Economy

Huge trucks though to be filled with forbidden Polish tomatoes and other vegetables are being unloaded at the city wholesale market.

The delegates from the International Monetary Fund are in Minsk to study if a new loan program for Belarus could be prepared.

The same can be said about the privatization of the nitrogen industry, Belarusian economist Leanid Zlotnikau comments on Belarus-Russian statements.

Prime Minister Dzmitry Medvedev says Russia and Belarus may have signed joint projects by the end of the year if Belarus expedites privatization.

The announcement came from Syargei Rumas, representative of Belarus in the Council of Eurasian Economic Commission.

At the same time our country has reduced the export of dairy products to Russia.

The Russian food safety authority says it found African swine fever genome in the meat from the Minsk meat-packing factory.

Russia bans the imports of Belarusian produce from October 20 over re-export violations of food sanctions introduced by Russian against the EU.

Limit on cash payments will be about $14,000 (1000 base units) and will take effect in six months.