Who does pay for the show?

Officials play the shrinking violet.

Here are only few officials of the first echelon mentioned who have been recently noted in breaking news.

The other day Lukashenka ostensibly dug up 70 sacks of potatoes in the territory of the residence, Salidarnasc reminds.

Such reports, certainly, are remembered for long. There are some other details of his life that are still fresh in people's memory. His watch costs 52 times more than that of the current US President; Boeing bought at the height of the crisis; Maybach presented "by a Russian person".

In the midst of currency crisis in 2011 Nadzeya Yermakova, Head of Belarusbank at that time, stated:

- I have no dollars and do not go to a currency exchange office. I do not need it. I had no currency in 90s, the same situation is now. Yes, we have imported shoes, yes, it will be more expensive. There is nothing awful. We will wear one pair of shoes instead of two.

But hot news show that the ex-Chairman of the National Bank has much currency. It is known that her house in Drazdy was rented out for $6000 a month. Besides, it is not the only cottage in the district.

Peter Prakapovich, predecessor of Yermakova in the National Bank, who earned the dubious distinction merit of one of the authors of devaluation in 2011 managed to build up two houses in Drazdy.

Maryianna Shchetkina, Minister of Labour and Social Protection, achieved notoriety with her advice how to earn for living:

- We see that 93% of Belarusians work at one job. But if mother takes care of children, then let father get out of a mess.

Shchetkina, as well as other high officials, builds up a house in Drazdy. Journalists estimated that a Belarusian with average salary would have to work for 184 years to build up such housing.

Minister of Energy Uladzimir Patupchyk, as majority of high officials, ostensibly appears in the public. For example, he plants trees during a nation-wide subbotnik. He is also the owner of elite housing in Minsk.