{"id":168816,"date":"2025-12-18T19:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168816\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lukasenka-orders-government-agencies-to-scrap-marketing-units-by-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168816\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka orders government agencies to scrap marketing units by April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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December 18, <\/strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has criticized marketing departments in some state agencies for having \u201cbloated staff and salaries\u201d while speaking at the seventh All-Belarusian People\u2019s Assembly (UNS) in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian ruler ordered the government to \u201ccompletely review the role and functionality of the so-called development institutions\u201d in the first half of 2026 in his annual address to the nation and the parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy are we spending so much money on structures that are neither seen nor heard: the National Investment Agency at the Ministry of Economy, the National Center for Marketing and Price Study at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Agency for Foreign Economic Activity at the Development Bank, the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and so on?\u201d the politician said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government agencies should handle marketing and pricing internally, without additional structures, which \u0141uka\u0161enka ordered to be dismantled in the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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