Posted:
11.01.2025 12:39:00
Expert: improving people’s quality of life is President’s key focus
The Year of Improvement in Minsk started with a truly historical event: the city’s water supply was switched fully to underground sources a year ahead of schedule. Analyst of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Research Aleksei Avdonin offered his comments to Alfa Radio.
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To start, the expert noted that 2025 was declared the Year of Improvement that opens the five-year period of quality.
“The five-year period of quality is not just about the quality of goods and services, but also about the quality of our surroundings. 2025 is the Year of Improvement. We’re talking about improving the quality of our everyday life, and the sources that sustain that life are water, heat, gas, and clean air. The issue of Minsk residents’ access to clean water is long-standing; we know very well that clean water is a concern not only for Belarus, but globally as well. Look how many analytical reports on the problem are being put out by the UN and other organisations. The global population is growing fast; naturally, not everyone has access to clean water. That access is a crucial advantage. Remember, in the 1990s-2000s various think tanks used to publish memoranda saying the wars of the future are expected to be not over oil or gas, but over clean water. Those with access to clean water will be setting the trends for societies’ and states’ future development. That’s why President Lukashenko is so focused on improving quality of life for our citizens, and not only in Minsk. Obviously, it [the switch to the artesian water supply] will come to regional centres, smaller cities, any remote area in Belarus. Our goal is to improve the quality of everyday life for our people,” he said.
The show host reminded that the Year of Quality aims to merge the government and the societal effort and to make everyone involved to the extent of their abilities. Responding to that important observation, Mr. Avdonin pointed out, “It’s important that President Lukashenko always leads by example. Remember the problems we’ve had in 2024 because of storm winds, or other natural disasters: the Head of State showed that the way to solve them is by working together. The issue of improvement should not only concern the state and public officials. Essentially, the President signals all Belarusian citizens: it’s time we change our collective consciousness. If we don’t come together for the sake of our common interests, it’s going to be easy to divide us. And we see where that division leads nowadays: infighting, civil wars, annexations of sovereign states by large corporations, NATO, and other alliances that dream about weakening other countries and taking their populations under control. That’s why the Year of Improvement is the year we re-valuate our behaviour. We do not advocate for the quasi-ideology the West tried to hoist on us in the 1990s and the 2000s, where the lone hero saved the humanity, passenger planes, etc. Quasi-heroes should fade into the background. Collectivism, collaborative work for the common good take centre-stage today. Effectively, we are now engaged in an information, economic, and finance war the West wages against everyone who dares not to surrender their freedom and sovereignty.”
“The five-year period of quality is not just about the quality of goods and services, but also about the quality of our surroundings. 2025 is the Year of Improvement. We’re talking about improving the quality of our everyday life, and the sources that sustain that life are water, heat, gas, and clean air. The issue of Minsk residents’ access to clean water is long-standing; we know very well that clean water is a concern not only for Belarus, but globally as well. Look how many analytical reports on the problem are being put out by the UN and other organisations. The global population is growing fast; naturally, not everyone has access to clean water. That access is a crucial advantage. Remember, in the 1990s-2000s various think tanks used to publish memoranda saying the wars of the future are expected to be not over oil or gas, but over clean water. Those with access to clean water will be setting the trends for societies’ and states’ future development. That’s why President Lukashenko is so focused on improving quality of life for our citizens, and not only in Minsk. Obviously, it [the switch to the artesian water supply] will come to regional centres, smaller cities, any remote area in Belarus. Our goal is to improve the quality of everyday life for our people,” he said.
The show host reminded that the Year of Quality aims to merge the government and the societal effort and to make everyone involved to the extent of their abilities. Responding to that important observation, Mr. Avdonin pointed out, “It’s important that President Lukashenko always leads by example. Remember the problems we’ve had in 2024 because of storm winds, or other natural disasters: the Head of State showed that the way to solve them is by working together. The issue of improvement should not only concern the state and public officials. Essentially, the President signals all Belarusian citizens: it’s time we change our collective consciousness. If we don’t come together for the sake of our common interests, it’s going to be easy to divide us. And we see where that division leads nowadays: infighting, civil wars, annexations of sovereign states by large corporations, NATO, and other alliances that dream about weakening other countries and taking their populations under control. That’s why the Year of Improvement is the year we re-valuate our behaviour. We do not advocate for the quasi-ideology the West tried to hoist on us in the 1990s and the 2000s, where the lone hero saved the humanity, passenger planes, etc. Quasi-heroes should fade into the background. Collectivism, collaborative work for the common good take centre-stage today. Effectively, we are now engaged in an information, economic, and finance war the West wages against everyone who dares not to surrender their freedom and sovereignty.”
