Flag of BelarusMINSK, Mar 20 Minsk agreed with Moscow to shift part of payments on Russian loans for five or six years, said the Minister of Finance of the Republic Yuri Seliverstov. «We have a postponement, which will allow us at the moment not to divert resources to servicing obligations and repaying to partners from Russia,» he said on the Belarus 1 TV channel. Seliverstov called these terms more comfortable and mutually acceptable. According to him, the parties agreed that it would be advisable to direct mutual payments to measures that would allow the parties to improve mutual trade during the sanctions period. delegations in Moscow, it was decided to restructure and installment payment of government loans provided by Russia, as well as to transfer them from foreign currency you into the Russian ruble.
Lukashenko called Russia and Belarus one entity in the economy Moscow. The main restrictions fall on the banking sector, including the Central Bank, as well as the supply of high-tech products. Dozens of the largest companies also left the Russian market. The European Union, the United States and other countries closed the skies for Russian airlines. In addition, the restrictions affected Belarus. The Kremlin called these measures an economic war, the likes of which have not yet been. At the same time, the authorities stressed that they were ready for such a development of events and would continue to fulfill social obligations. The Central Bank is taking measures to stabilize the situation on the foreign exchange market.
