Storyteller Prakapovich

The authorities have lost the last rags of decency. Yesterday the chairman of the National Bank of Belarus Pyotr Prakapovich again scandalized Belarusians by the fantastic nature of the official statistic data. The chief banker of the country told without a trace of embarrassment that in January-September this year inflation reached 5.4%, or 0.6% a month. The question arises: maybe Prakapovich receives all food from a closed distribution network of the Soviet type, where all items in short supply were extremely cheap? What other explanation could be for his not knowing that prices for milk and meat have grown by 40% over these years (even Prime Minister Sidorski has admitted that). We are paying by 23.1% more for electricity and by 23% more for gas now. The utilities bills have gone up by 10.1%, public transport services by 15.1 per cent, taxi costs have grown by 20%, butter has become more expensive by 80%, and vegetable oil price has grown twice!