Juche ideas from Lukashenka

The Belarusian dictator wants to drive Belarus into poverty and isolation.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka said the country’s leadership would not allow massive privatization of state-owned entities in spite of economic problems.

“No gangster-like sell-out in the country. None, neither MAZ, nor Belkali, BelAZ, or BMZ, none of them will be sold without my knowledge,” Lukashenka noted at a sitting on the current situation on the monetary and consumer markets.

“In this pot of panic, media and some foreign politicians began to shout and even formed a queue: Lukashenka starts selling assets of most liquid enterprises tomorrow. They even called the sum - $7.5bn,” he said.

“I will not say a single asset at this price,” the dictator underlined.

Russian and Western media must be expelled

The dictator accused a number of foreign media, including Russian ones, of stirring up panic over the situation on foreign cash and consumer markets and said they may be closed down in Belarus.

“The Russian media were the most hysterical. I monitored “our” foreign media, which became main working there due to the presidential administration, and foreign media. I will not say which in order not to raise their ratings. But do everything to make sure those media are no longer present on our territory. It’s not because we want them to shut up, but because I saw the panic came from them,” Lukashenka said.

Labour camps for all: Firing for being caught in a shop

The Belarusian dictator demanded to tighten control over labour discipline.

“From now on, the State Control Committee, government, governors are authorized to solve the problems of the consumer market, discipline and order at enterprises and in the country,” he said.

“I urge not to complain to me that the State Control Committee, police, or other bodies were fulfilling instructions of the president to control labor discipline and caught someone shopping when he or she was supposed to be at a construction site, at plant or factory,” Lukashenka warned. “Do not wait for any orders, fire such people immediately,” he demanded.

Russia gives too little

Lukashenka said the situation in the country was influenced, among others, by unequal economic conditions in the Customs Union.

“This year, gas prices for us are higher than for Germany. Let’s thank our brotherly Russia for this,” he noted.

Besides, the dictator said: “We spend a lot to buy oil. We were promised that we would not have any customs fees after ratifying all documents on the Customs Union. But we still have customs fees.”

“It is called in other way now, bonuses for companies or something like that, but it is higher than one third of the custom duty,” the president noted. “This creates unequal conditions for our producers and those from Russia and Kazakhstan.”