{"id":1272579,"date":"2025-07-28T14:26:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/integration-with-russia-is-dragging-down-the-belarusian-economy-szr\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:26:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:26:37","slug":"integration-with-russia-is-dragging-down-the-belarusian-economy-szr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/integration-with-russia-is-dragging-down-the-belarusian-economy-szr\/","title":{"rendered":"Integration with Russia is dragging down the Belarusian economy \u2013 SZR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Belarus&#8217; economy is slowing down due to integration with Russia. In 2025, Belarus&#8217; GDP growth decreased compared to the previous year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/szru.gov.ua\/news-media\/news\/ekonomika-bilorusi-v-stahnatsii-cherez-intehratsiyu-z-rf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was reported<\/a> by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;In the first half of 2025, Belarus&#8217; GDP grew by only 2.1%, which is 2.9 pp lower than a year earlier. Inflation reached 7.3%,&#8221; the SZR noted.<\/p>\n<p> The reasons for the decline are the difficult situation in agriculture and the decline in demand for Belarusian goods in the Russian Federation, a key trading partner that accounts for 60% of trade turnover.<\/p>\n<p> It is noted that supplies of consumer goods, equipment, and lumber from the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation have decreased by more than 70%.<\/p>\n<p> The foreign trade deficit in January-April increased to $856 million: exports decreased by 0.3%, and imports increased by 4.7%. &#8220;Industrial production increased by only 0.3%, supported by domestic demand.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The stagnation of the Russian economy limits Minsk&#8217;s financial capabilities. The deterioration of the balance of payments fuels the risks of rapid devaluation of the Belarusian ruble, which will hit purchasing power and social stability,&#8221; the SZR notes.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, Western sanctions limit the channels for diversifying the Belarusian economy, increasing dependence on Russian markets, logistics, and financing.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier, the SZR reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/lukashenko-vtrachaie-kontrol-nad-ekonomikoiu-bilorusi-rozvidka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belarusian dictator Lukashenko cannot maintain the economy, which is gradually degrading. In an attempt to curb inflation, the authorities are once again resorting to price regulation<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Also follow \u201c <strong>Pryamym<\/strong> \u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarus&#8217; economy is slowing down due to integration with Russia. In 2025, Belarus&#8217; GDP growth decreased compared to the previous year. This was reported by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine. &#8220;In the first half of 2025, Belarus&#8217; GDP grew by only 2.1%, which is 2.9 pp lower than a year earlier. Inflation reached 7.3%,&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":1272570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76892],"class_list":["post-1272579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1272579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1272570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1272579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1272579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}