Ex-KGB colonel: Navumau was powerful political player

Former KGB officer Valery Kostka told ERB that Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumau was dismissed because he became a powerful political player. Kostka linked Navumau's resignation on Monday to power struggle, noting that the interior minister did not belong to the team that has taken over key positions in the Lukashenka government.

 

He says that Navumau was set up when he was put in charge of an investigation into the July 2008 bomb explosion, stressing that the case should have been given to the KGB.

 

"In addition, I believe that Navumau became a powerful political player in our society. He was respected by police officers. The Belarusian leader does not tolerate when someone powerful emerges on the political scene," Kostka said.