Lukashenko Hunts Down Foes from “Himvolokno” :: Charter'97 :: News

In course of the September 3 working trip to the Gomel region Alexander Lukashenko exposed to harsh criticism the leadership of the Svetlogorsk company “Himvolokno”. Having listened to the report of the “Himvolokno’s” director general Nikolai Markov about the state of affairs at his company, Lukashenko pointed out some shortcomings in their work and reminded them about the institution of legal proceedings against some of the “Himvolokno” staffers, who contributed to a large degree to the waste of state funds. According to BELTA, Lukashenko also instructed the controlling bodies to examine the “Himvolokno’s” financial expenditures on the purchase of raw materials, as well as to analyze the effectiveness of their performance.

Manufacture of the 60% of all Svetlogorsk commodity falls on “Himvolokno”. Lately the company faced rather complex situation: there emerged problems with manufacture and sales. In order to solve them it is necessary to reconstruct all of the manufacture. The specialists say that they will need around $60mln for the purpose.