In April 2017, the average monthly salary amounted to BYN 776.7 (appr. $420), the National Statistical Committee reports.
Belsat TV has asked Minsk residents whether their incomes have actually grown or fallen and who is to blame for the current economic crisis.
„My salary has been down by 50%!”
„Who is to blame? He who is at the helm!”
„There are many opportunities to earn a living, e.g. one can work for European and U.S. firms remotely.”
„Our salaries have been reduced by half!”
„Fortunately, I work not in Belarus. I feel sympathetic to our pensioners trying to make both ends meet.”
„My salary has decreased by nearly 40%”
„Lukashenka keeps promising higher salaries, but his promises are made to be broken.”
“I have just come back from Germany… In comparison to other countries, Belarus got stuck in a quagmire,” an elderly woman about the living standards in Belarus.
