Russia will issue a loan to Belarus in two stages

"This year we want to provide $ 1 billion, of which $ 500 million at the expense of the EFSD (Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development. -

), $ 500 million at the expense of intergovernmental credit," Siluanova quotes TASS.

According to him, next year $ 500 million will be paid at the expense of an interstate loan.

He noted that the conditions are being worked out with the Belarusian Ministry of Finance.

Earlier, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Belarus, at his insistence, will receive a loan of $ 1.5 billion from Russia.

As noted in the Kremlin, there can be no talk of any additional credit conditions, except for commercial ones.