BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

22/12/2008

Belarus asks Russia for loan for move to rbl trade

MOSCOW, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Belarus has asked Russia for a 100 billion roubles ($3.61 billion) loan if Minsk is to move to accounting for bilateral trade in roubles, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Pankin said on Monday.

'There is a letter saying that they want a loan of 100 billion roubles in case of a move to trade in Russian roubles,' Pankin told a news briefing.

(Reporting by Dmitry Sergeev, writing by Toni Vorobyova)

Source:

http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/12/22/afx5849805.html

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