A Swedish human rights organisation Ostgruppen has [called on] the Industry Minister Maud Olofsson...to do everything possible to make Swedish business “not to contribute to repressions in Belarus”. The grounds for such an appeal of Swedish human rights watchdogs was a statement of the board of directors of TeliaSonera company, who bought shares of Belarusian BeST [Belarus Telecommunication Network – trading name life:)] mobile network operator through Turkish Turkcell. Swedish human rights activists believe that it is highly possible Belarusian authorities use telecommunication networks to intercept information and spy upon political opponents, especially during elections. Ostgruppen does not exclude that TeliaSonera could contribute to the Belarusian regime in this area.