Belarusian Railway has unexpectedly become the beneficiary of difficulties in logistics caused to the sanctions. This is evidenced by statistics on the volume of container shipments.

Minsk hosted a regular session of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council. The event was attended by Karen Karapetyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Roman Golovchenko, Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, Akylbek Japarov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and by others.