Belgazprombank case

On July 6, the Supreme Court of Belarus passed a verdict in the case of Viktar Babaryka, a former head of Belgazprombank and might-have-been election opponent of Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

Viktar Babaryka was standing a good chance to win the 2020 presidential election in Belarus, but he was taken into custody and barred from running for presidency.

There was a break since the end of February.

Maryia Kalesnikava, a coordinator at Viktar Babaryka’s campaign office, has urged Belarusians to contribute to mitigating pre-trial restrictions imposed on the imprisoned might-have-been presidential candidate and his son Eduard.

On June 25, law enforcers raided the house of Eduard Babaryka’s house in Minsk district again, his girlfriend Alyaksandra Zverava reported said on Facebook.

Nadzeya Yermakova, a former chairperson of the National Bank of Belarus, has been appointed Head of the provisional administration of Belgazprombank.

The Financial Investigations Department (part of the State Control Committee) suspects former head of Belgazprombank and wannabe presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka of being complicit in illegal activities, Chairman of the State Control Committee Ivan Tsertsel said on Friday.