AGP Executive Report
Last update: 23 minutes agoState and Symbolism: Belarusian Interior Ministry troops chief Mikalai Karpiankou gave a miniature Stalin statue to a meat-processing plant director at the opening of a store on a military base. Border Security: Lithuanian police detained five people suspected of running a cigarette-smuggling ring that used weather balloons launched with help from contacts in Belarus. CSTO: Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov called for limiting Armenia’s access to classified alliance documents, after the bloc stripped Yerevan of voting rights over unpaid fees. Lukashenko also urged members to strengthen the CSTO’s military capacity. Sport: Canada says Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials will be barred from entering for the World Junior Hockey Championship, even if they already hold visas. Business: Some Wildberries sellers have moved from Russia to Belarus after strikes damaged the company’s Russian logistics centres; the retailer has a major hub at Minsk’s Great Stone industrial park.
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