17:46 Victims in case of human rights activist Svetsik demand to stop trial

The Vitsebsk Region Court declared a recess. Judge Halina Urbanovich took a time-out after a motion of defendant Leanid Svetsik.

17:25 Russia calculates how much it spent to support Lukashenka’s regime

Russia estimates approximate losses due to gas supplies to Belarus in 2004–2008 at $15–16 billion.

16:05 John McCain: “US should resist Russian neo-imperialism”

Such a statement has been made by the US presidential candidate and Senator at the conference of the Central and East European Coalition (CEEC).

15:24 EU Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner wants to meet with Lukashenka on June 22

Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU Commissioner responsible for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, arrives in Minsk in the evening, June 21.

15:00 Four days of attack on www.charter97.org: We fought off due to your solidarity

The powerful DDoS attack on Charter’97 website stopped today’s morning.

14:26 American lawyer Zeltser's defense counsel complains to Supreme Court about delay in pardon decision

The defense counsel of imprisoned Emanuel Zeltser has complained to the Supreme Court of Belarus about foot-dragging over the American lawyer's possible release under this year’s amnesty law.

14:24 Yushchenko satisfied by cooperation with last Europe’s dictatorship

On June 12 the president of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko met with Belarusian Prime Minister Syarhei Sidorski in Kyiv.

13:58 Belarusian officials confessed it is pointless to teach them democracy

The deputy chairman of the “council of republic” of the “national assembly” Anatol Rubinau believes that efforts of Western politicians are vain.

13:50 Putin allowed importing Belarusian cheese to Russia, but said nothing about lifting sanctions

Russia and Belarus had reached some arrangements on milk delivery, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

13:48 Participant of Process of 14 Mikhail Pashkevich given amnesty

The leaser of “Young Democrats” was familiarized with an order of the prosecutor of the Byaroza district saying he was included in the amnesty.

12:00 Iryna Krasouskaya: “In Belarus people were murdered for their political stand”

“Over the period of 10 years many times we heard different versions of disappearances of oppositionists in Belarus, and the most monstrous of them were originated by Lukashenka,” stated the widow of the abducted businessman and public leader Anatol Krasouski.

10:27 Schmidt’s statement: is it OSCE position or personal opinion?

Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk Hans-Johan Schmidt has stated that the ODIHR won’t consider changes to the Electoral Code recommended by democrats.

9:34 “Moskovsky Komsomolets”: Lukashenka is expected to kneel and beg pardon

Russian journalists try to guess under what condition Belarusian milk may return to the Russian market.