BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

Saturday, April 16, 2005

Court in Belarus closes independent pollster

Minsk -- The Supreme Court in Belarus ordered the closing down of the ex-Soviet state's best known independent polling institution yesterday.

The oder came months after it angered authorities over an exit poll.

The Independent Institute of Socio-economic and Political Research caused consternation in the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko by suggesting in October that Mr. Lukashenko had won less than 50-per-cent support in a referendum. Reuters

Source:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050416/WORLDREPO16-6/TPInternational/Europe


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