Belarusian car owners are indignant at fuel price rise. Automobilists are called upon limiting their rides on June 1-4 and ignoring filling stations.
Over incomplete 5 months since the beginning of the year, prices for fuel in Belarus went up three times, and have been increased by 15% already. Motorists also say that since mid 2004 petrol prices have grown twice, and diesel fuel has gone up by factor 2.5, "European Belarus" website informs.
Motorists are especially angry at the fact that prices for fuel are not determined by global tendencies and prices at which Russian energy resources are delivered, but only by needs of the Belarusian leadership, that increases the budget at the expense of its own citizens.
Despite of the fact that in the neighbouring Poland, Lithuania and Latvia prices for petrol are higher than in Belarus, they depend on energy resources delivered by Russia, and in general are adequate to salaries in those countries. And the Belarusian government in fact acts as a profiteer, selling the Russian fuel to motorists at higher price, and they feel themselves cash cows.
As a result, viewers of the wbesite "Automalinovka", stop-gai.by and other websites for car owners originated an idea of a protest action "Stop petrol!" The organisers of the protest call upon concerned motorists to limit their rides in cars on June 1-4 and to ignore filling stations. As said by the organisers of the protest, decline in earnings of filling stations in these days would make the leadership of the country sit up and take notice .
"The justification of the new price rise was increase of customs duties by the Russian side, but we are buying petrol made of oil bought for domestic comsumption, and it is 6.3 mln tons of oil which is delivered to us free of duty. It means we are decieved! Why should we suffer and buy petrol at the prices which do not meet our income level???" the organisers of the protest fume at the website stop-benzin.ru dedicated to the protest.
Идея провести акцию пользуется широкой поддержкой. Об участии в акции уже объявили несколько автомобильных клубов и тысячи рядовых автомобилистов.
The idea to hold the protest enjoys wide support.Several car clubs and thousands of common motorists have already stated they will participate.
Source: Charter'97 :: News from Belarus
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