stated this

in the New Year's "Main Air" on state television.

"Of course, from the new year, I asked for stability first of all, so that we have clear conditions in which to work," he said.

The Prime Minister believes that the country lived "effectively and successfully" last year.

"Probably, inflation is not as interesting as prices for viewers.

These are slightly different categories.

Economists operate with the concept of inflation, where it is a macroeconomic indicator that is influenced by many factors.

It is not the same as the prices we see in the store.

If we talk about prices, we had a spike last year, not only here, but everywhere.

We have talked about it many times, but our people are not interested in what is happening abroad.

And in a nearby store.

Of course, it was a problem, it's still a problem now, just a little less acute."

According to Roman Golovchanka, according to the results of 2022, inflation "was managed to be brought under control".

In September, it accelerated to 18%, but then the growth slowed down due to various decisions.

According to the results of the year, it will most likely be 12-13%.

The Prime Minister warned that in 2023 the price increase will continue.

"The task is serious — 6%.

It's not just a goal, it's a task, so everything is aimed at it.

In any case, there will be some increase in prices.

It is inevitable - prices are rising everywhere.

By the way, they grow even when wages grow.

They are inextricably linked.

The most important thing is that growth should be moderate and wages should not lag behind," added Golovchenko.

He promised that over the next year, salaries in the budget sphere will increase by approximately 200 rubles.

"All our plans for the year are known, they are fixed.

We need to ensure decent growth.

The key issue is investment, we need to invest more than 20% in the country's economy.

All this should give an impetus, including the creation of new jobs, especially in the regions.

Remember our famous "One district — one project", which is starting right now.

If we finished 2022 with an average salary in the budget sphere of 1,250 rubles, then the salary we should take this year is 1,454 rubles.

Everything is planned for this, there is really no need to worry about earnings.

In general, the country's economy will retain its social focus.

Under all conditions, Belarusians can be calm, there are enough resources to fulfill all social obligations and not only them."

We remind you that the Republic of Belarus is under international economic sanctions imposed against it by the USA, European Union, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and others.

In 2022, Belarus left a number of foreign companies that refused to do business in Belarus.

Sanctions against Belarus for supporting the Russian war in Ukraine

Alexander Lukashenko admitted that rockets were fired at Ukrainian territory from Belarus.

At the same time, Belarusian soldiers were not sent to Ukrainian territory.

In an interview with Svaboda, the US ambassador to Belarus, Julie Fisher, stated that "Lukashenka's regime is an accomplice of Russia's current invasion of Ukraine, as it allowed Russia to launch an attack from Belarusian territory."

On February 26, Canada and the Council of the European Union announced sanctions against Russia and Belarus.

20 Belarusian officials and military personnel were included in the list.

15 legal entities and 8 individuals were included in the US sanctions list.

On February 28, the ambassadors of the European Union introduced visa sanctions against 22 Belarusian high-ranking officials.

The Moladachan factory "MabelLine" went idle, because the Swedish company IKEA closed its business in the country.

IKEA closely cooperated with a number of other manufacturers and factories, including state ones.

Among them is the state-owned "Minsk Furniture Center" from Molodechno, the Mogilev textile manufacturer "Magateks", the Minsk watch factory "Luch" and others.

In March, the European Union banned the export of woodworking products produced in or exported from Belarus.

The Ministry of Forestry stated that it was forced to send products from Europe to Asia.

Due to the difficulties of doing business in the region, Booking.com and Airbnb are not operating in the country.

The Danish transport and logistics company Maersk announced the cessation of cargo transportation to Belarus on March 4.

When leaving the Belarusian market, other companies with a similar profile — DHL and FedEx — reported.

On March 5, the Finnish company OLVI announced the start of winding down its business in Belarus, where the company owns Lidzkaye Piva.

The plant's 840 employees will receive their salaries for the time being, the shutdown of business will be gradual.

On March 6, the Republic of Korea imposed sanctions.

They introduced export control measures for Belarus, believing that it "significantly contributes to Russia's invasion of Ukraine."

Japan introduced sanctions on March 8.

Assets of individuals and legal entities that have come under the new restrictions are frozen.

Deliveries of dual-purpose goods to Belarus and exports to the Ministry of Defense of Belarus and "Integral" are prohibited.

The World Bank stopped all programs in Belarus.

The bank noted that it has not approved new loans to Belarus since 2020.

Restrictions affected the sports industry.

Belarusian national teams of various ages have been suspended from participating in international tournaments in hockey, handball and basketball.

The Belarusian national team was not allowed to participate in the 2022 Paralympic Games.

The rating agency Fitch, taking into account the sanctions, lowered the long-term sovereign credit rating of Belarus to CCC, which means a real possibility of default.

The American financial company American Express has suspended the provision of services in the country.

No operations are currently possible on her cards.

On March 9, the European Union approved the disconnection of three Belarusian banks from SWIFT.

These are Belagroprombank, Dobrabyt Bank and Development Bank.

On April 16, a complete ban on the crossing of the border with the European Union by cargo transport of Belarus and Russia was introduced.

In the decision of the European Union, which was published in the official journal, it is said that the European Union, in accordance with the imposed sanctions, prohibits the import and transit of goods by road transport from Belarus and Russia to the territory of the European Union.

On November 22, Canada expanded earlier sanctions.

In addition, 22 Belarusian officials were included in the lists, as well as 16 Belarusian companies related to the military industry, engineering, the financial sector and railway transport.

Among the sanctioned persons were those responsible for the transportation of Russian soldiers and equipment used for the invasion of Ukraine.

Belarusian Alfa-Bank and MTBank were included in the list of companies that came under sanctions.