Aliaksandr Lukashenka was informed about the start of Belarusian football championship season (2 rounds have already been played), which is held under a new formula. They also talked about changing the number of international players after agreeing not to consider citizens of Russia and Kazakhstan as international players when they play in the national championship. According to Siarhei Rumas, the number of internationals remained unchanged, so the worries that many low-quality players would dash to Belarus rrom Russia were in vain.

Lukashenka ordered to analyze the results of the innovations so that he could take “an important decision which will meet the interests of the Belarusian football” next year, reports BelaPAN.