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Lukashenka wants to use euros and dollars in trade with Russia

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Lukashenka wants to use euros and dollars in trade with Russia

The dictator is outraged by the losses suffered by Belarus in trade with Russia.

He said it at a meeting to discuss economic issues, BelTA reprots.

“I've been hearing a lot of complaints recently about the fall of the Russian ruble since Russia accounts for 40% of our export and we are losing money,” Lukashenka said. “But hey, this is the kind of partner we have today and this is the kind of situation we see in Russia and Ukraine, which is our partner, too. But there is always a way out. If we lose something somewhere, then we have to gain something in another place.”

For instance, prime costs can be reduced. “We now live large, getting fat and thinking that things will continue the way they are now. No, it is necessary to work hard. Every day the government informs me about food trade. There are no problems with consumers in Russia as far as payments in rubles are concerned. If the ruble drops to RUB70 per U.S. dollar, then we adjust the price accordingly. We take payments in advance. It is good. It is the way it should be done. There is no other way around it”.

The government was given a task to use dollars instead of Russian rubles in trade. “Because we pay with U.S. dollars instead of rubles for electricity. By the way, it is a defect in the work of the Russian government. We should have told them to pay us in hard currency — U.S. dollars or euros — a long time ago. The government tells me that there is progress. Those, who buy our products in Russia, pay with U.S. dollars. If they pay in Russian rubles, then they do so in accordance with the exchange rate on that day and at that hour,” Lukashenka said.

Aliaksandr Lukashenka noted that he wanted to hear clear explanations to all questions raised at the meeting. “There is no point in complaining about the situation. We have agreed that in any situation we should live and work, there is no other way of doing it,” he stressed.

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