17:38 5 UCP activists out of 300 have become members of election commissions

At the moment only 5 members of the United Civil party have been included into precinct commissions out of more than 300 nominated.

16:41 Belarusian regime banned children to go to US

Belarus stops recuperation trips for children to the US. It has been stated by Alyaksandr Kalyada, the head of the Humanitarian activities department of the Administrative department of the president.

15:43 Only 2 out of 150 BPF representatives became members of Minsk precinct commissions

Only 2 out of 150 persons nominated by the Belarusian Popular Front party have been confirmed as members if precinct election commissions in Minsk.

Dmitry Medvedev and Alyaksandr Lukashenka are expected to meet in Sochi on August 19. “As far as I know, on August 19 in Sochi a meeting of the two presidents is to take place. Dmitry Anatolyevich is waiting,” Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with Belarusian Prime Minister Syarhei Sidorski in Moscow on Thursday.

12:49 Anatol Lyabedzka: “Chances for withdrawal of democratic candidates increase”

“Almost no representatives of the democratic forces of Belarus get into election commissions,’ the BelaPAN was told by the leader of the United Civil Party Anatol Lyabedzka.

12:35 Number of oppositionists in precinct commissions insignificant

For instance, in Brest 7 out of 111 nominated democratic candidates have become members of precinct commissions for elections to the “chamber of representatives”.

11:48 We Are All Georgians

For anyone who thought that stark international aggression was a thing of the past, the last week must have come as a startling wake-up call.

11:25 Pro-regime candidates for deputies create “assistance groups” for themselves

So-called “assistance groups for election campaign” have been created in almost all regional executive committees of the country. They exist even there where chairmen of executive committees run in the election.

10:30 Obama adviser compares Putin to Hitler

The former US national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, has called on the world community to isolate Russia in protest over its campaign in the Caucasus, likening its tactics to those of "Hitler or Stalin".

10:18 Money allocated to “elections” should be better given to orphans

Viktar Harbachou, the leader of the public association “For Free development of entrepreneurship” offered to send Br 24 billions, allocated to the “parliamentary elections campaign”, to orphans in orphanages.

8:41 Sidorski goes to Moscow to Putin for money and gas (Video)

Prime Ministers of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Syarhei Sidorski are to meet in Moscow today. The topics for discussion for the two heads of governments are rather sensitive: costs of Russian gas for Belarus, possibility of introducing a single currency, Russian credits for Belarus.