{"id":129938,"date":"2025-03-13T21:41:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/129938\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"russia-made-available-just-over-30-percent-of-1-5-billion-import-substitution-loan-for-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/129938\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia made available just over 30 percent of $1.5 billion import substitution loan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 13, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Moscow has made available to Belarus just over 30 percent of a much-advertised loan that the two governments approved months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine to reduce their dependence on imports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>TASS<\/em> has reported that Moscow has provided about 33.4 billion rubles (more than $386 million at today&#8217;s exchange rate), or 31.8 percent of the total loan of 105 billion rubles ($1.5 billion), citing a document prepared for today&#8217;s meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka in Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The paper says that 27 projects have been approved, and 23 projects are being implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 7, 2024, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Alaksandar Raho\u017enik announced work on an &#8220;additional pool of import substitution projects&#8221; to increase the Russian loan to at least 200 billion rubles ($2.31 billion at the Russian Central Bank&#8217;s exchange rate).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Import substitution features prominently on the agenda of frequent meetings between \u0141uka\u0161enka and Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka, Putin enact treaty on security guarantees<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 13, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and Russian President Vladimir Putin have signed in Moscow a protocol on the exchange of ratification instruments for a treaty on security guarantees in the Union State. The treaty, signed by the two leaders on &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/129930\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 13, Pozirk. Moscow has made available to Belarus just over 30 percent of a much-advertised loan that the two governments approved months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine to reduce their dependence on imports. TASS has reported that Moscow has provided about 33.4 billion rubles (more than $386 million at today&#8217;s exchange rate), or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-129938","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russia made available just over 30 percent of $1.5 billion import substitution loan | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 13, Pozirk. 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