{"id":201088,"date":"2026-08-24T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201088\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T15:11:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:11:02","slug":"lukasenka-notes-plunge-in-trade-with-russias-arkhangelsk-province","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201088\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka\u00a0notes\u00a0plunge in\u00a0trade with Russia&#8217;s Arkhangelsk\u00a0province"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/arkhangelsk_unsplash_alexandr_k_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/arkhangelsk_unsplash_alexandr_k_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/arkhangelsk_unsplash_alexandr_k_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/arkhangelsk_unsplash_alexandr_k_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/arkhangelsk_unsplash_alexandr_k_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/arkhangelsk_unsplash_alexandr_k_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Arkhangelsk\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Aleksandr K \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 24,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Trade between&nbsp;Belarus and Russia&#8217;s Arkhangelsk&nbsp;province has decreased threefold,&nbsp;Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&nbsp;while meeting&nbsp;in Minsk on August 24 with the&nbsp;northwestern province\u2019s&nbsp;governor, Aleksandr Tsybulsky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We must honestly admit that we have significantly lowered the bar in our trade,&#8221; \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s press&nbsp;officequoted him as saying. &#8220;But everything is in our hands.&nbsp;The volume of our&nbsp;trade&nbsp;used to be&nbsp;about three times&nbsp;larger&nbsp;than now. We need to restore it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He did not specify the reference point for his comparison.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking about the possible areas where Belarus and the Arkhangelsk province could step up their economic cooperation,&nbsp;\u0141uka\u0161enka&nbsp;emphasized the potential of bilateral forestry projects suggesting that Belarus\u2019 Amkador could play a role in them as a major manufacturer of logging equipment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning to the mining&nbsp;industry, \u0141uka\u0161enka&nbsp;noted&nbsp;that&nbsp;\u201crobotic complexes\u201d&nbsp;made&nbsp;by&nbsp;Belarusian mining dump track maker&nbsp;BelAZ are currently undergoing field testing in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka&nbsp;said that the Arkhangelsk province is operating a considerable fleet of passenger vehicles made by Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) and expressed readiness to expand it with the help of a newly built MAZ plant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka&nbsp;also offered help with modernizing elevators in Soviet-era houses and supplying the Arkhangelsk province with farm produce.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka&nbsp;concluded his pitch to the Russian governor by advertising Belarusian educational services. \u201cI believe that we have the best education in the post-Soviet region,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 24,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Trade between&nbsp;Belarus and Russia&#8217;s Arkhangelsk&nbsp;province has decreased threefold,&nbsp;Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&nbsp;while meeting&nbsp;in Minsk on August 24 with the&nbsp;northwestern province\u2019s&nbsp;governor, Aleksandr Tsybulsky. &#8220;We must honestly admit that we have significantly lowered the bar in our trade,&#8221; \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s press&nbsp;officequoted him as saying. &#8220;But everything is in our hands.&nbsp;The volume of our&nbsp;trade&nbsp;used to be&nbsp;about three times&nbsp;larger&nbsp;than now. 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