Socialist-style Belarus in worsening economic straits
Feb 20, 2003
Valery Kalinovsky
The former Soviet republic of Belarus, isolated internationally under its authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, is sliding deeper into economic morass because of its Socialist-style economy, experts warn.A delegation from the International Monetary Fund which visited the country warned this week that it would not resume lending, cut off since 1995, unless Minsk embarked on economic reforms.One of Europe's poorest countries, the 10 million-strong population in Belarus has suffered a pers ...
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