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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Belarus has no immediate plans to adopt Russian currency, its strongman leader Lukashenko says

Belarusian Presidential Press Office

Belarus and Russia have no plans to adopt a joint currency in the near future, Belarus’ strongman leader announced on Monday.

Speaking at a meeting with the head of Russia’s central bank, Alexander Lukashenko said that introducing the Russian ruble in Belarus would not be “an easy process,” and that the authorities in Minsk had no intentions so far of doing so.

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