
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made a sharp statement against Russia. According to the BelTA agency, at a meeting with the economic bloc of the government, he noted that Russia "is more and more imposes sanctions" against Minsk.
According to the Belarusian leader, about a year and a half ago there was a need to repair the oil pipeline and oil product pipeline going through Belarus. As Lukashenko noted, they would “have to” close them, but Minsk did not, because he understood that this would damage Russia.
Now, as Lukashenko said, you need to act differently. “If you need to put oil pipelines and oil pipelines that go through Belarus for repair, put and repair. Because the good that we do for the Russian Federation, it turns into us constantly evil. There they are already insolent to such an extent that they begin to twist our hands, ”said Lukashenko.
Earlier, the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government and the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov said that Moscow will provide Minsk with a state loan worth up to $ 600 million. The corresponding decision, according to the minister, was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin.