Lukashenko wondered why most of the corrupt officials are Jews.

At a meeting with the leadership of the Council of Ministers, Lukashenko spoke about the corruption scandal in which former Minister of Agriculture Igor Brylo was involved. “Three dozen people are listed. Excuse me, I am not an anti-Semite, but more than half are Jews. Is it that we have a special, privileged position, that they steal and don’t think about their future? Everyone is the same before the law. And Jews, and Belarusians, and Ukrainians, Russians and Poles,” Lukashenko said.