OREANDA-NEWS   President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, speaking about the economic situation in the country, pointed out to the Cabinet of Ministers the need for more active immersion in industry problems and the situation at a number of significant enterprises. He is quoted by BelTA.

"In the matrix of tasks of the vertical of power, most of them are in the red zone (GDP, exports, inflation, stocks in warehouses, cost levels, and so on)!" the head of state emphasized, accepting the government's report for last year. "Would you prefer to be together with the National Bank in the euphoria of macroeconomic stability?" he said, addressing the members of the Cabinet, calling the integral result of 2025 a modest increase in indicators.

Separately, Lukashenko drew attention to the decline in the Belarusian industry. According to him, in the second half of 2025, it passed with a negative trend of 98.2 percent, and January 2026 brought "another minus 3.4 percent." While "the Ministry of Industry alone failed to raise a billion dollars in the key Russian market last year," the country is experiencing a drop in output of key goods, he said.

Earlier, Lukashenko, explaining the appointment of Vladislav Tatarinovich, deputy chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the country, as the new finance minister, called him a "money man" who "knows the topic," and therefore it was decided to "try him at a specific but well-known job."