Posted on 08/09/2021 4:58:51 AM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
Belarus preserved its economy by abandoning the idea of a curfew amid the pandemic, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday.
"We didn’t go crazy and didn’t impose a curfew as was demanded of us," he said.
Due to this, Lukashenko believes, it was possible to maintain the pace of economic development. "The foundation of what is happening in the economy in the first half of the year was laid when we did not stop the economy, when we did not force people into four walls, when we developed a clear approach to treating people: the outpatient stage, the clinical stage, and the sanatorium stage - providing rehabilitation for people," he added.
At the same time, he drew attention to the fact that this approach required rather large funds. "Name at least one rich state that chose this way, this is a lot of money, but people are more important," Lukashenko said.
Lukashenko also spoke about the emergency measures the state was taking in the fight against coronavirus. "Within a week we switched the economy to manufacturing means of protection," he said, adding that the surplus of such products had to be exported.
As a result, in conditions when "the decline in global GDP was colossal," the economy of Belarus lost only 0.1-0.2% in 2020, the president noted. "And today we have added 3.5% to this high level of 2020. These are good figures for us," he stressed.
This Past April:
Russian President Vladimir Putin focused on the issue of an assassination attempt on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko prepared by US intelligence agencies in a call with US President Joe Biden, Lukashenko said aired by the ONT television channel on Saturday....
“I’ll tell you more. I am grateful to Putin. When he was talking with Biden, he asked him this question. Gurgling and no answer. Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin] called me and told me about this when I arrived from Azerbaijan,” he added.
(Gurgling, and no answer) sounds like Biden.
Besides being a dictatorship, 80% of the citizens of Belarus work for the government.
“Lukashenko is a fascist dictator.”
Ok, so he’s no better than what we’re living under. What’s the big deal?
Lukashenko is actively trafficking third world “refugees” into Europe (Lithuania, and from there on who knows) as payback for sanctions against his country.
No, not even close.
Released prisoners show results of beatings in Belarusian prisons.
"“Former detainees told us that detention centres have become torture chambers, where protesters are forced to lie in the dirt while police kick and beat them with truncheons. They described being stripped naked and subjected to sadistic beatings while listening to the screams of other victims. These are people whose only “crime” was to take to the streets in peaceful protest. What we are seeing in Belarus is a human rights catastrophe that demands urgent action.”
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/08/belarus-mounting-evidence-of-a-campaign-of-widespread-torture-of-peaceful-protesters/
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