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Belarusian businessman
Alyaksandr Zingman was detained on March 19 in Lubumbashi, the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Along with him, the security forces arrested the head of the AFTRADE company, Aleh Vodchyts, and the Italian entrepreneur P
aolo Persico. The wife of the latter confirmed that he had been detained.
Zingman is not just an ordinary exporter of Belarusian machinery to African countries. He is an honorary consul of Zimbabwe in Belarus and often accompanies the head of the Presidential Administration, Viktar Sheiman, on his trips to Africa.
What is known about the detained Belarusians?
The media of some African countries often call Zingman an adviser to Lukashenka s aide, meaning exactly Viktar Sheiman. Together with Sheiman, the businessman used to attend official meetings in Zimbabwe and Zambia.
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Alexander Zingman and Paolo Persico arrived in Zimbabwe after being released.
The Italian Paolo Persico, owner of Super Agro Trading, was detained in the south of the DR Congo for the last 12 days.
He and two other businessmen of Belarusian origin, Alexander Zingman and Oleg Vodchits, were not charged. I was very much concerned about what could happen to me or my relatives when I was in Congo, in that detention centre, because no evidence was presented. We didn t know at all why we were there, we were put there by force, so we didn t go what was going on , Zingman said.
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