BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

05/03/2009

Putin orders $500 Mln loan to be provided to Belarus

MOSCOW. March 5 (Interfax) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a resolution to make a $500 million loan available to Belarus.

"At Belarus' request we will make one more loan worth $500 million available to Belarus. The relevant resolution has been signed. I would ask the Finance Ministry to fulfill it quickly," Putin told the government presidium on Thursday.

The prime minister said that in 2008 Russia extended a $1 billion stabilization loan to Belarus, while Gazprom (RTS: GAZP) paid over $1.2 billion for Beltransgaz shares.

Source:

http://www.interfax.com/3/476987/news.aspx

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