Belarus will not tolerate dictatorship and pressure! We consider the counter-measures against the West as a forced response step. This was announced by Alexander Lukashenko at the meeting on sanctions issue at the Palace of Independence.
Countering sanctions
The pressure on Belarus from outside is only getting stronger. To put it boldly, Belarus is being blatantly "drowned"! Unreasonable and discriminatory measures have long ago become a weapon in the economic and political struggle.
А. Lukashenko: The West keeps trying to reduce the level of integration in Eurasia.
We would like to believe that sooner or later we'll get out of this sanctions race. Our countermeasures are not petty revenge, but only a response. The government of Belarus announced a food embargo on goods from Europe, America and Canada as of the new year.
Support for domestic producers will help minimize the risks of sanctions
Sanctions are always painful for everyone, but not fatal. Well, this is bad news for those who fight every day for a place in the sun competing for the buyer, breaking into new markets, looking for free niches for their goods, and finding them. But we have to get out of our comfort zone again. By the way, it was the Western sanctions that cheered up the Russians. As they say, there would be no fortune, but misfortune helped. It helped us to gather our strength and understand that we can do a lot on our own. If the evil of sanctions can be turned for the good, they can be a trigger for internal development.
N. Snopkov about impact of Western sanctions on economy
The First Deputy Prime-Minister submitted a report about the influence of sanctions on Belarus. For example, the West is targeting the financial sector. On the whole, the situation is far from critical. In addition to finance, the exports of products and imports of technologies are under pressure. As if by order, the fifth sanctions package was imposed by the EU, Britain, the U.S., Canada. Such "super-operational" coordination is a rare case.
А. Lukashenko about the sanctions confrontation: we do not have the spirit of war in our blood and we did not start it
Belarusians do not have any belligerent spirit in their blood a priori. But if you strangle us, we will respond. In this case, tolerance is just inappropriate. No one will stand by and look at attempts to "cut off the oxygen" to the economy and businesses, and therefore, the whole nations.
