It’s impossible to buy free press

“Novaya Gazeta”, “Maskouski Kamsamolets”, “Kommersant” and “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” are no longer available for Belarusians. Russian newspapers have been excluded from the subscription catalogue for the year 2008 of the republican unitary enterprise Belposhta (a state monopoly distributing printed media on subscription). Though Belposhta has stated that the decision has been taken independently, without an order from higher authorities, it is obvious that such decision cannot be adopted by departments independently, “Novaya Gazeta” writes.