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''Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta'' (''BDG''; English: "Belarusian Business Newspaper") is a now-defunct, business-oriented daily newspaper based in Minsk, Belarus, known for its criticisms of President Alexander Lukashenko's government. ==Kalinkina's editorship== In 2003, its editor was Svetlana Kalinkina. The paper began to publish reports and features critical of Lukashenko's government, including a series on the trial of Vikto Kazeko, former director of the state food company, a story on the corruption trial of former Minsk Tractor Works director Mikhail Leonov, and a poll asking readers whether Lukashenko should be allowed to have his presidential plane for personal use. Reporter Iryna Khalip's articles on official corruption led to a brief suspension of the newspaper's printing rights for "insulting the honor and dignity of the president". Soon the paper was reportedly subject to a campaign of official harassment, including "politically motivated tax inspections, death threats and detentions". Belarus's Information Ministry began to harass any printer that agreed to work with the paper, forcing ''BDG'' to print in Smolensk, Russia. The print edition of ''BDG'' had largely disappeared from Belarus by September 2004, leaving only the website.〔 Kalinkina then took a leave of absence from the paper to work against a national referendum that would eliminate presidential term limits, allowing Lukashenko to serve indefinitely. The referendum passed, and Kalinkina took a new position at ''Narodnaya Volya''.〔 In 2004, the Committee to Protect Journalists awarded Kalinkina its International Press Freedom Award, "an annual recognition of courageous journalism", for her work with ''BDG''.〔 The award citation praised her "critical reporting on various government abuses" in the face of "years of legal and bureaucratic harassment from Belarusian authorities". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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