BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

14/01/2006

Belarusian President Warns Compatriots About Gas Price Increase

President Alyaksandr Lukashenka on 12 January attended the opening of a gas-supply pipeline in the city of Dokshytsy, Vitsebsk Oblast, Belarusian Television reported. "I want you to remember that we do not extract natural gas, we buy it," Lukashenka said. "You see the clashes, the 'gas wars,' as journalists call them, taking place in the post-Soviet area. There will be no cheap gas. It is steadily becoming costlier.... [Therefore] I advise you: Beside a gas stove, you should have a bucket with chopped wood.... Of course we will strive to agree with the Russian Federation, from which we obtain gas, in order to make a gas price increase more restrained than that which we have just seen in Ukraine. Nevertheless, there will no longer be any cheap fuel."

And Pledges To Ward Off 'Kyrgyz Scenario' In Upcoming Election

President Lukashenka told journalists in Dokshytsy on 12 January that there will be no "Kyrgyz scenario" in the upcoming presidential election in Belarus on 19 March, Belarusian Television reported. "You may be absolutely sure that the government won't let any destabilization of the situation happen," Lukashenka said. "We don't need to rig the vote. On the contrary, we are doing our utmost to avoid any accusations, even accidental ones. We have registered all [presidential contenders], even those who had no right to be registered. We are all but collecting signatures for them, but they are still complaining." Lukashenka stressed that he does not need to cling to power by force since he enjoys sufficient popular trust.

Source:

http://politicom.moldova.org/stiri/eng/8150/

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