Belarusian Foreign Ministry announced that US newly appointed ambassador Michael Kozak won`t be invited to the diplomatic reception of all Minsk-accredited embassies, located in Belarus. The event will take place on Saturday upon the initiative of Alexander Lukashenko. This was declared at the yesterday`s FM press-conference. No official explanations have been provided so far.

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Leadership of the United Civil Party addressed the deputies of the Russian State Duma with a request to make inquiries into the Russian law-enforcement institutions and find out whether the missing Viktor Gonchar is hiding on Russian soil. UCP headquarters received Jan.9 an official response from the deputy of the "Union of right forces" Oleg Naumov, reports UCP.

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will take place January 12. In 1991 during violent clashes with Soviet troops, 13 Lithuanians were killed, dozens were seriously wounded. That was a turning point of Lithuanian contemporary history. The Soviets finally left this Baltic country. Among those, charged with mass slaughter in January 1991, is acting deputy Minister for defense of Belarus general Ushopchik, a former commander of the military garrison in Vilnius.

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Russian newspaper "Segodnya" reports with a reference to anonymous sources in Kremlin that the presidential administration launched a special analytical commission, responsible for studying the current situation in Belarus and foreseeing the possible situation developments during the presidential race.

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