Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst in the program “B for Belarus” on news, views, events and comments from Belarus (center of Europe by the way). Today the major theme of the program is “Belarus and security in the modern world. The most effective ways to ensure it”.

• Belarus as a country with a lot of policemen: 1442 per 100 thousand people. Why so many people in the uniform?
• Personal safety in Belarus: homicide rate – 78th place in the world, traffic deaths – 45th place in the world.
• Was Security conference in Minsk with the participation of A. Lukashenko about PR of the Belarusian regime or is it a statement of Belarus independence and its unique role on the security structure of Europe?
• According to Global Militarization Index Belarus ranks № 5 in Europe. Why is Belarus so militarized? What is it afraid of?
• Six pillars of soft power: government, enterprise, engagement, education, digital, culture. What are Belarus comparative advantages in these areas?

Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst in the program “B for Belarus” on news, views, events and comments from Belarus (center of Europe by the way).

• Today the major theme of the program is “Why Belarusians are gloomy and blue. An American in Minsk”
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n50AAoLrvtw&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0jmH3AkWMfaOsZyJGqVprd5L5joLfe_AeAEjHI1rH9IeLlGaD2sjAi-JQ
• Comparing this view with the views of an Englishman
  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo0u8amLqAqKIqAMWyRG5599UeXBN8r (Bald and bankrupt)
• what a foreigner can be impressed of in Minsk and in Belarus.
• Are Belarusians really blue and gloomy?
• Are impressions of male foreigners different from impressions of female foreigners in Belarus?
• monuments, granite, marble and cleanness as a way to divert attention from the real life and culture of Belarusians.

Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst in the program “B for Belarus” on news, views, events and comments from Belarus (center of Europe by the way). Today the major theme of the program is “Social justice in Belarus. Myths and reality”

• social justice in pension system;
• social justice in education;
• social justice in labor market and employment policy;
• social justice in the healthcare system;
• social justice and protection of human and property rights.

Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst in the program “B for Belarus” on news, views, events and comments from Belarus (center of Europe by the way). Today the major theme of the program is “What Belarus achieved after 28 years of independence”.

• Has Belarus become really independent?
• Status of the Belarusian language and culture. Any hope for revival and survival? Possible options with the Russian language and the fusion of cultures;
• status of the security system: army, policy and law enforcement agencies.
• status of money. People choose $-dollar and reject BYN-rouble monopoly.
• National economy as the most vulnerable link of the Belarusian independence chain.
• Centralization of power and the absence of the full-fledge institution of private property as existential threats to Belarus independence.

На ПРИМУСЕ 18 июля 2019 года в программе «Финансовая грамота» Владимир Баранич, специалист в сфере финансов домашних хозяйств, акын («что вижу – то пою»).

• На 01.01.2019г. объем депозитов физлиц в иностранной валюте составил $7,452 млрд. За июнь прирост превысил $140 млн — наибольший прирост за 4 года, с августа 2015-го.
• за январь – май 2019г. рублевые вклады населения увеличились на 3,5%, валютные – на 2,5%. Чувствуют ли вкладчики девальвационные и инфляционные риски с учётом сокращения экспорта, увеличения рублевой массы, напряжения в реальном секторе?
• валютные облигации Минфина, валютные и рублевые облигации коммерческих организаций Беларуси.
• белорусские предприятия как основной источник угрозы финансовой устойчивости страны.
• Инвестиционный гуру Джим Роджерс предупреждает о грядущем сдувании пузырей фондовых рынков. Есть ли угрозы для белорусских вкладчиков? Откуда может прилететь «плюха» по доходам и сбережениям населения?

Vladimir Baranich, a country consultant and media analyst in the program “B for Belarus” on news, views, events and comments from Belarus (center of Europe by the way). Today the major theme of the program is “Belarusians in the mirror of holidays and rituals. Why Belarusians look for something that does not exist (fern flower search on July 6 for example)

• Belarusian holidays with distant ties to reality.
• Belarusians in the state of fusion of Christianity, Soviet ideology, paganism and preenlightenment ideas.
• Searching for something that does not exist: fern flower mystery and why it persists
• Independence day and its military flavor. Belarus starts the war information campaign in May and finishes in July. Does it make people more patriotic?
• why Belarusians keep science in disregard? Fear, deficit of self-esteem and laziness.
• legally serfdom is long gone but it still lives in the hearts and minds of Belarusians. Many of them are sure that the government/Lukashenko pays them pensions and provides for other public services, that the government creates jobs and ensures free health and education. Too many Belarusians treat a nomenclature boss with divine reverence and fear.
• freedom as a low ranking value in the hierarchy of Belarusians. They celebrate mysticism and escapism, not liberation.