Lukashenko warns Belarus not for sale

2011-05-28 20

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, faced with a currency crisis, has angrily warned key creditor Russia to keep its hands off state assets. The central bank took an axe to the Belarus rouble this week, devaluing it by 56 percent in an attempt to control the current account deficit, and Russia has been seeking to buy assets in return for a two billion euro emergency loan. ... http://www.euronews.net/