Here’s something you may have missed amid the July 4th festivities last weekend: people in Belarus have been getting naked at work, at the orders of their president.

It all began last week, when the country’s authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, delivered a speech about innovation and technology at the Fifth People’s Congress in Minsk. At one point, Lukashenko called on Belarusians “to get undressed and work till you sweat." Some have speculated that the president misspoke, perhaps intending to say “develop yourselves,” which apparently sounds similar to “get undressed.” But Belarusian social media took him at his word.