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Consumers dashed to a Minsk hypermarket on Saturday after learning the prices were not revalued after 'Black Friday'.
The private news agency Belapan's websites Naviny.by and Belapan.com are not available, and any official explanations are yet to follow.
The popular website is closed down for violating trade ministry's regulations.
Minsk Province Court has pronounced its decision today.
The prosecutor has demanded to imprison him for 6 years.
The website is inaccessible in Belarus but is working fine abroad.
Belarus introduces 30 percent commission fee for purchase of foreign currencies.
It used to be the only way to buy foreign currency without queuing until the morning of December 19.
Ales Lyauchuk has been summoned to the police by phone.
