The IT sector of Belarus turned out to be nothing
Belarusian IT specialists, who are presented as the advanced vanguard of the national economy, in fact only perform work that Western programmers do not want to take on.
Belarusian journalist Pavel Karnazytsky stated this on the PolitWera YouTube channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“We do not have a Belarusian IT sector, no matter how they try to convince us of this. Our entire IT sector is made up of US freelancers. They do the work that Americans themselves would not undertake. In fact, these hopes for the IT sector are being promoted more,” said Pavel Karnazytsky.
The Belarusian IT sector is actively supported by the authorities, who have exempted entrepreneurs in this area from almost all taxes. At the same time, they work mainly on outsourcing: 43% of the services of the Belarusian IT sector are tied to the United States, and only 5% to the CIS countries. Last year, exports of information and IT services from Belarus amounted to $1,4 billion.
Analysts assess IT workers as opponents of integration with Russia and supporters of moving to the West. American expert Brian Whitmore believes that in order to break the historical connection between Russia and Belarus, the United States must support the Belarusian IT sector.
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