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U.s. To Spend $24m On Belarus Democracy
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Posted by: Michel.S

Things will keep on getting hot in Belarus with the 2006 elections being closer.

Recently several persons from the Polish minority association have been arrested. There's an ongoing diplomatic crisis between Belarus and Poland over this.

President Bush has also met representative Aliaksey Yanukevich of the Belarusian opposition in Washington recently. So it comes as no surprise that :

The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Wednesday to earmark $24 million for promoting democracy, development of political parties and independent media in Belarus over the next two years, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.

The bill on financing the U.S. foreign policy in the years 2006-2007 was passed by 351 vs 78 votes, the House of Representatives Secretariat reported.

In particular, the document authorizes the U.S. government to spend $24 million on assistance in building democracy in the former Soviet republic of Belarus, promoting free elections, development of political parties and independent media, protection of human rights and ensuring rule of law in that country.