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The president of Belarus has sacked his air force and border security chiefs because a Swedish light plane managed to drop teddy bears into the country with labels calling for freedom.
President Alexander Lukashenko expressed fury over the incident, which happened on 4 July.
Only last week did the official media admit that it had actually happened.
Mr Lukashenko has cracked down hard on political opponents. His re-election in 2010 was marred by reports of abuses.
An official statement from the president's office on Tuesday said the Chairman of the State Border Committee, Maj Gen Igor Rachkovsky, and Air Defence Commander Maj Gen Dmitry Pakhmelkin had been dismissed for failing in their duties.