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Re:Belarus to create a regulatory environment for circulatio... by anorsich on Friday December 22, 2017 @07:16AM (#15986913)
We don't have oligarchs in Belarus :) Victor Prokopenia (https://www.facebook.com/viktor.prokopenya), one of the most famous investors and businessman from Belarus is the one who actually influenced these changes.
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Re:Belarus to create a regulatory environment for circulatio... by lowry on Friday December 22, 2017 @07:24AM (#15986949)
Victor Prokopenia was jailed in 2015 and detained for many months. Once he was released, he started consulting president's inner circles. This policy of carrot and stick is what prevents the appearance of oligarchs in Belarus. They are intimidated before they become too powerful to ignore. Very little information leaks about the reasons of such detentions and liberations.
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Re:Belarus to create a regulatory environment for circulatio... by ceasarby on Friday December 22, 2017 @08:31AM (#15987256)
The reasons are well known, budget needs money and rich people are good source of it.
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Re:Belarus to create a regulatory environment for circulatio... by bpicolo on Friday December 22, 2017 @10:49AM (#15988271)
That's a weird set of colleges attended. 7 degrees, with Stanford and Full Sail both in the mix?
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Re:Belarus to create a regulatory environment for circulatio... by anorsich on Friday December 22, 2017 @12:27PM (#15989175)
Victor often refers learning and education as his hobby.
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