Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta
Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta (, BDG; English: "Belarusian Business Newspaper", ) was a business-oriented daily Russian-language 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 Viktor 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