He noted that now Minsk and Moscow will focus on production in their own countries.
"We will not expect that, for example, like Russia, gas and oil were sold, billions of dollars were received and they were given back for all sorts of trinkets. We're going to create these trinkets ourselves... What is absolutely certain is that we did not collapse. And we will not collapse," RIA Novosti quoted Lukashenka as saying.
In February, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said he was impressed by the results of the Russian economy amid the pressure exerted on Russia.
The journalist of the Independent noted that the Russian economy feels much better than expected, despite the sanctions of the West, the life of ordinary Russians for the year has not changed much.