Yeah I was in Belarus 2011 and noticed that they manufacture clothes there, some of it quite nice and VERY good prices, excellent value and made locally, not in China....
Can they really sell this for the same price in Russia - it was extremely cheap, despite being quite good.

They also have some Italian designer shops in central Minsk - regular European prices there.

Haven't been in Russia in "modern" times so I have no idea about what Russian shopping is like! Read that people from Helsinki go to St Petersburg to shop now - whereas previously it was the other way around. Might be too glammy for my taste!

Some Russian women dress really nicely imho,..
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I inherited a fur coat from my mother (which she actually bought in Russia). But I have never used it.