BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

13/07/2006

Belarus Opposition Head Urges G8 To Block Russia Union

July 12, 2006 -- Belarusian opposition leader Alyaksandr Milinkevich has sent a letter to Group of Eight leaders ahead of this weekend's summit in St. Petersburg, asking them to help block plans for a union between Belarus and Russia.

In an interview published in Russia's "Nezavisimaya Gazeta," Milinkevich predicted that a referendum on uniting the former Soviet nations could soon be held in Belarus, and that Minsk risks being illegally annexed to Moscow.

(AP)

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/07/49935C54-DE00-4E09-BEC6-06BCED043946.html