From potash powerbroker to Minsk prison, the cost of crossing Belarus - Charter'97

From potash powerbroker to Minsk prison, the cost of crossing Belarus - Charter'97 :: News from Belarus - Belarusian News - Republic of Belarus - Minsk:

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Vladislav Baumgertner has the fluent English, Western business degrees and meteoric career that typify Russia's young executive elite.

But the boss of Uralkali, the world's largest potash producer, is now more in need of Soviet-era survival skills, Reuters reports.

For two weeks Baumgertner, 41, has been held in a dank Stalin-era Belarusian cell, facing up to 10 years in jail on charges of abusing power and seeking gain at the expense of Belarus while chairman of a joint venture cartel, Belarusian Potash Company (BPC), which until last month controlled Russian and Belarusian exports of the fertilizer ingredient."

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