BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

25/06/2007

Belarusian Oil Executive Charged With Corruption

June 25, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Prosecutors in Belarus say they have charged the former head of the country's state-run oil processing company with corruption and other offenses, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reported.

Belarusian Prosecutor-General Pyotr Miklashevich said Alyaksandr Barouski, who headed the Belarusian State Petrochemical Industry Concern, Belnaftakhim, had been charged with embezzlement, abuse of office, and disclosing state secrets.

Miklashevich told a press conference in Minsk that the charges were related to crude and petroleum deliveries.

Barouski was arrested last month along with several other heads of state-run and private companies.

Belnaftakhim accounts for more than one-fourth of Belarus's exports.

In a separate case, Miklashevich said two officers in Belarus's KGB and one police officer had been arrested and charged with taking bribes.

(with material from agency reports)

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/06/28868D89-89D3-4055-9032-CE34BDABB32F.html