December

2000

From the editors

Dear businessmen!

Once again we congratulate you with New 2001!

As we have already informed: the national strike of businessmen will pass from 1.01.2001 till 5.01.2001 inclusively. The strike is to be hold at any coincidence. Can the businessmen, specially, from Minsk maintain and show solidarity? This action is a check. Are businessmen today ready to realise large national strike per five days? Today different provocateurs from state trade unions and some false "leaders" will persuade you not to strike. Do not trust them. They work off their "bread". Many from them are controlled by the authority. The levy of troops is realised very simply. Criminal and administrative business instituted against them are closed. For it they compliantly execute the commands. Pay attention: they are always against everything that we have done. What you should do, decide yourselves. We at any coincidence shall and in 2001 defend your rights and legitimate interests.

It is not a secret that a standard of life of the people of Belarus is one of lowest in Europe. What is the reason? We, probably, are the laziest in Europe? Are we the most incapable? No!

The reason that in Belarus the most unsuccessful model of the state development is presented. At the system of the state structure we have each member of our society can not realise the capabilities for the own value and for the value of the society. We, businessmen try on ourselves as the unreasoned legislative acts hold down the initiative of businessmen, prevent to develop successfully. It is clear that the policy of the government is directed not to increase a standard of life of the population but not to give somebody to

earn "superfluous". Our requirements to government are extreme clear and are laconic and we repeat them again. We say: establish reasonable taxes and we them shall pay. We say: remove army of the inspectors-parasites who do nothing, they only prevent businessmen to work. We say: if each of us is richer then the society in the whole will be the richer. There is a question on expediency of the total control above everybody and everywhere. We state that the today's control system and fine sanctions are irrational. If the businessmen who have just started to work and who make hardly both ends meet are expropriated the last for any imaginary breaches under a specious excuse there is a question: «What government has created such laws? In whose concerns does it act?» in our country one loves to take everything away and to share it. We would like to tell all who invent such laws: «Sirs, anything in the country will not be added, if you take away for one beggar and to give it another! Make it possible for everyone who is capable to earn and then something in this country will change».

We try to achieve this by our actions of the protest. The editors of the bulletin are sure that in 2001 we shall achieve a lot. The success depends only on our cohesion.

We wish you all good health and the businessmen’s success in 2001.

The information message

       December 20, 2000 at "The Collective-farm" market of Brest two representatives of the Belorussian Trade union of Businessmen were arrested by the employees of militia for distribution of the trade-union literature. The fact itself is common, our representatives are arrested at this market weekly. There is another more Interesting fact: these members of the trade union are included into the team of Valery Levonevsky and were judged in the court of Brests which is situated at…Levonevsky street, 1.

Such are cases.

29.12.2000 in Grodno within the framework of the charitable action «Our city» «New Year's holiday» was organised for children from needy families, families where a lot of children are brought up and from the children's house. Children liked performance in the Puppet Theatre of Grodno very much. At the end of the holiday children have got gifts - sweets, oranges, tangerines etc. The children's house of a mixed type (63 children) has got also a box of bananas. In total more than 240 gifts were given to children. New Year's holiday was organised at the expense of means of the Belorussian Trade union of Businessmen (BTUB) and Grodno businessmen. Women from the Grodno branch of the Belorussian Organisation of the Working Women, trade union of the workers - women JC "Alforma", Grodno female organisation «The Spring of Mercy» took active part to prepare a nice holiday.

Those who would like to take part in the charitable action «Our city», hand things, food for needy families and families where a lot of children are brought up can address to Grodno Stefan Batory street 8-330 (the hotel “Neman”) tel. (0152) 44-14-33, tel./fax (0152) 31-30-62, pager (0152) 73-00-00 subscriber 95200.

29.12.2000

The chairman of organising committee of the action «Our City»

Valery Levonevsky

Question - answer

Question: some businessmen say that V. Levonevsky use businessmen for his political career. And as soon as he comes to the office he will forget businessmen.

Answer: One who says it is either a provocateur or a man who is not aware of history "of entering" of the businessman V. Levonevsky into the politics. V. Levonevsky was one of the first businessmen in Grodno region. If to be precise, he was the seventeenth. Under such number he was given his first testimony of the businessman. And originally he combined the work of the engineer, study and business, bring up 4 children and asked nothing from the state. In 1996 the state on behalf of A. Lukashenko began "war" against the businessmen. V. Levonevsky created a number of public organisations and trade unions to protect the rights of businessmen. In 1998 the team of Valery Levonevsky came to a conclusion that the key of problems of businessmen lies in the absence of political will of resolution of problems of small and mean business. Then the Strike Committee of the businessmen accepted The Solution on "entering" of businessmen to the politics at all levels: local and republican. This activity will continue for 5-20 years. First "results" have already been got. More than 15 members of parliament in the National assembly of the Republic of Belarus – representatives of our of interests (there were no one earlier). The more people connected with business will be in bodies of state power and control the faster we solve our problems. And today’s candidates in the presidents almost everything except for M. Chigir are full "valenki" in business. They are former party apparatchiks and comsomol workers. Therefore we create the team to participate in the presidential election. One of the main directions of the Program of Valery Levonevsky is a substantial development of small and mean business. If our problems nobody wants to decide, then we shall decide them having re-elected government bodies.

New Year's store

Dear friends, I would like that all New Year's holidays pass for you as good as it is possible (is obtained from the Internet).

Having collected the lasting centuries-old experience I open a heading of the advice. If you want to learn how to have a meal during New Year with the least losses for an organism how to keep New Year's tree for a long time, how not to get to a local police station in New Year's night etc. - read my advice. How should we have a meal with the least losses for an organism?

What is a holiday for us, especially New year? Certainly, first of all, a table full of dishes cooking of which is met with the whole procession. Many from us are guided by the principle having the dialogue with the table "Let me feel bad, but I shall taste everything, eat everything". And very frequently for the subsequent 2-3 days we feel really bad. There is some advice how to taste everything with the least losses for an organism:

In the morning and during the day of December 31 it is better not to eat heavy food. Eat only fruit and salads from fresh vegetables – as many as you like. As a last resort, for dinner it is possible to eat any kasha on water or some nuts and sunflower seeds.

We got used to start the celebratory table from composite hors d'oevres. It would be better not to eat them. It is better to change salads with mayonnaise, herring under a fur coat, and pickling by a salad from fresh vegetables with olive oil or lemon juice. The easier hors d'oevres is the lighter your stomach more will overdo the hot food.

If you are tempted by "olivie", before acceptance of the main celebratory dish it will be necessary to dance or simply to have a rest from meal for an hour or 1,5. From smoked meat, saline fish, pickles it is difficult to refuse. "Never" - you will tell. So, try to eat these products according to the rule "a slice of meat - sheet of salad".

The constant use of fresh vegetables and fruit should become the law of New Year's table - in this case your stomach will overdo celebratory abundance very fast.

If you an amateur of a national drink, vodka, try to accept "the main dose" while you are eating the hot food. First of all, you will not get drunk for a long time, and secondly the vodka well absorbs fats - again advantage.

From sweets it is better to prefer puddings, mousses and ice-cream. If you decide to eat a piece of a pie, cake, it is better to take all this with a turf tea with mint – it will overdo faster.

How should we meet New Year not to appear in the local police station?!

New year is met twice: at work and house. In a holiday people drink all. The vodka is that unites us, it is our liquid national idea. It means that in the name of national unity it is necessary to learn to move at streets in a way not to get in a foot of enemies of national unity with rubber truncheons and militia tags on jackets. How should we learn this?

There is a national sign: "You may take a lot of vodka but you will run to buy it for the second time”. Always there will be a vigilant man who having suspected that the vodka finishes will tell: “Should we send a herald?.." Suddenly you will become a herald. Therefore try to calculate the purchasing of all necessary to celebrate New year, so that it would not be necessary once again to leave the home when you are drunk.

If you are going to leave the house, remember: you should be in clothes recalling the overcoat. The algorithm is simple - scarf should be one, the cap also one, gloves are indispensable two – according to the quantity of dressed extremities. Do the same with the footwear: carefully enumerate the quantity of boots in the hall and select two for yourself. Now you can go.

The employees of militia (ments), according to researches, are subdivided into two sub-species: streetwalkers and heat-loving. A streetwalker is packaged into a short fur coat and valenki, the collar is raised. Thus, the field of view of ambient space for him is limited, the speed of excursion is minimum. By him it is easy to creep, not losing thus feelings of own advantage. And, in general, he does not want to talk with you. Nevertheless, it is necessary to remember that a ment put into the fur coat under the charter is obliged to look forward and into the distance therefore the safest way to pass him is not to stand on legs and vice-versa to overcome dangerous space on all fours keeping as closer to a ment’s valenki with galoshes as it is possible. A heat-loving ment sits in the underground a stone's throw away from his den where his friend is usually hidden. This sub-species is quicker, that is why he is dangerous. By street ment all who meet New Year is recommended to pass keeping silence and separately. You should show by your appearance that in now you are far from the full condition: you execute humanitarian mission of a herald. In the underground all who meet are recommended to drive through the tourniquet that is far from an the entrance for the exempts - it is grazed by a militiaman.

If you do not manage to follow all our guidelines and the guards of the order all the same will stop you in the street or in the underground, it is necessary to listen what goats you are in silence and agree immediately. All who meet New Year are forbidden to be explained with ments in love and friendship and also to complain of crisis, non-disbursement or reduction of the salaries, cold weather.

"Press" on man's solidarity: say, you had a row with the wife, she expelled you on a frost not to be so drunk and if you now vanish till morning - family life will come to the end. But it: will do if you are able to talk. If you know that are capable to be disconnected an any moment, beforehand put a touching note in a pocket of a coat: "Excuse me, I am drunk! To bring my unfeeling body home, I ask to ring up on such telephone:"

How should we keep the New Year’s tree for a long time?

Yes, the New year is impossible without a wonderful beauty - New Year's tree, and New year and Old! If you want the character of a holiday to stand almost in the primordial state during all holidays at home, my guidelines are here and I know sense in it!

You have bought on the New Year’s market a living New Year's tree. Perfectly. Now before you put it in the warm room, it is necessary to leave it on a cold balcony for some time.

The dried rollers should fall, so knock the New Year's tree on the floor.

And now the most important thing - the mixture in which a tree will stand all holidays. My firm receipt:

Go to the nearest building-site and take there a bucket of sand. Do not take sand which lie near the road it is too dirty.

Dilute in one litre of water a tablet of Aspirinum and 4 chunks (4 tea spoons) of the sugar. Mix sand with this solution. In wet sand it is better to put the New Year's tree so that the bottom of shaft would be covered not less than on 20 centimetres.

New Year's toys, candles and cracker.

The New Year's holiday is inconceivable without crackers, fireworks and Bengal lights. Fortunately, now this goods can be found everywhere on the eve of the New Year. There are articles on any taste and purse.

Petards. It is the first group of fiery surprises. They are cheap, but give "startling" noise effect. There are connections of small petards which give an effect of an automatic sequential queue at detonating.

Salutes and rockets. The second group which is popular - battery of salutes. The box containing from 20 up to 200 mini rockets will shoot them one by one on an altitude up to 15 meters. The choice of them is extremely wide: both green sheaves of flashes and magenta spheres in the sky. One titles that cost: "The Queen of birds" (90 handsets one by one reject whistling stars), "Dragon and Fenix" (unusually beautiful magenta salute), "The Red banner on snow top" - red hairy luminous stars, "Roman candles" - from 4 up to 80 miscellaneous fiery balls fly to the sky.

Rockets are about same as battery of salutes, but in single copies. The altitude of their flight is larger: up to 500 meters, the detonating is more colourful. Most of all salutes and rockets approach for holidays in the large company.

Fountains. They are very smart. They are manual, ground-level, put on table. Those which are put on table are the smallest. They are put on the table, and the small sheaf of flame (5-10 cm) fly from them. Besides the fireworks which are put on the table blast out with souvenirs of the thoughtless contents. For example, "Bag with money" will throw out a heap of false money of an unknown country.

The manual fountains or false fireworks are plastic handsets with string. Take a false fireworks in an arm, jerk for a string and from a handset a spray of a multicoloured flame starts to beat. For example, "allegory" - "Prometey giving light to people".

A ground-level fountain is the same aggregate, but massive, with more solid fiery fountain.

Crackers and other small things.

To fill a table with confetti you can with the help of old kind crackers which now are presented very well.

Do not forget about well-known Bengal light. Perhaps, it has become an indispensable attribute of any New Year's celebration.

So the choice is great. As they say, petard to you in arms and with New year!