MINSK, May 5. /TASS/. Belarus and Russia have shifted to Russian rubles in mutual trade payments, including for supplies of Russian energy resources to the country, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview with the Associated Press news agency.

"We are trading smoothly in Russian rubles, selling our goods there, receiving Russian rubles and buying gas and oil for Russian rubles. There would be no fortune, but misfortune helped. We purchased energy resources in Russia for dollars early. Now they agree to the Russian ruble," Lukashenko said, cited by BelTA news agency.