Belarusian opposition figure Babariko faces long jail term as Russia’s Lavrov heads to Minsk for meeting with embattled Lukashenko

Leading opposition

Leading opposition figure Viktor Babariko has been formally charged with money laundering and taking bribes by authorities in Belarus, as Russia expresses growing concern and frustration over the situation in the country.

A statement posted on the website of Minsk’s domestic security agency, the KGB, said on Tuesday that Babariko had received funds from “an organised group on an especially large scale” when he was chairman of Belgazprombank, a financial institution owned by Russian investors and based in Belarus.

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