Bumping an 11 year old thread might not be too much help. Plenty of people have been to Minsk - there are some threads in the Europe forum of FT e.g. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/europ...sk-update.html (a bit dated now)

In Your Pocket is usually the most up to date online resource: http://www.inyourpocket.com/data/download/minsk.pdf

Lonely Planet is pretty poor on Belarus as a rule. The best, most comprehensive guide book is probably Bradt which is now in its second edition (but not cheap).