Leanid Zaika: I Feel Like Rubbing Officials’ Noses Into it

Guys, get down to work.

Strategy Analytical Center head Leanid Zaika spoke out on primus.by about the problems of domestic producers:

"I have been to Warsaw recently. You can buy trousers for $ 15, a shirt for $ 6 there. Aliaksandr, I bought three shirts for my son for $ 6 dollars each. Great quality. Tell me, what sort of shirt I should get for Kolia, I will definitely bring one.

Tell me, should we bring the directors of our enterprises to Poland? I would like to rub their noses into it, so that they could see it for themselves.

Guys, get down to work. Uladzimir Makei has taken on export tasks, for instance. Uladzimir, I have an idea – when you gather ambassadors, ask each of them to bring from their country a pair of shoes, some lingerie, clothes, medicines and a bottle of vodka.

Let them gather in the Palace of the Republic and let the stall with those items, about which I’m talking about, be next to each of them.

Uladzimir, even without Lukashenka's help, put all these on the stalls labelled with the prices, for which they were bought. Belarusian products would not be a patch on them. There is a large Karona store near the Palace of Lukashenka, so let’s just put them near the store. As for the background music, I’d recommend something soft. Like, Beethoven’s play-bagatel "To Elise." The classics. And no comments are needed," – the economist advised.