Lukashenko gets billion from IMF pot | Abroad

As always, the IMF follows the international community, which treats the current regime as the government of Belarus. The Moscow Times. But the EU and US do not recognize Lukashenko as head of state of Belarus: he was re-elected last summer through massive fraud. The countries announced sanctions against Lukashenko’s regime, but Putin kept his ally afloat with loans of 500 million and 1.5 billion dollars.

Helpline

This helpline from Washington, home to the International Monetary Fund, is part of a historic $650 billion pot in monetary reserves. This should help countries recover from the corona crisis. The Belarusian autocrat has never taken serious measures against the virus. He advocated tractor driving and vodka as medicine.

The IMF has put the regimes of Myanmar, Venezuela and Afghanistan on hold: they cannot get money because they are not recognized by too many IMF member states.

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