What Others Are Writing About Belarus – 15 November 2026

In brief

• According to Wiesti.ru, Lukashenko, during a visit to the Orsha Linen Combine, launched a new technological line for producing clothing.
• The portal reports that Lukashenko called on citizens to wear clothing of Belarusian production instead of brands such as Gucci and Versace.
• Wiesti.ru states that the plant's exports reached $100 million.
• According to the portal, Lukashenko ordered the full processing of short fiber within the country by 2030 and an acceleration of import substitution for foreign equipment.

Russian press

According to Wiesti.ru (propaganda media), a Russian portal controlled by the state, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, during a visit to the Orsha Linen Combine, launched a new technological line for producing clothing and called on citizens to wear clothes of Belarusian production instead of "Gucci-shmucci" and Versace. The portal reports that the plant's exports reached $100 million, and that Lukashenko ordered the full processing of short fiber within the country by 2030 and an acceleration of import substitution for foreign equipment. This is a propaganda message, not an independent report, so the data and declarations it contains require verification from other sources (Лукашенко призвал носить белорусскую одежду, а не "Гуччи-шмуччи" – Wiesti.ru (media propagandowe)).