Price increases are prohibited under pain of criminal prosecution. The self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko stated this during a meeting with the economic bloc of the government. The ban came into force today, BelTA informs..

“From the 6th, any increase in prices is prohibited. For-pre-shcha-et-sya! From today. Not from tomorrow, but from today. So that prices do not go up overnight. Therefore, from today, price increases are prohibited.. And God forbid someone in the accounting department will carry out something retroactively, some calculations, recalculations, ”BelTA quotes.

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Lukashenka instructed the Prosecutor General and the Chairman of the State Control Committee to control pricing in the country.

According to the self-proclaimed President of Belarus, violators face immediate detention and criminal proceedings..

According to the National Statistical Office, inflation in Belarus amounted to 17.9% in August. Economists predict that by the end of the year its level could reach 19%. Prices are rising, especially for food.

It is worth recalling from the historically recent past that attempts to direct the economy ended in its collapse.

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