BELARUS PRESIDENT SHOCKS WITH ECONOMIC PLANS.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 29

Aleksandr Lukashenko said that prices must be slashed by 25 percent and that anyone who leads a company into bankruptcy should be prosecuted, Moscow radio reported June 8. Such steps would destroy the already troubled Belarusian economy, most observers–including the country’s prime minister–believe, the broadcast said.

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