Belarus and St. Petersburg can revive the Soviet model of commercial cooperation Alexander Lukashenko proposed to revive the Soviet model, in which the republic was responsible for supplying goods to individual Russian regions. Among his priorities, he listed St. Petersburg, the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions, as well as the Moscow region. According to him, the Republic of Belarus is ready to expand cooperation with St. Petersburg in mechanical engineering, elevator repair and food supply. He called for consideration of the republic's interaction with the city and region of Leningrad as an example for other regions of Russia.