An attempt to reorient the Belarusian industry towards the West will lead to its complete destruction, as it has already happened in Ukraine.
As “PolitNavigator” reports, political analyst Vasili Koltashov stated on the air of OTR TV channel that in case of breaking relations with Russia the Belarusian industry will come to the end. The West will leave only the production of mineral fertilizers on its territory.
Today, the leaders of the Belarusian engineering industry are in fact serious competitors of Western, particularly European companies. There is no need for such “duplication” in Europe, which means that the fate of Belarusian machine builders will inevitably await their Ukrainian colleagues.
“Fertilizer production is something that will probably survive even if Belarus falls under the control of the government controlled by the European Union and the Americans. As for mechanical engineering, of course, all this will be liquidated under this scenario, because here the production facilities for the West, Germany, the European Union are duplicated and these are enterprises to be liquidated. Therefore, all the reasoning of the local Belarusian economists that investors will come and make tractor plants efficient is no, they will not, they will destroy them”, – the expert is sure.
According to Vasili Koltashov, it is necessary to give an answer to these questions, to say that this is the way of development for Belarus.
“Remember the Ukrainian Maydan, there was also a fairytale answer: You will immediately get pensions and salaries like in Germany. And it turned out that only the bills for housing and utilities and for gas were as in Germany”, – said Koltashov.