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The poor economic results achieved in 2012 have shown how strongly the Belarusian economy relies on the good condition on the markets of a small group of products, including primarily petroleum products and potassium fertilisers. However, Belarus is under no risk of economic collapse in the immediate future, as this would be too serious a political and financial problem for Russia, especially in the context of the implementation of the Eurasian Union project. But the price Minsk will have to pay for its unrealistic economic policy will be a further increase in its already high dependence on Russia.