All restrictions on Belarus’ export of powdered milk to Russia lifted
Currently there are no restrictions on the supply of powdered milk to the Russian Federation, Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats said, who is in Gomel Oblast on a working trip. According to the Minister, there was a time when Russia had some complaints regarding the content of protein in milk. The Agriculture and Food Ministry recommended the dairy companies that supply products to foreign markets to pay...
Will Lukashenko face Turkish scenario in Belarus?
Author: Pavel Yurintsev One would think that the developments of the past week in Turkey and Armenia – the countries located quite far from Belarus – have no direct impact on Minsk and its everyday life. However, the leadership of Belarus does not think so, as its seeming confidence yields to fear and concern for the future. The examples of Minsk’s old ex-friends Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, Bashar al-Assad, Kurmanbek Bakiyev and...
Belarus negotiating gas price with Russia’s government
Belarus is negotiating the gas price with the Russian government, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko said at the joint meeting of the two chambers of the Belarusian parliament on 30 June, BelTA has learned. “At the moment, we are in talks with the Government of the Russian Federation and Gazprom over this matter. We are holding negotiations and expert consultations,” the Deputy Premier noted. On 1 January 2016, the gas...
Minsk ready to any format of talks to improve situation in Ukraine— diplomat
Belarus is ready to ensure any formats of talks to settle the situation in Ukraine, Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Shestakov said on Friday (June3). “Belarus is ready to continue to facilitate the work of the Contact Group and to ensure any other formats of talks to settle the situation in Ukraine, including at the summit level, as it was done on February 11-12, 2015 in Minsk,” the Belarusian foreign ministry...
Belarus Resisting Russian Missile Deployment
Russian officials have said that they want to deploy new missiles in Belarus in response to American missile defense deployments in Romania and Poland, a new test for Minsk’s precarious balancing act between Russia and the West. The United States’s new missile defense site in Romania officially became operational earlier this month, and Russians (justifiably) see the new facility as targeted towards their country. Russian President...
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