Acting Chief of enforcement and prevention of the Department of the Interior and police administration district of Vitebsk Railway Police Major K. Odnopalov refused to open a criminal case under Art. 391 (insulting a judge or a lay judge in the exercise of justice) in respect of a civil activist Nadyezhda Kukanos.

The UN Committee on Human Rights at the 111th session considered two complaints Vitebsk residents. The verdict Committee: Republic of Belarus had violated the rights of Igor Alexandrov and Valery Bazarov chastise them five years ago, fines for participating in an unsanctioned street procession. According to the committee, the authorities have violated paragraph 2 of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the right to freedom of expression), and in respect of Bazarov was broken yet and the article 21 of the Covenant (right to peaceful assembly).

"Strange" spectacle sozdanj local officials about Ivanovsky cemetery in Haradok. Tens machine construction waste was dumped in recent months between stopping for cars and the old cemetery grounds. In this case, the garbage was not only solid, but also the remains of the foam for thermal insulation of buildings.

The tax authorities of the Vitebsk region for 9 months of the year in the course of the control measures identified 56 business entities that have paid wages without reflection in the accounting registers (in the "envelopes"). This was reported in the press center of the inspection of Ministry of Taxation Vitebsk Region. On the results of audits assessed additional budget over Br280 million, including Br136,5 million income tax.

For late payment of wages in January - August to administrative responsibility in the Vitebsk region attracted 569 businesses and 541 official, including on the basis of information received from the bodies of the Committee of State Control - Legal 109, and the same service. According to the controlling agency, as of 1 September have not paid in a timely manner with employees in 28 organizations in the amount of 10.5 billion rubles.