" It"s time to stop praying to Russia and find new markets"- Alexander Lukashenko stated. The President of Belarus said that Russian market collapsed and this process had negative effect on economy of Belarus. The President stated that export decreased from 85 to 40 percent.

Alexander Lukashenko gave limited time to the government to find new markets for the export products. He says that otherwise current situation can lead to devaluation, default and  increasing unemployment.