By Anatol Pankouski The past week has brought nothing new in relations with Russia, but it has revealed some details of the pre-New Year agreements – particularly the loan interest rate, the price of gas, and the postponement of the abolition of cellular roaming charges. These factors represent the cost of unipolar [single-vector] foreign policy.
Belarus external state debt 5.9% up to $18.2bn in January-November 2020
MINSK, 31 December (BelTA) – As of 1 December 2020 Belarus external state debt totaled $18.2 billion, $1 billion or 5.9% up since the beginning of the year (taking into account differences in currency exchange rates), BelTA learned from the Belarusian Finance Ministry.
In January-November 2020 the Belarusian government borrowed $2,596.4 million abroad, including $1,391.5 million as bonds floated on foreign financial markets, $541 million from the Russian government and banks, $500 million from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD), $91.9 million from the Export–Import Bank of China, $62.5 million from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and $9.5 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB).
It is unknown when Kyrgyzstan will receive $100 million from Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development
AKIPRESS.COM - It is unknown when Kyrgyzstan will receive $100 million from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development, said Deputy Minister of Finance Ulugbek Karmyshakov at a press conference in Bishkek on December 24.
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Russia approves $1bn loan for Belarus Denis Korobejnikov 27 https://static.news.ru/photo/43065866-43a4-11eb-9539-fa163e074e61 660.jpg Photo: Sergey Lantyukhov/NEWS.ru
The Russian government has approved a draft agreement on providing a loan to Belarus in the amount of $1 bn, as indicated on the legal information portal.
To approve the draft agreement between the government of Russia and the government of the Republic of Belarus on the provision of a state financial loan to the government of the Republic of Belarus, submitted by the Ministry of Finance of Russia, coordinated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia and the state development corpo
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The Russian government has approved a draft agreement to provide Belarus with a $1 billion loan in 2020-2021. To approve the draft agreement between the Russian government and the government of The Republic of Belarus, agreed with the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and the state development corporation VEB.RF, on granting a state financial loan, reads the document signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
According to the document, Russia will provide Belarus with a loan in two tranches: the first was provided in 2020, the second - in 2021.
At the end of August, Alexander Lukashenko said that Minsk reached an agreement with Moscow on refinancing a $1 billion loan.