Why does Alexander Lukashenko meet more and more with the leaders of St. Petersburg, Leningrad Region and Primorsky Territory? And why is Belarus' cooperation with Russian regions no longer limited to trade?
Nikolai Mezhevich, Head of the Center for Belarusian and Baltic Studies at the European Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, answered these questions exclusively for the Soyuzny TV channel.
According to him, Minsk's interest in these areas is not only related to ports and opportunities for transporting Belarusian goods. These are large sales markets, a developed industry and possibilities for joint production.