Economy Minister: Where Do You See Price Advance?

• 5.10.2015, 18:28

Uladzimir Zinouski believes that Belarusians do not notice devaluation of the national currency.

The Minister of Economy said so to journalists on October 2, “Sputnik” writes.

“Our population does not buy anything for dollars, we have all prices in Belarusian rubles, and they do not rise. Where do you see a price advance?” he parried the question.

The Minister does not exclude that according to the results of the year 2015 the GDP is to drop by 2 - 3%. But he explains that not by the structure and the state of affairs in the Belarusian economy, but by “an insignificant devaluation of the Russian ruble.”