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Belarus, following Russia, has decided to legalize gray imports of goods and software

That is, not only rights holders and their official distributors will be allowed to import goods to Belarus, but everyone will.

 Belarus after Russia decides to legalize gray imports of goods and software

In Belarus after Russia against sanctions for aggression against Ukraine legalize gray imports, the government's press service said on Saturday , reports the Russian “Interfax”.

“The decision to develop a draft law providing for the legalization of parallel imports of goods, as well as the possibility of using software and other objects in the digital sphere without the permission of copyright holders, made by the operational headquarters at the Council of Ministers,” the statement said.

“This will allow the original goods to be imported not only to the owners of intellectual property or their official distributors, but also to any importers,” the press service said.

of the temporary measure is aimed at preventing a shortage of imported goods and saturation of the consumer market, “- said the Belarusian government.

Read also: The technological crisis due to sanctions in Russia has already begun – Forbes

As a vassal Russia in the aggression against Ukraine , the regime of the self-proclaimed ruler of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko , as well as his suzerain Putin, are cut off by sanctions from most manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech products, whether software or microprocessors. Therefore, according to Russia, Belarus allowed itself to buy in third countries what it cannot produce without the permission of the copyright holder.

This is reminiscent of the Soviet era in the 1980s, when the technological backwardness of the evil empire from the civilized world became colossal. Well, the collapse of oil prices in the mid-1980s put an end to all the achievements of “developed socialism” – the USSR collapsed.

Source: ZN

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