Lukashenko called the optimal exchange rate

"The President has set the National Bank and the Government of the problem – by the end of the year have reduced rates at the level of 5000 rubles for a dollar or a little more", – quotes Reuters the First Vice-Premier Vladimir Semashko. Since March, Belarus is experiencing an acute financial and currency crisis that led to the devaluation of the Belarusian ruble to 36% price increase by 25% and an acute shortage of currency in the country. After the devaluation in late May, the National Bank introduced tough restrictions on the exchange rate fluctuations, which led to a shortage of foreign currency and the emergence of "black" market rate is about 15% different from the official.