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“I remember the promise of the Russian president. The only thing I said (in a meeting with Vladimir Putin on February 22 – ed.): If it did not burden the Russian economy, we would use the rest of this loan, even for military purposes. Perhaps, the purchase of more modern aircraft and equipment. There was no rejection, “Lukashenko said on Tuesday.
As already announced, in 2011 10 billion of these have been allocated. The $ 3 billion loan remained unused at approximately $ 3 billion. Dollars.
According to A. Lukashenko, part of the financing for the construction of the Astrava nuclear power plant was saved due to lower construction service fees, convenient component delivery logistics compared to the construction of Russian nuclear power plants in other countries.
“It just came to our attention then. That’s how the issue came up (due to the granting of a $ 3 billion loan to Belarus – ed. Paste),” Lukashenko explained.
At the same time, he stressed that this issue was not discussed in detail in his last meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Before Lukashenko’s trip to Sochi, the Russian newspaper Kommersant announced that Minsk would ask the Kremlin to provide more than $ 3 billion. Loan in USD.
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