From “lice-bitten fleas” and “blood-sucking leeches” to the calls not to steal and not to be scum.
An astonishing confession made by Lukashenka ten years ago has been reported recently thanks to the column of Viktar Zhuk, published in the business media “Man of Business”, Solidarity writes.
- Do you know that I am the first Belarusian businessman? - Lukashenka asked him after the press-conference with the chief editors.
According to Lukashenka, in 1985 Gorbachev allowed lease contracts, and he was the first who implemented this system in the state-owned farm “Haradzets” in the republic.
Let us recall how the attitude of the “first businessman in Belarus” to entrepreneurs has transformed within the 24 years of his sole rule.