BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
28/03/2008
Former Head Of Belarusian Petrochemical Firm Sentenced To Five Years In Prison
The Supreme Court on March 27 sentenced Alyaksandr Barouski, a former chairman of Belnaftakhim, to five years in a minimum-security correctional institution on a charge of abuse of office, Belapan reported. The court also barred Barouski from serving in administrative and managerial positions for an additional three years. The court found Barouski guilty of causing large-scale damages through the abuse of office. According to the prosecutor, Barouski ordered the Naftan oil refinery in Navapolatsk to cancel supply contracts with Russia's Tyumen Oil Company and conclude more expensive contracts for the supply of 80,000 tons of light oil with two Belarusian companies, Triple and Interservice, with whose executives he had a "friendly relationship." Naftan allegedly paid two Belarusian companies $1.6 million more than it would have paid for the same supplies to the Russian company. AM
Source:
http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2008/03/3-cee/cee-280308.asp
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