BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

25/06/2007

Pro-Government Belaya Rus Organization Emerges In Belarus

The founding conference for the Minsk city chapter of the pro-government Belaya Rus (White Rus) association was held in the capital on June 22, Belapan reported. Syarhey Piharau, a member of the Minsk City Council, told journalists that Belaya Rus's ambition is to become the largest nongovernmental organization in the country. "It should fill the gap between the government and the millions of Belarusians who implement the decisions made by the country's leadership," Piharau added. The Minsk-based organization's presiding board includes Yury Azaronak, deputy head of the National State Television and Radio Company; Syarhey Dubavik, head of the journalism department at Belarusian State University; House of Representatives members Halina Yurhyalevich and Halina Palyanskaya; and Mikhail Batura, rector of Belarusian State Computer Science and Electronics University. Founding conferences for the regional branches of Belaya Rus were held in Vitsebsk, Homel, and Brest earlier this year. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/06/3-cee/cee-250607.asp

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