Belarus will Require The 'unemployed' To Pay a fine of $250 For Not Working .

Belarus will Require The 'unemployed' To Pay a fine of $250 For Not Working. (rferl).

A new measure adopted by Belarus says people who work less than half the year will have to pay the government for their idleness.

The Belarusian parliament on May 6 passed the proposal by authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka. It requires work-capable people who work less than 183 days a year to pay an annual fine of $250. 

Disabled people, pensioners, and people with young children are exempt.

A statement from the parliament, where the measure passed by a vote of 100-2, said "it's necessary to stimulate citizens who are capable of work and ensure they fulfill their constitutional obligation to take part in financing state expenditures."


Labor Minister Marianna Shchetkina told the parliament the measure would be temporary. Hmmmm.....Memories of the good old USSR come back .

Putin, Lukashenko and 'mini luka' Arrive for Last Stage of Military Exercise.

The last Sovjet era Dictator who threatened to use nuclear waepons on the West at the fall of the USSR.

Putin, Lukashenko and 'mini luka' Arrive for Last Stage of Military Exercise.(RN).

(Kaliningrad region), September 26 – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, arrived on Thursday at a testing range in western Russia for the final stage of an extensive exercise conducted by the two countries’ militaries.
The heads of state arrived at the Khmelevka range on Russia’s Baltic Sea coast aboard the same helicopter. The six-day exercise, code-named Zapad (West), has been held every two years since 2009.
Khmelevka is 12 kilometers (seven miles) north of Baltiisk, the main base of Russia’s Baltic Fleet.
The presidents were welcomed at the helicopter pad by the chief of Russia’s General Staff, Valery Gerasimov. Lukashenko was accompanied by his youngest son, Nikolai, dressed in military uniform.
This year’s exercise has about 12,000 Russian and 200 Belarusian servicemen, 180 combat vehicles, including 10 tanks, as well as 10 ships from Russia’s Baltic Fleet and 40 aircraft.

Putin's 'Attack dog' ....The Russian version of ASSAD.