There was a case in politics. Lukashenko spoke about "figures" who created an artificial shortage of potatoes
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, at a meeting on cinematography, commented on the recent potato deficit. It turned out that this situation was artificially created, reports a BELTA correspondent.
"You must be 'pamarkouny' (reasonable), balanced - Belarusians. Down-to-earth people, looking ahead. Don't whine all the time that we have 'oh, it's bad, there are not enough potatoes', or something else... We have enough of everything.
When the State Control Committee checked some individuals, it turned out that it was a political matter. There were enough potatoes. But they were held back somewhere to show that, look, the President interfered with pricing, so here is the result. And when he (State Control Committee. - BELTA note) came with handcuffs, put it on the table - the potatoes appeared," the Belarusian leader stated.