Agreement on $110m Russian loan for Belarus signed in Moscow

         The Belarusian Finance Ministry and the Russian Finance Ministry signed the agreement on allocating a $110 million loan to Belarus, the press service of the Belarusian Finance Ministry reported. Within the framework of the Russian Federation’s financial support for the Republic of Belarus this year the Belarusian Finance Ministry and the Russian Finance Ministry signed the agreement between the governments of the two countries on providing a state financial loan to the Belarus government in Moscow on 27 March, the press service noted. The agreement provides for allocating financial resources in Russian rubles for ten years, including a four-year grace period.