Finance ministry official arrested over graft in Minsk

The police have detained in Minsk an assistant director of the Information and Analytical Center at the Ministry of Finance.
He is charged with mediating a graft from a local firm. $11,000 that he was seeking were allegedly needed for his director. The money was bribed in order to facilitate an underground parking rental agreement.

According to Interfax news agency, the bribe was eventually received by the former director of the information center who had resigned from his position several weeks before.