Belarus Resists Privatisation of Large Enterprises
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Lukashenka expressed on several occasions the hope that Russia would increase the volume of its subsidies to Belarus, taking into account that the West "wants to bend" him.
Defence Minister Jury Zhadobin said that Russia should help through preferential supplies of gas and crude oil, so that the Belarusian military personnel get the same salary as the Russian one: the significance of Belarus as the Russia's outpost increases in connection with the plans to deploy US anti-missile defence sites in Central European member countries.
In 2012 the Putin administration will not revive the acute differences in its relations with Lukashenka's regime. However, Moscow constantly sends signals that the respite that Lukashenka got from Russia's pressure is just a temporary one.
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