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Some breathing room for clench-fisted President Alexandre Lukashenko (above)...as the anti-crisis fund of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Community loaned it $3 bn usd over 10-years.
Belarus will not have to make payments on the loan principal for three years,
It is still seeking a separate bail-out from the IMF.
The ECC members are Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Russia contributed $7.5 billion to the fund.
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