On the forth anniversary of Viktor Gonchar’s disappearance his spouse Zinaida Gonchar addressed each deputy of the house of representatives of the National Assembly with a question: what each of them has done in order to find truth in the political disappearances in Belarus?

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Yesterday’s meeting in Sochi between the presidents of Russia and Belarus proved a failure. Perspectives of the two countries’ unification are commented upon in an interview to APN by the vice-speaker of the Russian State Duma Vladimir Lukin.

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The conference, entitled “Youth and journalism”, which was organized for the journalists-beginners in the end of last week by the youth center “Gart” was all of a sudden intervened by police.

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The Belarusian issue was raised again at the hearings of the US Commission for security and cooperation in Europe. The meeting, hosted on September 9 in Washington DC, was largely dedicated to the US strategy towards the OSCE. The situation in Belarus, among other things on their agenda, was discussed by the assistant secretary of state Lorne Craner, senator, cochairman of the Helsinki Commission Ben Campbell, congressman, cochairman of the Helsinki Commission Christopher Smith, assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs Elizabeth Jones, congressman Benjamin Cardin. Following you may read transcript from their speeches:

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The battle between wrestler Vladimir Putin and hockey-player Alexander Lukashenko, held on September 15 in Sochi, ended up in the defeat of the latter. The theme of the talks was wide-known long before their start – perspectives of introducing the Russian ruble as the sole means of payment in the “union state” starting from 2005, as well as the cost of the Russian gas at which it is due to be sold to Belarus. It’s worth mention that during yesterday’s six-hour long negotiations Lukashenko looked way worse than his Russian colleague.

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On September 14 the publishing house in Rechitsa abrogated agreement on printing the independent Svetlogorsk newspaper “Region-Vesti”. All other regional publishing houses, which the editorial board addressed for help, also declined to cooperate.

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Dear countrymen, Belarusians! Four years ago there disappeared without a trace Viktor Gonchar and Anatoly Krasovsky. Four years we and our children have been dwelling in a constant nightmare, not knowing whether our loved ones are alive or dead. The regime, which is supposed to protect the life and rights of every individual, pretends as though nothing happened on that September night 1999, although another two names were added to the list of the missing ones. It has long been clear: Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovsky and Yuri Zakharenko before them, and Dmitry Zavadsky – after them were all abducted for what they had been doing.

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