AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoBusiness Ties: An investigation says people linked to Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s family may hold stakes in Belarusian Wildberries companies. A new co-owner received dividend income almost identical to a payout from the marketplace’s local subsidiary; the businessman named in the report declined to comment. Science Shake-up: Lukashenka has signed a decree reorganizing several institutions and research centres under the National Academy of Sciences. Trade: Belarus has banned a range of Latvian goods, including sprats, machinery parts and vitamins, amid worsening regional tensions. Political Repression: Security forces have questioned relatives and neighbours of two journalists living abroad, while a 17-year-old history student is being held in custody on a charge of rehabilitating Nazism. Regional Security: Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia wants to deploy ballistic missiles in Belarus to threaten western Ukraine; Kyiv is strengthening air defences in the region. Exile Politics: Belarusian Christian Democracy plans a congress in Białystok on October 24, with leadership elections and a push to rebuild the party. Industry: Belarus’s industry minister says joint projects with Russia could make domestic production independent of imports by 2030.
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