Why top Belarusian businessmen become 'honorary consuls'?
Lead: "Honorary Consul" is not just pretty words for business cards, but also a guarantee of quite tangible preferences... More than three dozen honorary consuls of foreign countries work in Belarus. Officially, this is not a diplomatic job. However, such a title gives certain preferences. Thus, one can find many representatives of the top Belarusian businessmen among the "honorary consuls". From the article you will learn which businessman represents which country and what "perks" he can expect for that. Is an honorary consul just a figurehead? Not exactly. Honorary consuls are not conce...
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