Belarus bans raising prices for socially important goods to July 1

MINSK, May 30 (Itar-Tass) -- Belarus will not raise prices for
socially important goods and services to July 1 of the current year. The
prices should remain at the level of May 28, the governmental press
service said on Monday.
The list of such goods and services was put together in late April.
For example it includes 14 names of food goods: bread, meat /beef and
pork/, milk, powdered milk mixes and tinned meat for children, sugar,
several cereals, potato, etc.
Now the government has added several more positions to the list,
including fish, cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, apples, bananas, lemons,
oranges, coffee, tea, salt, detergents. The government allows the Ministry
of Economy to use "temporary price regulations for 90 days."
The decision is aimed at prevention of unreasonable raise of prices
for consumer goods and services in Belarus, the press service said.