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### Viewing cable 08MINSK85, LOST OUR LEASE -- REAL ESTATE AS A MEANS OF REGIME

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08MINSK85 | 2008-02-08 11:31 | 2010-12-20 21:30 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Minsk

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    FM AMEMBASSY MINSK
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6881
    INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
    RUEHVEN/USMISSION USOSCE 1818
    RUEHBS/USMISSION USEU 0274
    RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
    RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 MINSK 000085

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/08/2018
    TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL BO
    SUBJECT: LOST OUR LEASE -- REAL ESTATE AS A MEANS OF REGIME
    PRESSURE ON BELARUS' OPPOSITION

    REF: MINSK 079 (AND PREVIOUS)

    Classified By: Ambassador Karen Stewart for reason 1.4 (d).

    Summary
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    ¶1. (C) Representatives of the independent media, civil
    society and political opposition in Belarus report increasing
    pressure from landlords, including astronomical rent
    increases or termination of leases. The increasing use of
    this old tactic -- often indirect and sometimes buttressed
    with arguments about market prices for real estate --
    presents both a logistical and a legal threat to the
    continued functioning of opposition organizations, which need
    a legal address to stay in operation. End summary.

    Parties and the Press Face Loss of Premises
    -------------------------------------------

    ¶2. (C) At briefings held January 25 for visiting EUR/ACE
    staff Heather Grant and Noah Krystel, representatives of the
    United Democratic Forces (UDF) and the independent press
    described how increasing rents and terminated leases threaten
    their continued legal operation in Belarus.

    ¶3. (C) Vintsuk Vyachorka, First Deputy Chair of the
    Belarusian Popular Front (BPF), noted that, as of April 2008,
    the rent for BPF's Minsk headquarters is scheduled to
    increase 800 per cent or more. Vyachorka added that the
    premises, in a government building, had been previously "rent
    controlled" since it was let to a non-profit civic
    organization; this control had since been withdrawn by the
    authorities.

    ¶4. (C) Belarusian Social Democratic Party-Gramada (BSDP-G)
    Acting Chair Anatoliy Levkovich told Pol/Econ Chief February
    5 that his party has lost their office in regional capital
    Mogilyov. Levkovich said that BSDP-G had been without a home
    there since January 1, when there previous lease ended
    without the possibility of renewal. He noted that the search
    for new premises -- and a new "legal address" necessary to
    function -- was arduous and not guaranteed to succeed.

    ¶5. (C) According to the Editor-in-Chief of the independent
    weekly "Belarusy i Rynok," Vyacheslav Khodosovskiy, the paper
    recently lost its lease to its Minsk office. As with BSDP-G,
    the paper was given no opportunity to renew a lease that had
    expired. Khodosovskiy opined that the move and other
    pressure on the paper and its readers were attempts by the
    GOB to keep objective information on the Belarusian economy
    out of the hands of citizens in an election year.

    Groups Face Logistical, Legal Hurdles
    -------------------------------------

    ¶6. (C) The loss of office space threatens the existence of
    parties, NGOs, and the free press for a host of reasons.
    First, the prospect of moving presents groups with real
    financial and logistical problems, not the least of which is
    finding a landlord willing to be associated with an
    organization challenging the regime. Just as importantly,
    losing premises introduces legal hurdles as well. The filing
    of paperwork to change a legal address gives the regime an
    additional opportunity to liquidate a group seen as a
    troublemaker. For political parties, the problem is even
    more acute, since failure to maintain an office in Minsk and
    at least half of Belarus' six regional capitals is grounds
    for a national political party to be de-registered.

    Comment: Don't Believe Market-Based Excuses
    --------------------------------------------

    ¶7. (C) One excuse which landlords and the state are wont to
    offer for rent increases and the decision not to renew leases
    is the skyrocketing cost of real estate in Minsk. "Invisible
    hand" arguments would be easier to accept if not for the very
    visible hands of the regime and regime cronies that the
    monopolistic real estate rules so ably serve.

    Comment Cont.
    -------------

    ¶8. (C) While the Lukashenko regime recently has released
    four internationally recognized political prisoners (reftel),
    administrative detentions and other forms of harassment --
    such as these real estate manipulations -- continue. The
    Embassy will continue to closely monitor the many forms of

    MINSK 00000085 002 OF 002

    the regime's repression as September parliamentary elections
    approach.
    STEWART

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