On the instruction of the president, the government is exploring ways to increase domestic pork production, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman
Golovchenko said at a meeting in Pinsk.
In recent years, the microelectronics industry has been a trending theme around the world. The U.S. and China are waging trade wars over chips. Belarus and Russia are discussing the projects to create new microcircuits at the level of the presidents. The West has been imposing sanctions on our enterprises for many years.
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya urged democracies to “show their teeth” after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison. The same week, a fifth Belarusian political prisoner died in custody. Meanwhile, early balloting for parliamentary elections in Belarus starts, with Lukashenko's law enforcers preparing to detain citizens if they cause “disruption at polling stations.”