Lukashenko proposed to assign Russian regions to Belarus to supply goods according to the Soviet model.
At a meeting with the governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Baglob, he named Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, the Moscow region and part of Moscow. According to Lukashenko, in the Soviet Union, Belarus had to produce and supply there what was missing locally.
In particular, they discussed food, mechanical engineering and elevator repairs. Lukashenko suggested making cooperation with St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region an example for other Russian regions.