BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

30/09/2010

Ryhor Kastusiou Collects Signatures to Stand for President

Ryhor Kastusiou, vice-chairman of the Belarussian People's Front (BNF), pickets in Minsk underground to gather citizens signatures necessary to stand in the forthcoming presidential elections on December 19. Minsk, Belarus, 30/09/2010.

He has to pick up 100 000 signatures before October 29, 2010.

Ryhor Kastusiou is 53, he lives in Shklov (the town in Mahilou oblast' (province) where President of Belarus Alexandr Lukashenko is from, and works for a Russian developing company.

BNF is an opposition Belarussian right-wing party that stands for national interests and Christian values.

Source:

http://www.demotix.com/news/460622/ryhor-kastusiou-collects-signatures-stand-president