Lukashenko instructs to finalize five-year development plan for southeastern Mogilev Oblast
14.04.2026
KRASNOPOLYE DISTRICT (
BelTA) – Following a meeting to discuss the comprehensive social and economic development of the southeastern part of Mogilev Oblast, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko instructed to finalize the draft decree for the period 2026–2030, BelTA has learned.
The head of state instructed to revise the document taking into account the discussion and submitted it to him promptly. He also emphasized the need to involve the chairpersons of the seven districts concerned in preparing the draft decree.
“The [draft] decree will be discussed. But before you submit it to me… Meet with them [the chairpersons of the seven districts of the southeastern part of Mogilev Oblast],” the president said, addressing Mogilev Oblast Governor Anatoly Isachenko. “Each of you must propose at least one project for your district: a strong, financially meaningful project.”
In general, Aleksandr Lukashenko encouraged local officials to work more actively and with greater involvement, especially in restoring order in agriculture, maintaining labor discipline, and developing the region’s economic potential.
“Let the district executive committee chairpersons stand at attention and ensure that the people they have work hard,” the head of state demanded. “There is no need to persuade anyone.”
The president promised that district chairpersons would be held to the strictest accountability. “You sit there, probably waiting for the regional executive committee to give you some subsidy or a bit of money, and then you will waste it. First of all, this approach must be abandoned, Anatoly Mikhailovich [Isachenko],” the Belarusian leader said. “And secondly, let them at least organize production properly.”
Particular attention was paid to technological and labor discipline in agriculture. Among the problematic issues, the president pointed to insufficient land-improvement and field-contour maintenance in the region, which is gradually leading to the withdrawal of significant areas of fertile land from agricultural use and cultivation.
Aleksandr Lukashenko also warned of responsibility for improper storage and inadequate use of mineral fertilizers. He pointed out that in a period when high prices for mineral fertilizers had been observed on foreign markets, Belarusian manufacturers had continued providing the country’s agrarians with considerable volumes of fertilizers and at affordable prices upon instructions of the head of state. Back then Aleksandr Lukashenko wanted the agribusiness to use fertilizers as efficiently as possible in order to get a good harvest. And back then he warned Agriculture and Food Minister Yuri Gorlov against improperly storing fertilizers in at least one agricultural enterprise. The official assured that it would not happen. However, careless attitudes to fertilizers had been revealed.
“How am I supposed to respond to that?” the head of state was indignant. “I ‘took’ money away from manufacturers. I ‘took’ money away from the state budget. Our revenues could have been five times higher. We could have earned hard currency. I gave it to you and you wasted it!”
“Vasily Nikolayevich [Gerasimov, Chairman of the State Control Committee], sort it out all over the country and jail [the guilty ones],” the president told the chairman of the State Control Committee. “No more jokes.”
"Everything starts with the economy. Let’s work hard. District executive committee chairs, get to work and make sure things move forward quickly! You know how to do it," the president said.
The head of state stressed that the development of the southeastern part of Mogilev Oblast, along with the Pripyat Polesie program and the situation in Vitebsk Oblast, remains constantly in his focus. “I am aware of the situation. I come here often and I see everything. So don't expect it to resolve itself somehow. Act!If someone is unable to cope, come and tell me. We will find another job for you,” Aleksandr Lukashenko warned.
The head of state instructed to revise the document taking into account the discussion and submitted it to him promptly. He also emphasized the need to involve the chairpersons of the seven districts concerned in preparing the draft decree.
“The [draft] decree will be discussed. But before you submit it to me… Meet with them [the chairpersons of the seven districts of the southeastern part of Mogilev Oblast],” the president said, addressing Mogilev Oblast Governor Anatoly Isachenko. “Each of you must propose at least one project for your district: a strong, financially meaningful project.”
In general, Aleksandr Lukashenko encouraged local officials to work more actively and with greater involvement, especially in restoring order in agriculture, maintaining labor discipline, and developing the region’s economic potential.
“Let the district executive committee chairpersons stand at attention and ensure that the people they have work hard,” the head of state demanded. “There is no need to persuade anyone.”
The president promised that district chairpersons would be held to the strictest accountability. “You sit there, probably waiting for the regional executive committee to give you some subsidy or a bit of money, and then you will waste it. First of all, this approach must be abandoned, Anatoly Mikhailovich [Isachenko],” the Belarusian leader said. “And secondly, let them at least organize production properly.”
Particular attention was paid to technological and labor discipline in agriculture. Among the problematic issues, the president pointed to insufficient land-improvement and field-contour maintenance in the region, which is gradually leading to the withdrawal of significant areas of fertile land from agricultural use and cultivation.
Aleksandr Lukashenko also warned of responsibility for improper storage and inadequate use of mineral fertilizers. He pointed out that in a period when high prices for mineral fertilizers had been observed on foreign markets, Belarusian manufacturers had continued providing the country’s agrarians with considerable volumes of fertilizers and at affordable prices upon instructions of the head of state. Back then Aleksandr Lukashenko wanted the agribusiness to use fertilizers as efficiently as possible in order to get a good harvest. And back then he warned Agriculture and Food Minister Yuri Gorlov against improperly storing fertilizers in at least one agricultural enterprise. The official assured that it would not happen. However, careless attitudes to fertilizers had been revealed.
“How am I supposed to respond to that?” the head of state was indignant. “I ‘took’ money away from manufacturers. I ‘took’ money away from the state budget. Our revenues could have been five times higher. We could have earned hard currency. I gave it to you and you wasted it!”
“Vasily Nikolayevich [Gerasimov, Chairman of the State Control Committee], sort it out all over the country and jail [the guilty ones],” the president told the chairman of the State Control Committee. “No more jokes.”
"Everything starts with the economy. Let’s work hard. District executive committee chairs, get to work and make sure things move forward quickly! You know how to do it," the president said.
The head of state stressed that the development of the southeastern part of Mogilev Oblast, along with the Pripyat Polesie program and the situation in Vitebsk Oblast, remains constantly in his focus. “I am aware of the situation. I come here often and I see everything. So don't expect it to resolve itself somehow. Act!If someone is unable to cope, come and tell me. We will find another job for you,” Aleksandr Lukashenko warned.