Umbusi wesifunda saseNovgorod u-Andrei Nikitin uthe lesi sifunda sihlose ukwandisa ukubambisana neBelarus nokwandisa ukuhweba.
Inhloko yesifunda, eyayivakashele eBelarus ngoJulayi 4-5, yaphawula ukuthi kusukela ngo-2019, ukuhweba phakathi kwaleli zwe nesifunda saseNovgorod kukhuphuke ngo-200%, futhi ngokusekelwe emiphumeleni yamanje, sekucacile kakade. ukuthi ngo-2023 izinkomba zonyaka odlule zizothuthukiswa. Ubambiswano luyathuthuka ezindaweni eziningi, okuhlanganisa nokukhiqizwa kwamazambane. Ngokusho kukaNikitin, kube nokushintshaniswa kwezinhlobo zokuzalanisa nokusebenzisana ne-National Academy of Sciences yaseBelarus isikhathi eside. Isiqondiso esisha ngokubambisana sizobekwa ngokuhlinzekwa kwamafrimu aseFrance enziwe eBelarusian esifundeni, futhi umkhiqizo uzophinde wenziwe kusetshenziswa izinto zokusetshenziswa zaseRussia.
“Kepha nakhu okuthokozisayo: kuvele ukuthi ayashoda amafrimu aseFrance. Futhi lokhu kushoda kuzoxazululwa yi-Belarusian Tolochin cannery, eyakhiwa kamuva nje. […] Futhi ayengekho amazambane anele. Ngakho-ke, sizohlinzeka ngamazambane ethu lapho, ukuze sinikeze iBelarus neRussia kanye nalabo bantu abathanda lokhu kudla okusheshayo ngamafrimu amnandi aseFrance, "kusho umbusi.