauded the growing bilateral defense relationship, before complaining about Azerbaijan's approach to the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations. He said that Azerbaijan constantly revises its demands, and called for the Minsk Group Co-Chairs to demand greater consistency from the [...]	2006-09-11 09:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR AM IR
06YEREVAN1254	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S SEPTEMBER 19-20 [...] (S) SUMMARY: We look forward to welcoming you to Armenia. Armenia and the United States have lately enjoyed increasing trust and military cooperation. While Armenia initially lagged behind its fellow South Caucasus republics in developing relationships with Western nations and Euro-Atlantic i [...]	2006-09-11 12:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV AM
06YEREVAN1265	FM OSKANIAN'S FAREWELL SENDOFF TOUCHES ALL THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Oskanian's farewell lunch for the Ambassador offered a review of current issues. Oskanian expressed relief and exasperation about the ability to reach consensus on how the NK/Occupied Territories fires issue would be managed at the UNGA. He worried over the Iranian nuclear [...]	2006-09-13 07:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETTC EAID SCUL OVIP KNNP UNGA AM IR
06YEREVAN1403	CHIRAC AVOIDS DEMOCRACY TALK, FOCUSES ON 1915 [...] (SBU) French President Jacques Chirac avoided tough democracy talk during his first visit to Armenia September 29 through October 1, preferring instead to focus on crowd-pleasers like "genocide" recognition. Chirac also told reporters that Nagorno Karabakh settlement talks should remain the p [...]	2006-10-06 13:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR AM
06YEREVAN1410	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION TO OSCE MINSK GROUP VISIT [...] (SBU) The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs visited Armenia October 3-4 as part of a regional trip aimed at renewing contact between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. On October 3, the co-chairs, together with Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman in Off [...]	2006-10-10 12:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC AM KMDR KPAO
06YEREVAN1475	WHO WATCHES THE BORDER BETWEEN IRAN AND [...] (C) Armenia's border with Iran extends only some 40 kilometers along the Arax river and is patrolled effectively by Russian border guards with Armenian support. Much more opaque, however, is how the 95 kilometer border between Iran and the territories of Azerbaijan now occupied by Armenian an [...]	2006-10-20 12:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR AM
06YEREVAN1530	KOCHARIAN COMPLAINS TO EU AMBASSADORS ABOUT N-K [...] (C) In a meeting with EU Heads of Mission on October 27, President Kocharian was deeply pessimistic about chances for a settlement on Nagorno-Karabakh, resigned that Armenia would pay a greater cost for poor Russia-Georgia relations than either of the two parties, and expressed some frustratio [...]	2006-10-31 14:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE AM
06YEREVAN1673	FM OSKANIAN UPBEAT ON N-K NEGOTIATIONS, WARNS [...] (C) In a December 1 briefing to Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions resident in Yerevan, FM Oskanian said that the November 28 meeting between Presidents Kocharian and Aliyev was "positive and productive." He went into limited detail about new elements which will be the basis of future discussions [...]	2006-12-04 11:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET UNGA AM
06YEREVAN1674	DE FACTO N-K AUTHORITIES INVITE U.S. TO OBSERVE [...] (C) The Yerevan representative office of the self-declared "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (NKR) asked post to convey a letter to EUR DAS Matt Bryza, in his capacity as Minsk Group co-chair, advising him of an NKR referendum December 10 and inviting him to observe the proceedings. Full text of the [...]	2006-12-04 16:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06YEREVAN1705	ARMENIA'S PRESS REPORTS ON REFERENDUM IN "NKR" [...] (SBU) The Armenian media widely covered the constitutional referendum held December 10 in the "Nagorno Karabakh Republic." According to preliminary results, the constitution passed by 98.6 percent, with an 87 percent voter turnout. Newspapers complained at the international community's refus [...]	2006-12-11 14:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM AJ
06YEREVAN171	RUSSIAN G-8 CTAG LEADERSHIP "JUST LIKE YOU" [...] (SBU) Russia kicked off its G-8 presidency year following instructions to head up local Counter-terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meetings in the pattern of earlier French and U.S. local leadership. Representatives of local G-8 embassies were invited to participate and, with the exception of the [...]	2006-02-06 13:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS AM
06YEREVAN315	N-K: KOCHARIAN'S PRIME-TIME INTERVIEW [...] (SBU) In a rare, 45-minute television interview aired live on March 2, President Kocharian addressed Nagorno-Karabakh and OSCE-Minsk Group-led negotiations at Rambouillet in February. Looking fully at ease and in complete control of the scene, Kocharian answered questions from a carefully se [...]	2006-03-02 12:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AJ AM
06YEREVAN352	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION ON DAS BRYZA VISIT [...] Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza visited Armenia on March 6-8. As part of his visit, Bryza held a press conference on March 7 that received broad coverage from the print and broadcast media. The press reported on Bryza's comments on energy security, Nagorno- Karabakh, the d [...]	2006-03-09 13:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC AM KMDR KPAO
06YEREVAN432	EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES N-K, ENERGY SECURITY AND [...] (C) During an informal dinner March 15 with a group of Armenian political leaders, visiting EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried underlined the USG's policy that strong democracies were better equipped to solve the region's most pressing problems, especially the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and [...]	2006-03-27 09:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IR AM RU
06YEREVAN458	SHOOTING DISRUPTS MARCH 29 OSCE MONITORING MISSION [...] (C) OSCE Special Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk told CDA on March 31 that he called off a March 29 cease fire monitoring event because shots were fired in the vicinity and neither the "N-K" nor the Azeri side could account for their origin. A report signed by OSCE Special Representatives And [...]	2006-03-30 13:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS OSCE AJ AM
06YEREVAN724	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION TO OSCE MINSK GROUP VISIT [...] As part of an OSCE Minsk Group delegation, Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried, Russian Deputy Foreign SIPDIS Minister Grigoriy Karasin, and French Ambassador Pierre Morel, accompanied by the three OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, visited Armenia on May 25. During the visit, the delegatio [...]	2006-05-26 12:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC AM KMDR KPAO
06YEREVAN743	ARMENIA: OPINION POLL ON N-K SETTLEMENT, POLITICS [...] (C) The vast majority of Armenians believe it is important to solve the problems related to Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) in the "near future," according to the results of a May 2006 Gallup poll commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI). The poll results also demonstrated that, wh [...]	2006-05-31 13:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM
06YEREVAN851	N-K DFM BLAMES FIRES ON AZERI TRACER BULLETS AS [...] (SBU) A top "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (NKR) official has refuted Azeri allegations that the Armenian military is starting fires in Azerbaijani settlements bordering N-K. NKR "Deputy Foreign Minister" Masis Mayilian told the press some of the fires were natural occurrences, but that Azeri tra [...]	2006-06-23 12:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AJ AM
06YEREVAN922	OSCE: "NOTHING TO" AZERI CLAIMS OF ARMENIAN ARSON [...] (C) There is "nothing to" the claim that Armenians had set fires to destroy Azeri property in the occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, according to Andrzej Kasprzyk, special representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office (CiO) on the Minsk Conference. The OSCE sent a monitoring gr [...]	2006-07-11 06:14:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ AM
06YEREVAN999	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EU SPECIAL [...] (C) During a July 25 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby seemed most concerned with determining what "flanking measures" he could take to assist the Minsk Group in getting Nagorno Karabakh (NK) negotiations back on track. The Ambassador [...]	2006-07-25 13:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM
07ANKARA1215	TURKEY-RUSSIA RELATIONS: INTO THE BEAR'S DEN? [...] (C) Summary: Deepening economic and political ties between Russia and Turkey bear watching, but they do not signal a fundamental shift in Ankara's foreign policy orientation. Contacts believe Russia offers Turkey a sympathetic ear as both feel buffeted by a critical west. However, on key Turk [...]	2007-05-21 07:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET TU RS
07ANKARA1598	DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH MFA CAUCASUS DG UMAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Matt Bryza met in Ankara on June 14 with MFA Director General for Caucasus and Central Asia Resit Uman and MFA Director General for Policy Planning Altay Cengizer. DAS Bryza shared his views on the previous week's disappointing meeting of the Azeri and Armenian Presidents on [...]	2007-06-22 07:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV NATO OSCE AJ AM GG RU TU ZJ
07ANKARA2698	TURKEY: DAS BRYZA REVIEWS SOUTH CAUCASUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) EUR DAS Bryza and the DCM met with Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for South Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs Unal Cevikoz on October 24 in Ankara, on the margins of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Foreign Ministers meeting. Cevikoz and Bryza exchanged views on developments in Nagorn [...]	2007-11-01 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AJ AM GG TU
07ASHGABAT1243	TURKMENISTAN: MARY PASTOR DENIED EXIT [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The pastor of a small evangelical congregation in Mary province, Ilmurad Nurlyyev, told poloff November 16 that the Turkmenistan government prevented him from exiting the country. Nurlyyev, who heads a Turkmen Baptist C [...]	2007-11-16 12:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TX
07ASHGABAT1296	TURKMENISTAN/CIS SUMMIT: BERDIMUHAMEDOV PUSHES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: For the first time in nearly 15 years, Turkmenistan hosted the November 22 CIS Heads of Government summit. Although many may have been hoping that President Berdimuhamedov would agree to more active participation [...]	2007-11-28 13:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON TX CIS
07ASTANA3153	UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES SEES POSITIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 12:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ
07ATHENS1528	GREECE: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Visiting Greece Desk Officer, Ilan Goodman, delivered reftel points to MFA South Caucusus Desk Officer Stella Bezirtzoglou. Bezirtzoglou thanked the U.S. for its attention to this issue, noting the GOG concurred it is a growing problem. She questioned why the Aliyev government, which she [...]	2007-07-30 14:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM AJ GR
07BAKU1074	AZERBAIJANI-IRANIAN JOINT STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Azerbaijan and Iran signed four memoranda and one joint statement during President Ahmadinejad's August 21-22 visit to Baku. The Embassy's informal translation of the key points from the August 22 joint follows: 2. (SBU) Begin translation of key points: - Recognizing [...]	2007-08-27 12:45:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRN PBTS PGOV PREL IR AJ
07BAKU1099	FORUM ON KARABAKH ADVOCATES SETTING A DEADLINE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the Forum on Karabakh -- a nascent association of opposition-leaning individuals -- on August 29 told the Ambassador that their organization is increasingly impatient with the Minsk Group process due to its lack of progress in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh c [...]	2007-09-04 12:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
07BAKU1311	SCENESETTER FOR EUR A/S FRIED'S NOVEMBER 3-5 VISIT [...] (S) Summary: Dan, your visit could not come at a better time. With the ongoing security threat to the Embassy, your visit will underscore that we continue to engage actively, and at high levels. In the first place, it will be important to reinforce with this government that Azerbaijan's co [...]	2007-11-01 13:07:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG PINR PBTS IR RU AJ
07BAKU1365	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES N-K, DEMOCRACY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told A/S Fried and the Ambassador on November 3 that "there was a consensus" on the essential N-K issues, with the only remaining barriers being "phraseology" and the Lachin Corridor. Time was on Azerbaijan's side in the N-K dispute, as every year Azerbaijan gro [...]	2007-11-15 09:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ
07BAKU1404	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMOCRACY MESSAGE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 7 visit to the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan, the Ambassador delivered a strong message on the importance of democratic development to Azerbaijan's future. She met with Nakhchivan Prime Minister Alovsat Bakhshiyev, and visited several Nakhchivani historic [...]	2007-11-26 09:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PBTS EAID AR AJ
07BAKU1453	LIMITED AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO NEWS OF THE MINSK [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani reaction to the announcement that the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs forwarded written proposals for resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict to the governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia has been muted. The majority of commentators and average Azerbaijanis routinely [...]	2007-12-07 04:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AM AJ
07BAKU1490	SCA PDAS MANN AND FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting with the Ambassador and PDAS Steven Mann, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov was downbeat on prospects for Turkmenistan moving quickly to send Turkmen gas to Azerbaijan or to resolve the Caspian delimitation issue. Mammadyarov said he was encourag [...]	2007-12-17 04:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG TX AJ PHUM
07BAKU240	AZERBAIJAN: FM MAMMADYAROV ON TURKMENISTAN, IRAN [...] (C) This is an action request- please see paragraph 14. 2 (C) SUMMARY. In a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, FM Mammadyarov said that the recently concluded visit of DoD A/S Rodman had clarified the USG position on Iran, and he approved of the USG focus on a diplomatic solution. Co [...]	2007-02-26 09:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ TU GA
07BAKU246	AZERBAIJANI REACTIONS TO PUTIN'S SPEECH AT MUNICH [...] (C) Summary: Most Azerbaijani officials and independent commentators agree that the content of Putin's February 10 speech at the Munich Conference on Security Policy was not new or surprising. Most agree the speech represents Putin and many Russian government officials' longstanding views. [...]	2007-02-28 05:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ RS
07BAKU249	DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV DISCUSSES IRANIAN-RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador and a State-DOD delegation headed by Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Peter Rodman, SIPDIS Azerbaijani Minister of Defense General Safar Abiyev expressed concern that Russia and Iran were increasing thei [...]	2007-03-01 04:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU
07BAKU280	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIEV ASKS FOR MORE SIGNS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary Of Defense for International Security A/S Rodman, SIPDIS President Aliyev said the regional situation was "developing very rapidly," and called for "more public signs" from the USG of the strengthened bilateral relationship, as [...]	2007-03-07 12:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ RU IR PINR MARR ENRG
07BAKU360	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HOEKSTRA'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) President Aliyev's April 28, 2006 meeting with President Bush laid the foundation for advancing U.S. interests through a strengthened bilateral relationship, and the relationship has never been stronger. As you know, Azerbaijan is a key partner to the U.S. because of its geopolitical sit [...]	2007-03-30 13:14:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ
07BAKU411	PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES RUSSIA, IRAN, ISLAM, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with Representative Hoekstra and the Ambassador, President Ilham Aliyev provided a tour d'horizon of Azerbaijan's foreign policy, regional geopolitics, energy policy and domestic development. Aliyev argued that Azerbaijan was unique, bordered by its former co [...]	2007-04-11 11:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM ABLD AMGT CASC
07BAKU456	AZERBAIJAN/OSCE: POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS AND MPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28-30 visit to Baku, USOSCE Ambassador Finley met separately with a group of foreign policy Members of Parliament (MPs),female MPs, and political party leaders. The foreign policy MPs expressed a range of views about the level of democracy in Azerbaijan and agreed [...]	2007-04-18 13:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KWMN AJ
07BAKU458	AZERBAIJAN/OSCE: FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28 meeting with visiting USOSCE Ambassador Finley, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov was upbeat about his recent visit to Washington but thought critics should acknowledge more Azerbaijan's steady democratic progress. Mammadyarov said political dialogue between oppositi [...]	2007-04-18 14:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM KDEM KCOR AM IR AJ
07BAKU465	PRESIDENT ALIYEV'S VIEWS AND SUGGESTED [...] (C) Summary. In recent meetings with the Ambassador, President Aliyev, Presidential Apparat Chief Ramiz Mehdiyev, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, and Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov have reiterated the importance of the bilateral security dialogue as a key forum for reflecting our securit [...]	2007-04-19 09:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
07BAKU47	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EU ACTION PLAN WITH PETER [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative Peter Semneby told the Ambassador on December 15 that he was in Baku to take stock of the EU's relationship with Azerbaijan, support the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) peace process, and express concern over recent media and human rights problems. The Ambassador [...]	2007-01-10 14:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM PHUM EAID ENRG AJ
07BAKU486	AZERBAIJAN STRONGLY PROTESTS CHANGED USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOAJ on April 20 reacted harshly to the USG's recently published revisions to the language in the 2006 Human Rights report on Armenia, pointing to new wording that "Armenian forces occupy large portions of Azerbaijani territory adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh," as a weakenin [...]	2007-04-21 15:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ MARR PHUM
07BAKU494	CHANGED US WORDING ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT [...] (U) This is an action request; see paras 5-7. 2. (C) For senior Azerbaijani officials -- and particularly President Aliyev -- the USG's decision to change the language on Nagorno-Karabakh in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report after publication, coupled with press reports that we did so i [...]	2007-04-23 15:57:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PINR MARR MOPS AJ
07BAKU499	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER URGES US STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 conversation with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov repeated the GOAJ's request for a "very clear indication that the US recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh as part of the Republic of Azerbaijan." Azimov argued that such a statement reflects long-standing US [...]	2007-04-24 11:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AM AJ
07BAKU504	AZERBAIJANI BACKLASH AGAINST US WORDING ON [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 12-14. 2. (C) Summary: Post-publication revisions to Nagorno-Karabakh language in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report continue to ignite strong, negative reaction from the Azerbaijani Government and public. We are beginning to see a broader-bas [...]	2007-04-24 13:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PINR MARR MOPS AJ
07BAKU581	FARAH PANDITH'S MEETINGS WITH AZERBAIJANI ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani religious officials emphasized Azerbaijan's history of religious tolerance and interconfessional cooperation in April 25 meetings with EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith. Dr. Haji Sabir Hassanli, the rector of Baku Islamic University, said the university has approxima [...]	2007-05-15 03:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL AJ
07BAKU584	PRESIDENT ALIYEV,S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR REIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov flagged President Aliyev's planned attendance at the upcoming energy summit in Poland as a "very important" step to reassure Europe. The GOAJ hopes for progress in bilateral relations with Turkmenistan in 2007, although Baku is [...]	2007-05-15 12:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG MARR AMGT ABLD CASC AJ
07BAKU599	REACTION TO PRESIDENT ALIYEV'S MAY 4 COMMENTS ON [...] (C) President Aliyev struck a tough tone in his May 4 speech on the GOAJ's position on a Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) settlement at the opening of an IDP center. Aliyev appeared to distance himself publicly from the idea of "special modalities" for Kelbajar and Lachin, focusing on the need for all [...]	2007-05-17 10:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
07BAKU632	SCENESETTER FOR JOSEPH WOOD'S VISIT [...] (C) We warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Baku. Since President Aliyev,s successful visit to Washington in April 2006, we have been engaged in an intensive effort to elevate and strengthen the bilateral relationship. US interests in Azerbaijan center around three key areas: regional secu [...]	2007-05-23 13:55:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS PTER PINR ENRG KDEM ECON IR AJ
07BAKU753	PRESIDENT ALIYEV: ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH, [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, a frustrated President Ilham Aliyev told the Ambassador his view of the unsuccessful Nagorno-Karabakh discussions on the margins of the St. Petersburg CIS Summit. He concluded that the Minsk Group format is "useless," and asked that the United States now impose a se [...]	2007-06-15 12:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL RS TX
07BAKU758	"FRIENDS OF AZERBAIJAN" DEMARCHE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The "Friends of Azerbaijan," an informal grouping of like-minded OSCE member states, the OSCE and the Council of Europe (COE),demarched Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev on media issues June 14. Reaffirming Azerbaijan's commitment to democracy, Mehdiyev said the unres [...]	2007-06-18 13:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PTER IR AJ

07BAKU815	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT GIVES TOUR D'HORIZON, IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 22 conversation with Ambassador Derse and Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) President Dr. Daniel Yergin, President Aliyev said that in general he was satisfied with the situation in Azerbaijan - "politically, economically and regionally." Domestically, Azerb [...]	2007-06-27 13:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ TU ENRG
07BAKU822	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TIERNEY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) President Aliyev's April 28, 2006 meeting with President Bush laid the foundation for advancing U.S. interests through a strengthened bilateral relationship. Azerbaijan is a key partner to the U.S. because of its geopolitical situation, its status as a secular, democratizing, Muslim coun [...]	2007-06-29 09:55:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PBTS IR RU AJ
07BAKU832	SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S.-AZERBAIJANI JULY 9-10 [...] (C) Summary: The tenth anniversary of the bilateral security dialogue is an important opportunity to take stock of our existing strong cooperation and to achieve gains for U.S. interests by expanding our security agenda with a key Eurasian security partner. The GOAJ has two goals for these s [...]	2007-07-02 12:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
07BAKU837	REACTION TO SURPRISE TRACK II DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO NK [...] (U) On June 28, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatian and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu visited the region of Nagorno Karabakh, accompanied by representatives of the Armenian and Azerbaijani intellectual elite. While there, Smbatian and Bulbuloglu reportedly met wit [...]	2007-07-03 08:50:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PGOV AM RU AJ
07BAKU852	CODEL TIERNEY'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: In a friendly and relaxed July 3 meeting, Representative John Tierney and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev exchanged views on Azerbaijan's development, regional role and strong relationship with the U.S. and the West. On the Gabala radar station, Aliyev stated that if Russia and th [...]	2007-07-09 11:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV PINR AJ IR PBTS
07BAKU864	DFM ARAZ AZIMOV DOWNBEAT ON TRACK II MISSION TO [...] (C) In a July 5 meeting with Charge, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov suggested that the recent Track II mission by Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatian and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu had limited GOAJ support. (NOTE: Per Refs A and B, Smbatian and Bulbuloglu [...]	2007-07-10 11:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
07BERN200	TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 15:40:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ
07BISHKEK86	LOOING AHEAD AT U.S.-KYRGYZ RELATIONS IN 2007 [...] (C) Summary/Introduction. Looking back on 2006, U.S.-Kyrgyz relations suffered a series of body-blows, including the unprecedented expulsion of two U.S. diplomats and a series of unfortunate incidents related to the Manas airbase that have undermined the U.S. image as a beneficial partner. [...]	2007-01-29 12:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BRATISLAVA298	SLOVAK CONCERNS ON BELARUSIAN INVITATION TO OSCE [...] (SBU) Stefan Rozkopal, MFA Director for CIS and the Balkans, told DCM May 18 that Slovakia shares the U.S. opinion about not accepting the Belarusian invitation to OSCE heads of missions to visit Minsk. He agreed that the program contained no substance and no opportunities to interact with the [...]	2007-05-18 11:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OSCE BO LO
07BRUSSELS1099	FRIENDS OF BELARUS OFFER MIXED VIEWS ON ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) On March 21, DAS David Kramer and U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Karen Stewart participated in a Friends of Belarus meeting convened at the Lithuanian Permanent Mission to the EU, in Brussels. The meeting was held on the margin of EU capital-based COEST experts meeting and US-EU COEST Troika [...]	2007-03-30 15:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN BO
07BRUSSELS3020	DAS KRAMER, AMB STEWART AND THE EU DISCUSSES NEXT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 13:32:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
07BRUSSELS3039	CORRECTED COPY: DAS KRAMER, AMB STEWART AND THE EU [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 15:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
07BUCHAREST856	ROMANIA: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS IN [...] (C) Deputy Polcouns delivered on 23 July reftel demarche to MFA Director for East Europe and Central Asia Ambassador Gheorghe Magheru. Magheru was in agreement with the U.S. points and expressed special interest in the strategic context for the U.S. demarche (i.e., the importance of making s [...]	2007-07-24 15:11:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EUN AJ RO
07CARACAS1361	CHAVEZ AND AHMADINEJAD CONTINUE TO DEEPEN TIES [...] (C) Summary: During his June 30-July 2 visit to Iran, President Chavez publicly agreed to help Iranian President Ahmadinejad by selling gasoline to Iran. While details of the deal were not published, its impact will not be immediate as the shipments could take up to 40 days to arrive in Ira [...]	2007-07-09 14:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE IR
07DUSHANBE313	TAJIKISTAN'S 2006-2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Please note that Post's paragraph designation corresponds with reftel. OVERVIEW A. Tajikistan is an origin country for trafficking. International trafficking for the purposes of sexual and labor exploitation is a problem. The most common destination countries include the United Arab E [...]	2007-03-02 13:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV TI
07KYIV478	UKRAINE: THINKING OF ENGAGING BELARUS PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, the Ukrainians floated a proposal to extend an overture to Belarusan President Lukashenko in the hope of obtaining progress on Ukraine-Belarus border issues and cooperation in forming a united front against Russian on energy issues. The initial proposal included [...]	2007-02-26 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
07KYIV654	UKRAINE/BELARUS SUMMIT STILL PLANNED FOR MARCH [...] (C) Summary: Plans are still proceeding for a Kyiv summit between President Yushchenko and Belarusan President Lukashenko, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky during a meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, NSC Director Sterling, and the Ambassador. Kramer warned Veselovsky that such a mee [...]	2007-03-22 08:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM ENRG EPET BO UP
07LJUBLJANA414	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JUNE GAERC [...] (SBU) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Director of EU Affairs, Matej Marn June 14. Cuba - Marn noted the conclusions of the PSC on Cuba and predicted there would be no further discussion at the GEARC. ENP - He did not think Belarus would be discussed since as a condition of ho [...]	2007-06-15 15:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SI
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

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