loans

But the Minister of Finance said that the main thing is integration.

But who can provide it?

On Wednesday, the Belarusian Finance Ministry received the second tranche of the Russian loan. The tranche amounts to $500 mln.

We need about 200 billion rubles.

In the course of today’s Belarusian People’s Congress, Alyaksandr Lukashenka expressed readiness to deepen Belarus-Russia integration in a staged manner and ‘on the basis of equality of the two Union State members’.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Vladimir Putin are close to agreeing on a new loan to Belarus, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reports.

Belarus may start paying its debt on April 1, 2023.

The government plans to receive the money in the coming days, BelTA informs.

Previously, Lukashenka had threatened Moscow with sanctions

The Belarusian authorities are seeking to get a big loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to back the branches hit by the aftereffect of the so-called coronacrisis.

In January, the debt of individuals on loans increased by 109.3 million BYN.

On February 21, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka was on a call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The details of the conversation were revealed during Lukashenka’s meeting with Igor Orlov, Governor of Russia’s Arkhangelsk region.

First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Dzmitry Krutoy has commented on the results of the talks in Sochi, held on February 7 between Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Vladimir Putin, BelTA reports.