TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — 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 ...

Devaluation and inflation have become the ruler's signature style. In 1994, Lukashenko promised to stop price increases forever, make the ruble a stable currency, and make Belarusians rich. As a ...

Cars produced by the Chinese automaker Geely and its local subsidiary in Belarus can now be purchased using cryptocurrencies.

The growth of lending in national currency in Belarus accelerated to 1.2% in September 2025, after a 0.3% increase in August, BelTA reports citing a macroeconomic review by the Eurasian Development ...

Earlier, dictator Alexander Lukashenko also called for the creation of an alternative currency to the dollar and euro. He ...

MINSK, May 7. /TASS/. Belarus’ gold and foreign currency reserves grew by $89 mln (or by 1%) in April 2024 and amounted to $8.442 bln as of May 1, according to data released by the National Bank of ...

Belarus and Russia have no plans to adopt a joint currency in the near future, Belarus's strongman leader announced on May 29. Alyaksandr Lukashenka, speaking at a meeting with the head of Russia's ...

Belarus has allowed its currency to devalue by 10%, The Wall Street Journal reports. The National Bank of Belarus has permitted banks to buy and sell foreign currency at an exchange rate deviating by ...

Paraphrasing Bismarck, the president once stated: independence is “a luxury not everyone can afford.” This is exactly what we ...

MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus' currency crisis deepened on Friday as interbank foreign exchange trading ground to a halt, participants said, following a policy U-turn on valuations from the central bank.