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W. R.
05-14-2011, 11:59 AM
Belarus Disgraced Itself at World Hockey Championship, Lukashenka

2011-05-05 14:23 / Telegraf

<...> "Such a shame is unacceptable. And it's not just hockey. It's simply hard to pay more attention to this sport than we've already paid," he said during the meeting on the issue of state physical education.

"But everything goes the other way round: the more attention, the more disgraceful and disgusting performance of the athletes is," BelTA quoted the Belarusian leader. <...>

The President added that Belarus "counts every ruble today," but funds for the development of sports facilities are taken out of economic circulation. This, in his opinion, "badly affects the overall pace of development." "But we go on this, because we understand the importance of physical culture and sports," said Alexander Lukashenko.

He wants to strengthen the spirit of the people, to train Belarusians patriots by means of achievements of the country's athletes. <...>

"I have received information that the government support often falls into the pockets of individual managers of clubs in the form of unreasonably large salaries and bonuses, but does not work on athletic performance. Budget funds are wasted by inflating the bureaucracy in organizations," said the head of state. <...>

"<...> foreign clubs do not use the state budget, but extract resources through effectiveness. If there is no result, then they become insolvent and burn through, as any commercial enterprise. One should learn from them not how to spend all, but how to make money, " he concluded.From here (http://democraticbelarus.eu/node/12420).