"So Where Is That Money And Our Belarusian Goods?"

The money for modernization, as always, was spread around in their pockets.

How I love to receive gifts from home. This invisible connection with the Motherland, the energy of Belarus fills my heart with joy, positivity and just the understanding that we, emigrants, are remembered and welcomed in our homeland," reader Valentina wrote to Charter97.org.

I unpack the parcel, inhale the aroma of the Motherland and feel the softness of the towels bought in the store "Lyanok", where I regularly went in Minsk to decorate my apartment with new beautiful things. And by old habit I look at what, where and when it was made of. Here my heart was pierced by an arrow.

Production Tajikistan, shipment to Yekaterinburg, from there to Belarus, date of manufacture - 2019. The only thing that pleased - natural composition (100% cotton).

This story leaves only one question: where are the products of our Orsha factory? Where are these Rechitsa fabrics? And where are the products of Minsk worsted mill and Baranovichi cotton association? So much money has been invested in this industry in recent years! So where is this money and our domestic goods?

I had two hypotheses: as they say, the optimist's view and the pessimist's view. The optimist in me says that our good products are sold abroad. But through the eyes of a pessimist I see that, apparently, the money for modernization, as always, has been plundered, pocketed, and the light industry continues to perish.

And no matter how much I would like to remain an optimist, common sense convinces me otherwise. And Belarusians can sell illiquid goods from Tajikistan. The main thing - through a well-known store in the center of the capital.

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