Uralkali CEO transferred from KGB prison under house arrest

The information that the Uralkali CEO was transferred under the house arrest has been provided by RIA Novosti with a reference to Baumgertner's Russian lawyer Alexey Basistov. Baumgertner's mother, who arrived to Minsk the day before hoping for a meeting with her son in the KGB detention center, was allowed to see him.

The Russian businessman was arrested in late August after the break-up between Uralkali and Belaruskali. later, the Belarusian authorities applied for the international investigation of the company's co-owner Suleiman Kerimov.

Most likely, Baumgertner's destiny was influenced by the decisions taken by the leaders of Belarus and Russia. Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrives to Belarus today. Russia's PM Dmitri Medvedev stated an intention to discuss the Russian businessman's case with Belarusian PM Mikhail Myasnikovich.

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