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Lead: 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. ....
Lead: This right has been granted to the company for 8 years. Alyaksandr Lukashenka has issued a decree granting the company Energo-OIL the exclusive right to import non-smokable tobacco products (heated tobacco HEETS ). The document has been published on the National Legal Portal. It is said that the decree was signed in order to create additional conditions for the circulation of tobacco products . Thus, the company will become the only importer of non-smoking tobacco products used in IQOS systems in Belarus. Energo-OIL is the official distributor of Philip Morris International tobacco products in Belarus. It also launched sales of IQOS systems in the country in 2019. In addition, the company is the single Belarusian operator for the sale of tobacco products of JSC Grodno Tobacco Factory Neman . ....
Lead: In January 202, exports of Belarusian gasoline to Ukraine amounted to 77 thousand tons 60% more than in January 2020. For comparison, in 2019, Belarus supplied the same amount of fuel to Ukraine in two months. We are talking about large sums. By the end of last year, a ton of Belarusian motor fuel cost Ukraine from $380 to $420, depending on the type. This means that the cost of all the gasoline supplied in January may exceed $30 million. But not all of this money goes to Naftan and Mazyr refineries. Part of it settles with the exporters. And here begins the most interesting part. ....