Alexander Lukashenko

Since the beginning of 2013, the population of Belarus has grown by 1662 people, up to 9 million 465 thousand 500.

The detained Uralkali CEO will remain under house arrest.

The other CIS Presidents have also been invited.

The Belarusian President claimed it at a press conference of the heads of CIS member states.

"Alyaksandr Ryhoravich has everything under control in the torture-chamber behind the wall," the Russian president joked.

On October 24-25, Minsk will host the sessions of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and the Council of Heads of CIS member states.

The Belarus president is convinced there will be many arguments when preparing the Eurasian Economic Union agreement.

The parties have already discussed via telephone the situation with the Uralkali CEO who is staying under house arrest in Minsk.

The press office of the Kyrgyz president does not elucidate on why Almazbek Atambayev is absent in the Belarusian capital ahead of economic summit.