Byelorussia’s president Alexander Lukashenko, set to the government the problem to produce 70 thousand tons of Byelorussian malting barley, RIA News has reported recently. “No one will import barley and we will drink beer made out of our barley,” said Lukashenko. However, according to analysts, now the Byelorussian barley doesn’t suit the qualities for brewing industry.

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