Gross average wage of Vitebsk region in the first month of this year amounted to 4,748,912 per month and decreased by 419,549 rubles. Salary reduction is observed in the whole country.

In 2013 Vitebsk became a leader among the regions in terms of growth in property prices , according to Interfax. During the year, the cost per square meter of housing in the Dvina increased by 30.8 % - from 800 to 1066 dollars. Thus, on house prices outstripped the rest of Vitebsk regional centers and is now second only to Minsk.

Andrei Gaidukov, who is serving a sentence in Mogilev colony number 19, was allowed to be visited by his family. This was reported by his mother Olga Gaidukova "Slightly better steel letters go. We also talk on the phone about once every 10 days. Basically, it keeps well. Forward to when he gets home," - she said.

The political prisoner Ales Bialiatski nominated for the "For Freedom" , established by the Lithuanian parliament , said the Lithuanian edition Lietuvos rytas. It should be noted that the information that the head of the human rights center "Viasna" may receive a prize , appeared in the Lithuanian media at the 10th anniversary of the Belarusian authorities deprivation of his organization legal status.

Human Rights Watch issued a report calling for a doctor to seek the release of Igor Postnov Vitebsk , located in the Vitebsk regional psychiatric hospital for compulsory treatment after a series of critical statements on the Internet and the media. The report Amnesty International says Igor Postnov - psychiatrist of the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Centre of Psychiatry and Addiction - during the last year and a half has repeatedly criticized the government's policy on YouTube and the city's health care system.