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Events that unfolded in June brought about new challenges for the development of the business environment in Belarus. Possible changes to the law on privatisation will impact the attractiveness of state assets and raise concerns regarding the level of property rights protection ( Read more... )

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Belarus will need to pay over $3 billion this year to serve its mounting external debt. The payment is more than twice than in 2012.

In the absence of significant foreign investments and additional Russian subsidies Belarusian authorities may have to privatise more state ( Read more... )

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Despite the proclaimed common Russia-Belarus way to prosperity within the Customs Union, neither country is ready to sacrifice individual economic interests for this cooperation.  On 24 July Russia stopped railway deliveries of straight-run gasoline - the main raw material used ( Read more... )

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Last Monday, flights between Minsk and Moscow suddenly stopped. Russia has recalled the licence for flights to Russia from Belavia, the Belarusian national airline. The Belarusian side responded by cancelling the licences of the Russian companies. A new trade war between ( Read more... )

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On 24 January the Eurasian Development Bank released an interesting report on the prospects of the Eurasian economic integration. The report presented findings of a research project conducted by a group of Russian and Ukrainian economists under the aegis of the Eurasian ( Read more... )

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As Russia is finalizing the terms of its accession to the World Trade Organization, Belarus struggles to understand what this accession will mean to it.  The question is difficult and important because Belarus closely cooperates with Russia as member of the Customs Union and ( Read more... )