BELARUS: BELARUSIAN KGB SAYS PREPARATION OF ELECTION MONITORS MEANS 'RECRUITMENT'.

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: April 16, 2001 | Copyright information

Belarusian KGB chief Leanid Yeryn told journalists on 12 April that the OSCE's training of election monitors for Belarus's presidential elections is tantamount to the "recruitment" of agents, RFE/RL's Belarusian Service reported. Yeryn was commenting on President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's repeated statements that the West is preparing "14,000 militants" intended to influence the election under the guise of election observers. Yeryn pledged ...

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