Opinion: Belarus is a success story in many ways Sergei Rakhmanov MINSK, 29 December (BelTA) – Belarus can be an example in many ways not only for the post-Soviet space, Sergei Rakhmanov, a member of the Council of Elders under the Presidium of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, said as he answered a reporters' question about expectations from the 6th Belarusian People's Congress, BelTA has learned. “I think we should not dwell on expectations here. Everyone should make a contribution. Instead of waiting for someone to say something, people should put forward proposals they deem necessary. I think that the Council of Elders will focus on that; we want to join the efforts to develop proposals and come up with a way to voice all these proposals at the Belarusian People's Congress and to present them to people. This all should be real, not declarative. Unfortunately, many countries come up with all kinds of strategies that remain only on paper. We don't need this. We need to roll out a product that would be real, feasible, appreciable and comprehensible,” Sergei Rakhmanov said.