From a source in Russia 's widow disappeared Belarusian businessman learned that actually happened.
The last time Irina Krasovskaya saw her husband Anatoly Krasovsky alive September 16, 1999.
That evening, a prominent businessman, led a Jeep Cherokee on the Preset street in Minsk. The car was his close friend, a leader of opposition, Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Belarus and presidential candidate Viktor Gonchar.
Suddenly, a car blocked their way, and a second in front of them slowed down, causing the jeep to stop. Of the cars jumped the armed bandits who smashed the glass in the car, pulled out Krasovsky and Gonchar. More than any of them have not seen.
In Krasovskaya no illusions about this evening. She is convinced that kill both men gave the order himself, Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus since 1994, called the last dictator of Europe.
... I do not even understand what's going on - the woman told The Washington Diplomat. - I was knocking on all doors. Finally, I realized that only the international community can help me, because there is no justice in Belarus ...
Her daughter, Valeria has recently described the horror that she experienced for the European magazine «Indigo».
... I woke up at 4 am and saw my mother sitting in the kitchen. I asked him what happened and whether the father came, and she said that its mobile phones are switched off. She told me to go to sleep and everything will be fine. But it was not normal ...
Krasovskaya says that ... She explains that her husband helped sponsor a political campaign while Gonchar.
According Krasovskaya, ... They almost found out the truth and arrest the man responsible for kidnapping. But then the president gave the order to release the man and fired the general who headed the KGB ...
Murder and jam - sounds like a scene from the 1981 bestseller ... It is rather eerie reminder of what can happen even today with those who are against Lukashenka.
... - I expected that they could destroy his business, or imprisoned. But I never thought they could kill people ...
Pyatidesyatidvuhletnyaya Krasovskaya gives an interview in the living room with books and rare maps of Eastern Europe of XVII century, in his comfortable home near the historic Cleveland Park.
Krasovskaya grown under communism, but she said she was glad when the Soviet Union finally collapsed and Belarus became an independent state.
... We thought that we will live better and be able to travel and visit the rest of Europe, education and democracy. It was so much hope - she recalls. - When Lukashenko came to power, I thought it was kind of a joke. He looked like a clown. He could not speak properly, and his speech was so stupid ...
While Krasovskaya taught child psychology at the leading universities of the country and was married in '24. Her husband was 47 when he disappeared.
... Even the official investigator told us about it. From a source in Russia, we learned that actually happened. So what do we know who organized everything and who gave the order ...
In October 2004, after the sharp report of the Council of Europe on human rights violations in the country, the U.S. Congress approved and President George W. Bush signed the ... The law allows U.S. assistance to political parties, NGOs and independent media, spreading the ideas of democracy and human rights in Belarus.
Krasovskaya met three times with President Bush during his presidency, and two times with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. January 6 this year, she also met with Rice's successor Hillary Clinton to persuade the White House to take strict action against the Lukashenko regime.
... - I got the impression that we have heard and have some idea of what is happening in Belarus ...
Links at the top, of course, help. Ten years ago, Irina met with a longtime supporter of the Republican Party by Bruce Jackson at the Conference on Human Rights in Washington, where he gave a dinner for the Belarusian delegation. Four years later they were married.
Jackson, a former military intelligence officer and senior employee of the company «Lockheed Martin», currently serves as president of the NGO ...
As an active supporter of NATO expansion in Eastern Europe, it is perhaps more famous as the founder of the now -defunct Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, the neoconservative group that helped build public support for invading Iraq after the September 11 attacks.
Jackson was also a board member of the organization of his wife, who first worked with issues of Belarus, and now is part of a non-profit coalition of NGOs investigating the disappearance of the political world. As part of the organization and with the generous assistance of the French Government Krasovskaya visited the Philippines, Thailand and Argentina.
Krasovskaya returned home in December, and it was almost arrested the evening of December 19, when 600 people were detained in the main square of Minsk during a protest against the results of questionable elections that extended the rule of Lukashenko five more years.
... There were more people than the police. They did not have enough power to arrest all - she recalls. - I was lucky, but most of my friends had been arrested. The three opposition candidates still in jail ...
The authorities claim that Lukashenko won the election with 79.6 percent of the vote, but Krasovskaya doubt that he scored at least 40 percent, certainly no more.
... - The problem is that civil society can participate in the vote counting. In the room where the counting of votes, no one can go, so you can falsify results as much as necessary ...
Among other things, Krasovskaya and other protesters demanded the unconditional release of all political prisoners and holding new elections under international supervision.
However, not all Belarusians are dissatisfied with the status quo in such a. People enjoy a relatively high standard of living of the lowest among the 15 former Soviet republics of income differences between rich and poor. The per capita income in the country for at least 50 percent higher than in neighboring Ukraine.
However, Krasovskaya believes these achievements just for show.
... They have never been abroad ...
To the question, are there any parallels between anti-government protests in Independence Square in Minsk and demonstrations in Tahrir Square Cairo to demand the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, who has ruled 30 years, Krasovskaya says that the youth of Belarus Lukashenko will not tolerate another 14 years. She added that the European Union policy of ...
... They thought it would draw it out of Belarus to Russia. But I personally warned them of the Lukashenko. I am sure that he is responsible for the murder of my husband's first. He has always been a bloody dictator, and you'll never change it ...
Larry Laksner, «The Washington Diplomat».
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