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No Bla-Bla
Svyatlana Kalinkina

A businessman who is still at large is asked to comment on criminal cases of those already imprisoned.

Director General of Henkel Bautechnik Siarhei Navitski was asked to say something about sentence to Aliaksandr Murayou and arrest of Aliaksandr Knyrovich.

And his comments are

as follows: "Decision regarding Murayou is delivered and there is nothing to comment on. And we should wait for any results in Knyrovich's case."

We will wait for results and then read point No. 1. Great! As soon as the turn of Navitsky comes, he will surely call his own words in mind.

Moreover, Siarhei Navitski is not an example. He is, on the contrary, an exception. The business reaction is different on sensational cases.

First, the Knyrovich's case. Well, I'm sorry for speaking in a roundabout way.

Do you remember "Nose" by Gogol? A man woke up without a nose. He was scared. How to live without a nose? How to live? How to get married? ... And nose feeling significant even without his master walks on his own for different places...

We were explained that Gogol had written about problems of a no-one important and were asked to write an essay about those problems. And did not understand a thing. What the hell? But we scribbled something.

Splitters could wonder - why did censorship lay on that "crap"? What is awful in this slightly creepy, but harmless fantasy? Why first was it forbidden and then the author asked to rewrite it carefully? There can be seen no mere acute political issue.

It turns out there was.

The thing is that in the Gogol's time everyone knew what the story was about when speaking about the nose. The expression "to give the bag to hold or to make a fool of somebody" is still commonly used. Here the "nose" is used in sense to "hold". If your nose is not accepted, in other words, - the bribe is abandoned - the issue is not resolved and you're given the bag to hold. If you're not offered a bribe, it is also a problem. In general, people knew what Gogol wrote about then. It is the same situation there is no need to explain about Kolya's father, Drazdy dwellers, kick-back and so on. Well, a subtle political satire appeared under pen of Nikolai Vasilievich. And everyone perfectly understood it.

But now it is about Knyrovich. Words "bidding process" and "utility services owe to him $1.5 million" are a good reason for his arrest for informed people. How is it possible that a utility service should pay a commercial company this sum? It is easier to put him behind bars.

Let bureaucrats invite tenders and say a businessman: "Guy, you owe to us!" this is why they got involved in the public service.

The irony of it is that a week before the arrest on Facebook Aliaksandr Knyrovich wrote about a tender invited by schools of rich Salihorsk. So, the educational institution informs a supplier of building materials is being chosen to repair bathrooms, and will be paid in... 360 days. That is, a year later.

It would be better if they wrote at once "no payment at all".

"When you call there, they say they have no money now and it is unknown whether it is done this year or not done at all," Aliaksandr Knyrovich clarified for really dull.

Crap! Impudence! That's impossible! But this is how the state cooperates with private business. It may either pay or not.

It was not Knyrovich who worked like that!!! This is how the entire business operates!!! And the word "tender" means as much as the "nose" for those who is informed.

And now we will talk about Murayou.

How is it possible to come up with an idea to try a businessman for non-fulfillment of a business-plan? The state sold the plant, got money, and then accused the businessman of non-compliance with the business-plan. It is like you buy an apartment and former owners come to you and make orders to do this or that, otherwise, we will try you...

What does this non-compliance with the business plan mean? Aliaksandr Lukashenka had a business plan as well. All-Belarusian People's Assembly approved it, he signed and promised the Belarusians the average salary of one thousand dollars. And he failed. Will we try him?

Promised $20 million were invested in the plant. Even a young prosecutor recognized it after the verdict to Murayou. But later this money was allegedly shared between other companies of Murayou. Is this a crime? The businessman put his money from one pocket to another. What is his fault? He had that right. Why should the state care?

And if it is a crime, let me remind you the situation at the latest press conference with Lukashenka. When an orator "needled" Anatol Kapski, head of BATE plant and football club. Like the plant gives money to the club. And Kapski said without hesitation that, on the contrary, the club helped the plant.

If that was a crime, why not to take Kapsky's arms right in the press-conference hall, moreover, that had been confession. Murayou spent not public money, Kapsky ran the state-owned enterprise. It means that he plays with public money. But they failed to see a crime. We did not see it at all!

Well, no bla-bla! You'd better to say nothing of conditions for business, justice, safety... It is like Gogol wrote about ordinary nose. But these informed know what the story is about.

Svyatlana Kalinkina, belaruspartisan.org

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