Minister of Industry of Belarus Andrey Kuznetsov spoke about how cooperation with St. Petersburg in industry was established. Very close ties between the Ministry of Industry and industrial plants with partners in St. Petersburg. A collaboration was created. The joint venture LLC "MLM Nevsky Lift" works quite well, in cooperation with OJSC "MOGILEVLIFTMASH" plans to reach a production capacity of up to a thousand elevators per year for the needs of St. Petersburg itself as well as other regions of the Russian Federation. Another area of work is supplying equipment to passengers. About 2,000 Belarusian-made passenger buses are operated in St. Petersburg. Andrey Kuznetsov: "This year we will deliver 106 units of our equipment: 20 buses running on gas engine fuel and 86 trolleybuses with autonomous travel of up to 25 km. We also consume products manufactured in St. Petersburg - electric motors, tractors from the St. Petersburg tractor factory, which operate successfully in our fields."