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Providing opportunities to privatize Belarusian enterprises of fuel and energy complex (TEK), Russia's companies is quite logical, independent experts think. However, they stress that the process of privatization must be transparent, and all investors should be in equal conditions.

According to news agencies, Belarus referred to the Russia program, which stipulates the participation of Russian companies in the privatization of Naftan-Polymir, Gomel Chemical Plant and OAO Grodno Azot. Under this program, the Belarusian government offers Russia to expand cooperation in oil and petrochemical industries, power generation, including nuclear power, and energy engineering.

According to the former director general of the concern Amkodor Basil Shlyndikova, that the proposed privatization of the ECP did just Russians, nothing strange there. In this case, in the opinion Shlyndikova important raw materials, and particularly trade with Russia were forced to do so.

From this position, and agree to an independent economist Leonid Zlotnikov. He explains that the above companies are about tube that comes from Russia. Naftan-Polymir, recalls an economist, is located next to Novopolotsk oil refinery and uses raw materials from oil refining. And in Grodno Azot as the main raw material used by the gas coming from Russia. And it is very important, said Zlotnikov. For anyone else, except the Russians, the economist is sure, these companies do not buy because they do not organize the supply of gas at the same Grodno Azot.

from the marked dependence of several oil and gas drops Gomel Chemical Plant. However, he explains Zlotnikov, uses raw materials (apatite), which also comes from Russia. That is, the expert points out, companies working in Russia's raw materials, the Russians in Belarus to acquire profitable. After all, they are in range of the Customs Union, but because the internal duties on raw material supply to production data do not apply. At the same time, all these companies - export-oriented, including on the EU market. And there production enterprises of the Belarusian TAC, despite the crisis, is in demand.

course, it would be logical to start with the privatization of the most troubled industries, but not with the flagships of the Belarusian fuel and energy complex. However, as Zlotnikov, particularly the Russians do not need much - they want the company near the pipe and the pipe itself for transit.

Belarusian automobile and machine-building plants, suggests economist during the crisis at a good price no one will buy. And if they buy, the situation in these companies will not improve, given the problems these industries worldwide.

Regarding the impact of business policy, in Belarus, I am sure Zlotnikov, its actually not, and is unlikely to Belarusian authorities are interested to see it.

Although, as noted by Basil Shlyndzikau by buying large Belarusian companies, Russia can begin to exert pressure on Belarusian politics, and in these matters, warns economist, one must be very careful. Although notes Shlyndzikau, businessmen from any other country, if they acquire large assets in Belarus, too, would try to dictate terms.

In order to minimize that possibility, added Shlyndzikau, you need to make public the processes of privatization and the Belarusian economy in general for civil society.

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