A Half-Step from the Abyss: Belarus’s Economy Ahead of Presidential Elections

... efficiency of the Presidential Administration… Some officials must be told twice to make them fulfill President's instructions on burning issues ." External Matters belstat.gov.by Commodity Structure of Exports and Imports, Belarus, 2014 (In Russian) The third quarter of 2015 will be a major test for Belarus. With presidential elections looming, economic logic often tends to be replaced by political populism, which hampers responses to emerging challenges. The external challenges, which are hardly manageable by Minsk and may affect developments in Belarus in the second half ...