OREANDA-NEWS  Prices in Belarus increased by 2.9 percent in the first half of the year, but "violations of price discipline are allowed everywhere," which even led to the initiation of criminal cases, said President Alexander Lukashenko. He is quoted by BelTA.

"It seems to be good, but you can't calm down — this is growth," the Belarusian leader commented on the inflation data.

Speaking about the work on the "fair price formula," he noted that it was originally planned to monitor using the automated information system "Price Analysis," but "now it's as if they are offering to preserve it." "You can create any system you want, but it must produce results (...) Now I'm not talking about artificial intelligence, but about management, where there are tasks and responsibilities," Lukashenko said.

Earlier, the head of state ordered the new head of the Ministry of Forestry of Belarus, Sergei Uldinovich, to "properly tighten" the system of work in this area, since forestry and agriculture, along with industry, "are all that we have today," and "there must be order in the forest."