The head of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate BOC) urged the peoples of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine to seek "spiritual unity". This was Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavsky, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus Paul said in his Christmas message.

Accumulated average wage of the Vitebsk region in the last summer month amounted to 5,692,850 and in the past month fell to 18,022 rubles. Lower wages in August occurred in all regions of Belarus. Because of this, Vitebsk region finally ceased to hold the laurels of the lowest paid in the region of the country.

As reported by the Belarusian tour operators, domestic tourism companies have experienced difficulties with the transfer of money to partners abroad through banks with Russian capital, represented in Belarus. So, for a whole week detained dollar payment via "Belvnesheconombank" one of the largest Belarusian travel agencies.

Individual entrepreneurs in the regions in protest not come to work. Stood markets in Gomel, Mogilev, Vitebsk, Baranovichi, Pinsk, Svetlahorsk - throughout Belarus. Vitebsk entrepreneurs believe that their toothless Minsk betrayed your regions.

In January-May 2014 the builders of Vitebsk commissioned about 119 thousand square meters of housing, and secured the area than the last place in the country.