And all other countries envy us - Lukashenko’s experts on the benefits of the epidemic
On the day when Belarus took first place in the world in terms of the growth rate of the number of people infected with coronavirus (+39%), political scientists close to the authorities simultaneously spoke about the advantages of life without quarantine.
“I looked through the Russian media. It can be seen that some gentlemen are already crushed by the fact that in Belarus people can calmly breathe fresh air and the system is still coping with the epidemiological challenge,” writes Alexander Shpakovsky on his Facebook.
He repeats Lukashenko’s thesis that abandoning quarantine will save the country’s economy, and accuses Russian oligarchs of wanting to buy up Belarusian assets for next to nothing.
“The losses would have been much greater if, in panic, the authorities had decided to shut down the economy and place millions of people under house arrest. In this regard, I imagine how at the end of the year our oligarchic friends would kick my unfortunate Motherland, buying for next to nothing everything that “this collective farmer” does not give to the master. But Minsk again chose to “die standing,” Shpakovsky summed up pathetically.
Another Belarusian political scientist Pyotr Petrovsky shares his impressions of visiting Paris, which he liked much less than his native Minsk.
“So I traveled around Europe and found practically nothing attractive. The contrast is especially shocking when you fly from Minsk to Paris. The capital of Belarus has wide streets, spacious squares, a well-kept subway, facades in excellent condition, cleanliness and order everywhere, no street traders or hanging around criminals.
In Paris everywhere, homeless people sleep right on the sidewalks, cramped and dirty subways, tiny rooms and corridors in their homes, shabby facades, narrow streets with heaps of garbage and streaks of dried urine on broken asphalt, dark-skinned people annoyingly try to smuggle in souvenirs of the Eiffel Tower, on the outskirts everything and everything is covered in graffiti.
The coronavirus has sharpened these comparative thoughts to the utmost. In “free” France, if you don’t go out for a walk because of quarantine, you’ll be fined! In “totalitarian” Belarus there are no quarantines or curfews - walk as much as you want! Where is Europe really, and where is the scoop?!” Petrovsky wrote on his Facebook.
And all the other countries envy us – Lukashenko's experts on the benefits of the epidemic