Russia will lend neighboring Belarus $ 500 million as the European Union and the United States prepare to impose sanctions on Alexander Lukashenko’s regime after Ryanair was hijacked to apprehend an opponent of the plane . The Belarusian system, reports the Financial Times.
It is decided to finance Belarus after a summit between the two heads of state Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi on Saturday. Putin also agreed to increase the number of flights between the two countries after several airlines suspended their flights to Belarus.
Putin has proven himself to be an ally of Lukashenko, given closer positions in the European Commission and Joe Biden’s US government. Indeed, in Sochi, the Russian President arranged for a yacht trip across the Black Sea with his Belarusian counterpart to be placed on the summit’s agenda.
The European Commission has banned the state airline of Belarus Belavia is one of the airports in the 27 Member States and has committed to applying additional sanctions to Lukashiko’s land. Biden announced on Friday that the US will again sanction nine Belarusian stock corporations.
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