Sharamet called in for interrogation in "hunters' case"

Paval Sharamet (Pavel Sheremet) has been summoned for interrogation to law-enforcing agencies of Russia upon the request of the Interior Ministry of Belarus.

He is to give explanations in connection with the defamation case opened in Belarus after several articles in independent mass media about the former head of Homel KGB directorate Korzh.

The request was recieved by Moscow this week. Paval Sharamet was called in for interrogation as the creator of the webiste "Belarusian partisan".

"I have never been hiding from anyone. My contact details haven't changed for 10 years and everyone who needs them have my address. Certainly, I will go for interrogation and tell everything I know about the case relating to chekists and policemen in Belarus. But unfortunately, I know too little," Sharamet told to the website.

We remind that recently Paval Sharamet was deprived of Belarusian citizenship.

Earlier in March 2010 police started a real hunt on Belarusian oppositional journalists. Searches in the flats of journalists of charter97.org website, "Narodnaya Volya" and "Novaya gazeta" newspapers were held. They are summoned for interrogations. A real pogrom took place in the news office of charter97.org website. Its journalist Natalya Radzina was punched in the face. A wide campaign has been started against "Belarusian partisan" using veteran organsations and with demands to close the news resourc.