RUSSIA: PROTEST OVER BELARUSSIAN PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS IN PARLIAMENT

Russian/Nat A group of deputies stormed out of Russia’s parliament Wednesday to protest against an address by the Belarussian President. Alexander Lukashenko - whose hardline style has raised concern both at home and abroad - was due to press the parliament to back closer integration between Russia and Belarus. The deputies, mostly from the reformist Yabloko faction, accused Lukashenko of turning Russia’s parliament into a public relations circus ahead of a controversial referendum in Belarus later