Employees of the state security Committee (KGB) of Belarus detained the Directors of the four sugar factories of the country come true sugar in Russia “at bargain prices”

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Employees of the state security Committee (KGB) of Belarus detained the Directors of the four sugar factories of the country come true sugar in Russia “at bargain prices”. The disappearance of Directors of the plant Gorodeya, Slutsk sugar plant Skidel sugar refinery and Zhabinka sugar plant became known last week. January 27, they came to work. For the arrest of one of the suspects in the skies over Poland have detained the plane.

On 4 February President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko confirmed the arrest of Directors. “This in Belarus was not. They created in Moscow “the strip” – trading house. To put his. From factories at bargain prices sold to the trade house of the Belarusian sugar. The ones increasing the price sold in the market. The difference with bribes given to the Directors of factories”, – said Lukashenka to journalists (quoted by BelTA).

The President noted that the security services have long monitored the actions and promised that the KGB will have a detailed report on the investigation of the case. The Lukashenko resented the fact that the piece sold for a pittance to Russia of sugar in the end came to the Belarusian market, but at an inflated price.

Lukashenko also confirmed that it was on his personal orders were returned already left the airspace of Belarus the plane, which was one of the suspects. “It was impossible before to hold one of the figures. Back plane, and got sent to the detention center”, – the President said, promising that anyone guilty of fraud will be “severe”.

In Belarus, disappeared on 24 January, the Board of the airline “Belavia” airlines flying from Minsk to Munich, turned on the approach to Wrocław and villages in Grodno. Went to the salon in the form of people and, according to passengers, brought from six to eight people. The rest were asked to leave the room with things, and then the plane continued its journey to Munich.

Sources Tut.by and “Pressball” reported that among the captured passengers was the Director of Gorodeya sugar refinery Mikhail krishtapovich. Information portal of the city of Slutsk, citing sources wrote that with Krishtapovich took the Director of the Slutsk sugar mill Nicholas Prudnik. Officially, the incident with the plane or “Belavia”, nor the law enforcement agencies did not comment.

Lukashenko has noticed that there are four sugar refineries operate in Soviet times, and they got modern Belarus in a dilapidated condition and the products are actually produced. Further, a number of economic measures, which made it possible to produce in Belarus about 4 million tons of sugar beet. Then the plant was upgraded to increase the production of sugar.

“I was told that were sold cheaply to the trade house that sugar, as part of some kind of increased price returned to Belarus. Maybe sugar is not even exported to Moscow and back is not imported. And the documents were there and rescheduled directly with factories in our market have put the sugar on margin. And then the margin was divided by bribes. Is that normal?”, – asked Lukashenka.

Another Scam, he said, had been associated with Tara. “Also created some of their own enterprise, and the container for sugar at this enterprise were purchased. There prices are too inflated and divided margin. Here the behavior of these Directors,” he added. According to him, all the detainees have already testified, as a result of the search they had discovered “dozens of luxury cars, dozens of apartments, mansions and a huge amount of money.”

All Directors were detained on charges of corruption, which investigates KGB, said the sources Tut.by 28 Jan. At the time, was arrested 11 people and detentions continued. On January 30, the Prosecutor General of Belarus Alexander Konyukov said on air of the channel “Belarus 4. Grodno” that factory Directors detained as suspected of involvement in some fraudulent schemes, “which are concluded between our business managers and contractors, mainly Russian.”

90% of Belarusian sugar sold in Russia. According to the national statistics Committee, in January-November 2019 Belarus exported 252 thousand tons of sugar at $ 102 million for the same period of the previous year 391 thousand tons of sugar per 165 million. Thus in 2018, three plants, except for the Slutsk sugar mill, suffered losses. Authorities have assisted sugar refineries: they were reduced purchase prices for raw materials and natural gas, and loans issued under government guarantees.