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Banks kept the fee that individuals paid for the purchase of dollars and euros in exchange offices as compensation.
They also lost $200 million due to the sharp devaluation of the Russian ruble.
Head of the Belarusian Union of Entrepreneurs Alyaksandr Kalinin has announced that Belarus needs redenomination.
The Belarusian President is giving a press conference in Minsk Independence Palace.
But they will not go bankrupt. The National Bank has ordered the banks to sell the foreign currency bought at the stock exchange in exchange offices.
Cashiers said the banks started to bring in dollars and euros for sale. Queues immediately appeared near exchange offices.
The PM has demanded to make domestic vegetables more competitive at the internal market.
Index authors note that the Belarusian economy remains one of the most controlled ones in the world.
The dollar grows stronger against Belarus ruble for two days on end.
