Comments on: To Iran. From Belarus With Love http://blogs.euobserver.com/rakhlei/2009/06/25/to-iran-from-belarus-with-love/ Maryna Rakhlei is a journalist with Belarusian information company Belapan - the country's oldest independent news outlet. She has reported on Belarus-EU relations since 2004. She fits in a suitcase and travels a lot. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:06:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Maryna Rakhlei http://blogs.euobserver.com/rakhlei/2009/06/25/to-iran-from-belarus-with-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 Maryna Rakhlei Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:02:35 +0000 http://blogs.euobserver.com/rakhlei/?p=86#comment-1267 That's why you are here. That’s why you are here.

]]> By: pol http://blogs.euobserver.com/rakhlei/2009/06/25/to-iran-from-belarus-with-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 pol Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:31:56 +0000 http://blogs.euobserver.com/rakhlei/?p=86#comment-1254 Every advocate of Iran in Europe is needed today badly. Mainstream perception is already hijacked by US-Zionist party. And that basically boils down to propaganda. Looking for next ludicrous "evidence" to attack Iran is blatant warmongering, that needs to be defied. We should remember that less than year ago Isreal killed 1400 Palestines in cold blood. Every advocate of Iran in Europe is needed today badly. Mainstream perception is already hijacked by US-Zionist party. And that basically boils down to propaganda. Looking for next ludicrous “evidence” to attack Iran is blatant warmongering, that needs to be defied.
We should remember that less than year ago Isreal killed 1400 Palestines in cold blood.

]]> By: Joe Noory http://blogs.euobserver.com/rakhlei/2009/06/25/to-iran-from-belarus-with-love/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Joe Noory Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:53:32 +0000 http://blogs.euobserver.com/rakhlei/?p=86#comment-639 Why would anyone want a pair of elites whose instincta are inherently autocratic and incapable of understanding the meaning of free will 'running the world' which by nature means controlling the other 6 billion people on earth? Just words, just a story, just a game. That's all their stunts are. Why would anyone want a pair of elites whose instincta are inherently autocratic and incapable of understanding the meaning of free will ‘running the world’ which by nature means controlling the other 6 billion people on earth?

Just words, just a story, just a game. That’s all their stunts are.

]]> By: Maryna Rakhlei http://blogs.euobserver.com/rakhlei/2009/06/25/to-iran-from-belarus-with-love/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Maryna Rakhlei Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:20:03 +0000 http://blogs.euobserver.com/rakhlei/?p=86#comment-157 Yogi Bear! Oh, market reforms, yes, please. But no resources and not enough interest in these at the moment: not enough money and experts. We are getting loans from IMF and Russia, applied for EU macro-financial assistance... But they are mostly used to stabilise Belarusian rouble. Reforms should have taken place during the quiet times. And - thank you for your interest. We are in the same boat, not just in the same world. Yogi Bear!
Oh, market reforms, yes, please. But no resources and not enough interest in these at the moment: not enough money and experts. We are getting loans from IMF and Russia, applied for EU macro-financial assistance… But they are mostly used to stabilise Belarusian rouble. Reforms should have taken place during the quiet times.

And – thank you for your interest. We are in the same boat, not just in the same world.

]]> By: Yogi Bear http://blogs.euobserver.com/rakhlei/2009/06/25/to-iran-from-belarus-with-love/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Yogi Bear Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:35:05 +0000 http://blogs.euobserver.com/rakhlei/?p=86#comment-142 An interesting view into a world which we in the west cannot appreciate, the distance and language barriers making it a greater reach to grasp even a little of what is happening there. But now that I have found your column I can begin to be more informed about it. One hopes in the current capitalist climate in the RF and with the EU as the other player in this game, that Belarus benefits in some way to a more prosperous future. But as some of your excellent contributions here help elucidate, it may take some time for these changes to take effect. In the mean time, it is more than troubling to learn of the unnecessary hurdles in visa travel for Belorussians into the EU, indeed were the requirements but a fraction of the sums you report, they would still be out of the reach of most. Perhaps reform of the market system might open new doors through which prosperity could enter? An interesting view into a world which we in the west cannot appreciate, the distance and language barriers making it a greater reach to grasp even a little of what is happening there.

But now that I have found your column I can begin to be more informed about it.

One hopes in the current capitalist climate in the RF and with the EU as the other player in this game, that Belarus benefits in some way to a more prosperous future.

But as some of your excellent contributions here help elucidate, it may take some time for these changes to take effect.

In the mean time, it is more than troubling to learn of the unnecessary hurdles in visa travel for Belorussians into the EU, indeed were the requirements but a fraction of the sums you report, they would still be out of the reach of most.

Perhaps reform of the market system might open new doors through which prosperity could enter?

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