Leanid Zaika: I Heard Since Childhood That Belarus Is Potato Country. This Is Nonsense!

It's time to forget the Soviet myths.

Economist Leanid Zaika names three industries that can bring the Belarusian economy to the world level and notes - it's time to forget the Soviet myths. Belarus does not live and breathe potatoes and oil refining.

Can Belarus live without economic support from Russia? The economist is sure that everything depends on whether the brains are held in high esteem, Belsat reports.

"If the president had been a scientist, he would have understood - this is a hydrocarbon economy, the economy of mechanical engineering is coming to an end," - Leanid Zaika says.