60,000 Entrepreneurs Embarked on Strike by 1p.m. :: Charter'97 :: News

According to the preliminary data, at 1p.m., Minsk time, at least 60 thousand entrepreneurs went on strike in Minsk, Charter’s press-center was told by the chairman of the Striking committee of entrepreneurs of Belarus Valery Levonevsky. The number of strikers is on the rise. A countrywide entrepreneurial protest is held within the framework of the national campaign People’s March “For Better Life!”.

Today the Minsk marketplaces “Tractor”, “Akvabel”, “Chervensky”, as well as trade centers “Zerkalo”, “Palace of sports” and “Parking” halted their business operations. The country’s largest commodity market “Dynamo” is totally empty. Few still sell at “Impulse”, while “Kupalovsky” is totally closed. Sellers of foodstuffs at “Komarovka” joined the strike, but as far as their stuff can get spoiled soon, many of them began trade.

Most of “Zhdanovichi” tradesmen also skip trading today, just like the retailers from Grodno, Mogilev, Gomel, Vitebsk, Svetlogorsk, Rogachev, Mozyr, Borisov, Baranovichi, Zhlobin, Pinsk, Soligorsk, Novopolotsk, Volkovysk, Berezy, Petrikov. This evening, as you know, Minsk will host the People’s March “For Better Life!”, which the striking entrepreneurs will join too. The action will start at 6p.m. at the Yakub Kolas square.