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BELARUS - PRISONERS FOR POTASH

By Volha Ramanava · 4 parts · 14 h 15 min · English

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In Belarus the state did not lose its war with organized crime; it won it and kept the businesses. From the disappearances of 1999 to a state cigarette factory that makes twice what the country smokes, this is the story of fortunes made by presidential decree, of a presidential travel company that processed "hunting tour" visas for Iraqi families bound for the EU border, of a Russian potash chief arrested at Minsk airport, of money parked in Vilnius and Zurich, and of the reporters and prisoners who paid — until the prisoners were traded for potash. Covers Aliaksei Aleksin and the Neman tobacco factory, Yury Chyzh and Triple, Viktar Sheiman and the Presidential Property Management Directorate, Viktar Babaryka and Belgazprombank, and Vladislav Baumgertner and Uralkali.

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  1. Part 01

    2:58:32

  2. Part 02

    4:12:54

  3. Part 03

    3:02:56

  4. Part 04

    4:00:44

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