From the Financial Times:
The
“Potash War” between Russia and Belarus
took an unexpected turn on Monday when Russian police launched a probe
into the financial dealings of Vladislav Baumgertner, CEO of Russian
fertiliser group
Uralkali, in a move that could result in his extradition to Russia.
Mr Baumgertner
is under house arrest in Minsk,
the Belarusian capital, following the collapse of a price-fixing cartel
between Uralkali and Belaruskali, the two largest world players in
potash. He was
arrested in Minsk when he flew in on the invitation of Belarus’s prime minister in August....
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