OREANDA-NEWS. Excessive demand in the Russian market, which arose in late October, was connected with the activation of buyers from the Customs Union. Thus, according to the Prime Minister of Belarus, Mikhail Myasnikovich, for the period from early October to late November Belarusians bought in Russia 21.5 thousand cars. "According to the most conservative estimations, it (the total amount - approx. Ed.) is about 320 million Dollars. These dollars that were taken from Belarus to Russia", - said Mikhail Myasnikovich, who is cited by AutoNews.ru.

He also explained that the situation of excessive demand has led to the fact that the government was forced to take appropriate measures to prevent the devaluation of the national currency. "This has led to high demand for the currency, and the government, which, together with the National Bank aims to protect the interests of our people, could not react. On some days, the sales for the population were 90-97 million Dollars a day. Markets Began to crumble, the hype started,"- said Prime Minister of Belarus.

Due to the collapse of the ruble, difference in the cost of new cars in Belarus and Russia was about 4-5 thousand dollars. High demand for cars from the Belarusian buyers was observed in the secondary market. So, for a few days in most branches of traffic police in Moscow and the Moscow region transit numbers ended.