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Belarus Update Volume 11, Number 22
November 30 – December 6, 2006

Edited by Maria Kabalina

THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES:   

• KGB Confiscated Angelika Borys’s Passport
• Police Interested in Milinkevich’s Political Plans
• Belarus’ Nuclear Vision
• Gazprom Says No Progress in Gas Talks with Belarus

Human Rights & Independent Media

• KGB Confiscated Angelika Borys’s Passport (Telegraf)
• Belarusian Opposition Activist on Hunger Strike for Almost Seven Weeks (RFE/RL)
• Police Interested in Milinkevich’s Political Plans (AFN)

Domestic

• United Civil Party To Press for Central Electoral Committee Resignation (Belorussky Parizan)
• Belarus’ Nuclear Vision (The St. Petersburg Times)
• Opposition Leaders Eager to Talk to Officials (Belorusskie Novosti)

Regional

• Gazprom Says No Progress in Gas Talks with Belarus (Reuters)
• Lukashenko’s Press Secretary: Russian Mass Media Fight against Belarus (Telegraf)

International

• Milinkevich Appeals to Bush, Chirac, and Merkel to Save Kozulin (AFN)
• Belarus Faces Fresh EU Trade Sanctions Threat (EUObserver)

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