BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

28/11/2006

Russian Journalists Boycott CIS Summit in Belarus

MosNews

Russian journalists accompanying Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Minsk, decided to leave the CIS summit after two of their colleagues were refused permission to work there. The CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) summit opened in the Belarusian capital on Tuesday.

According to the RIA Novosti news agency, the decision to boycott the summit came after the organizers of the meeting denied accreditation to reporters from the "Moskovskiy Komsomolets" and "Kommersant" daily newspapers. No comments from the Belarus side were available at the time of the report.

Heads of state from the CIS are gathering today in Minsk for talks expected to focus on two uncomfortable issues - energy and the future of the grouping itself.

Source:

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/11/28/boycottcis.shtml

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