{"id":126678,"date":"2022-07-06T16:49:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T23:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=126678"},"modified":"2022-07-06T16:49:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T23:49:26","slug":"how-to-get-dollars-for-petrol-the-soviet-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/07\/06\/how-to-get-dollars-for-petrol-the-soviet-style\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get dollars for petrol – The Soviet Style-"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Sarath Obeysekera<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

During the reign of Brezhnev in Soviet Union a currency called valid roubles\u201d was introduced by Russian government <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All foreign embassy staff and foreign Employees in Soviet Union were given a quota of a printed note called Valid Roubles ( vlutnaya rublaya) and the government established special shops in the city<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These shops sold foreign tobacco like Marlborough Philip Morris 555 etc <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The embassy staff sometimes sold the valid roubles at a higher rate to locals or students who visit these shops and buy  foreign products like tobacco top quality Vodka called Staleeshnaya , Scotch Whiskey and sold in black market and made money <\/p>\n\n\n\n

System was very well in place and It can be worked out in Sri Lanka <\/p>\n\n\n\n

People  working in embassies ,expat workers and workers who remit dollars to the country should be allowed to visit. ( or family members can visit)  such specific shops to buy using foreign currency<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the best options will be to open few petrol stations in the country where people can purchase petrol in Dollars <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certain items like electric bicycles and other essential equipment which can  help to solve transport problems may also be sold in these outlets <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Government should allow operators to import these stuff using their own dollars like the way they do in duty free shops <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By doing this exercise the dollars coming in via Undial May be grabbed by the people who have excess rupees to purchase fuel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other method to follow is to establish an array of casinos and entertainment streets like in Thailand to attract foreigners to the country <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of port city which is restricted to locals with access straight from the airport is ideal for such operation <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another few hectares of land can be allocated in Mattala  dedicated for gambling crazy\u201d chinese <\/p>\n\n\n\n

( Tongue in cheek – Lowering age to 21 years of our young lasses going to middle east to sell their labour and what ever else can be retained  this industry !) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hon Dammika Perera can take the  lead and introduce such plans pronto <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Sarath Obeysekeea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr Sarath Obeysekera During the reign of Brezhnev in Soviet Union a currency called valid roubles\u201d was introduced by Russian government  All foreign embassy staff and foreign Employees in Soviet Union were given a quota of a printed note called Valid Roubles ( vlutnaya rublaya) and the government established special shops in the city These shops […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-sarath-obeysekera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}