"Is This Agony?": A Belarusian Has Accurately Diagnosed The System

• 18.08.2026, 17:39

Interesting observations by a resident of the capital.

Threads user asaikowski shared his thoughts on the news from Belarus, according to Charter 97.org.

“I’m watching the video and am happy for my beloved Minsk,” he writes. — The new neighborhoods and the revitalized city center are impressive. But at the same time, I realize that industry and agriculture are dying. MTZ and MAZ, “Gomselmash” and “Horizont.” “Atlant” and “Motornoy” along with “Shariky” are on their last legs. The bicycle factory was shut down long ago. The livestock population has plummeted.
It turns out that in exchange for the industrial base, people received living space. Isn’t this a tragic end? How—and on what basis—will the country survive from here on out?”
The demographic situation is even more dire, the author of the post adds in one of the comments.
“According to some sources, fewer than 9 million people live in the country,” he writes. “And the most daring estimates put the figure at just over 7 million. There are very few people between the ages of 30 and 50 on the streets and in public places. Maybe they all get around by car?”