Photo-fact: Minsk residents rush to buy appliances and electronics

Users of social networking websites boast what they managed to buy.

Charter97.org learnt the latest news from Twitter user @nik_prosto, who bought a TV set.

“I bought a 48w605 TV at Sony Store for 7,800,000 rubles. Owners of the store were discussing the 30% tax. As I understood, prices will be raised 30% tomorrow, but you can still buy something at old prices in the morning,” he wrote on Twitter.

The National Bank imposed a 30% fee on purchasing foreign currency. The dollar now costs 14,150 rubles, the euro – 17,400 Belarusian rubles.