Belarusian TV showed footage of a detained CEO "BRIC» - Mail.Ru

According to the Belarusian Criminal Procedure Code for the provisional arrest, a court is not required – just decision of the head of the investigative body, and extend the arrest of a prosecutor can be up to 1.5 years.

Baumgertner come to Belarus at the invitation of Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich to address issues related to the activities of the CCB reported “Uralkali”. C Myasnikovich meeting was scheduled for about 11 hours. The conversation, according to a source publication, familiar with the course of the meeting lasted about an hour. “In fact, it was a monologue prime minister, who personally blamed Vladislav Baumgertner and” Uralkali “is that they destroy the Union State” – said the newspaper. But, he assured, about any criminal charges were not discussed.

Immediately after the meeting

executive headed to the airport for the flight to Moscow. But with the passage of inspection Baumgertner reported that additional testing is needed, “because he is allowed to carry drugs.” Immediately after that, a top manager was detained and taken to jail. At what exactly, the Belarusian authorities have hidden even from Russian diplomats working in Minsk. Meeting with a convict them promise to organize a Tuesday or Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the Belarusian TV showed footage of a detained CEO of the “BRIC” and explaining its claim of Minsk to the top manager.

Belarusian investigators say they have evidence testifying to the fact that members of the Belarusian Potash Company (BPC JV “BRIC” and the Belarusian state-owned company “Belaruskali”) without the knowledge of the Belarusian side provided the illegal sale of products to individual buyers, redirect chartered under the Belarusian potassium Court to load products “BRIC”, tore profitable existing contracts, promising to conclude their partners with the “BRIC” at lower prices. In their view, the management of the “BRIC” and BPC allegedly wanted to close up all the key positions related to finance and trade negotiations, and then form a representation in key consuming countries (China, India, Brazil, Singapore) member of the “BRIC”. The damage caused by the activities of employees in Minsk BPC estimated at $ 100 million