{"id":161244,"date":"2025-10-23T15:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/161244\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-irritated-by-belarusian-railways-request-for-assistance","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/161244\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka irritated by Belarusian Railway\u2019s request for assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 23, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka convened a meeting with government officials today to discuss a request for financial support from Belarusian Railway (BR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quotes from his press office suggest that he was irritated by the company\u2019s appeal. BR attributed its difficult financial situation to the high costs of loans used for infrastructure development and the purchase of rolling stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a matter of fact, I warn you once again: stop coming here begging for money,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka told BR executives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referring to the recent arrests of several senior BR officials on corruption charges, he added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd here they come again, asking for money from the budget or for some kind of assistance\u2014delays or deferments. One more thing: have they tightened their belts tightly enough? If you struggle, tighten your belts. When you start dying, then come here, and we\u2019ll think about what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/151136\/\">Former Belarusian Railway manager given 11 years in prison for corruption<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 23, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka convened a meeting with government officials today to discuss a request for financial support from Belarusian Railway (BR). Quotes from his press office suggest that he was irritated by the company\u2019s appeal. BR attributed its difficult financial situation to the high costs of loans used for infrastructure development and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":94697,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-161244","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>\u0141uka\u0161enka irritated by Belarusian Railway\u2019s request for assistance | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 23, Pozirk. 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