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“Belarus is an economically independent state. We need 3-5 billion. USD in annual subsidies. If in the past Minsk had accumulated such funds by receiving cheap oil and gas, by receiving preferential or preferential loans, now the holidays are over. We have put the integration project (with Russia – ed.) on the table and we have said: the remaining subsidies, only after integration, “said A. Babarika
“Now there is no other option: a riot due to deprivation and economic collapse, or subsidies in exchange for the loss of statehood.” “Our economic powerlessness has threatened to lose our sovereignty,” he said.
“If we continue to spend as we do now, and earn as much as we earn, the resources will not be sufficient even until 2023. We cannot afford $ 500 million to host the ‘European Games’, which have already acquired the name of the’ Games of the Hunger “in society. Spending needs to be planned more prudently to stop the recession,” said the former banker, who headed a subsidiary of Russian gas giant Gazprom.
Meanwhile, Lukashenko, who is already in his sixth term in Belarus, accused Babarik of financial scandals and hinted that he was being financed by Moscow, which wanted to “privatize” Belarus.
Last week, Babarika-related companies were registered at the Belgazprombank headquarters, which is investigating a criminal case of tax evasion and money laundering. At least 12 people were detained, but the allegations against Lukashenko’s main rival in the elections were not made officially.
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