17:05 Mahiliou: pressurization of the initiative group of Ryhor Kastusiou

The members of the initiative group of a member of the Belarusian Popular Front Party Ryhor Kastusiou (running at electoral district #90 in Shklou) are pressurized.

17:02 Babruisk: Ales Chyhir and his initiative group summonsed to military enlistment office

The resident of Babruisk Ales Chyhir who intends to run for parliament, has received a writ from the local military enlistment office.

17:00 Homel: state media continue agitating for pro-governmental candidates

The state regional newspaper Homelskiya Vedamastsi publishes interviews with the officials who run for parliament. In its issue for 9 August a whole page was dedicated to Alexander Shatsko.

16:44 Members of the Belarusian Popular Front not allowed to precinct commissions

Out of 34 activists of the Belarusian Popular Front none has been allowed to become a member of district electoral commissions in three constituencies.

15:41 Georgia announced pulling out of CIS (Video, photo)

Georgia made decision to pull out of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said this on Tuesday at the meeting in front of the building of Georgian parliament in the centre of Tbilisi.

15:39 Vitsebsk: pressurization of police inspector Andrei Levinau increases

Recently the police inspector of Chyhunachny district police department of Vitsebsk Andrei Levinau has got his initiative group registered. He intends to run for parliament at Chyhunachnaya electoral district #19 in Vitsebsk.

15:06 Volha Kazulina: Head of OSCE office could discuss with Kazulin his release

On August 11 the head of the OSCE office in Minsk Hans Jochen Schmidt visited Alyaksandr Kazulin in the colony Vitsba-3. It is not reported about the topics they discussed. Volha, the political prisoner’s daughter, hopes that it is related to the issue of her father’s release.

13:35 Russian ambassador Surikov to Lukashenka: “We always share your distress in international organisations”

Russia's ambassador to Minsk, Alexander Surikov has expressed misunderstanding of the position of Belarusian authorities towards war with Georgia. “It is completely incomprehensible for us, why the state authorities of Belarus are keeping silent timidly,” Surikov said at a press-conference in Minsk on Tuesday.

13:20 “Russians can occupy Georgia, but we would never yield”

For a few days Georgia lives at war. Russian troops are bombing Georgian towns. military operations are taking place all over the territory of Georgia. The charter’97 press-centre reached Tbilisi on the phone.

11:47 10 days of arrest for action of solidarity with Georgia in Minsk (Video, Photo)

Liudmila Atakulava, a Young Front activist, has been sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest for participation in a rally near the Russian Embassy on August 11. The decision has been passed by the court of Tsentralny district in Minsk.

10:42 Mass protests against Russia’s aggression held worldwide (Video, photo)

Rallies and meetings in support of Georgia are held in different parts of the world. Their participants picket embassies of Russian and urge to stop war.

9:39 Oppositionists stand trial in Minsk for rally of solidarity with Georgia (Video, Photo)

A trial over the activist of the Young Front Ludvisya Atakulava is to take place today in Minsk court of Tsentralny district. She was detained yesterday near the Russian Embassy during the action of solidarity with Georgia. The girl has spent the night under arrest.

8:51 Russian and Abkhazian troops started storm of Khodori gorge (Video)

On august 12 in the morning Russian and Abkhazian troops started storming Georgian positions in the upper part of the Khodori gorge.