Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has ordered his government to switch to U.S. dollars and euros in trading with Russia. Lukashenka said at the Cabinet's session in Minsk on December 18 that "a task has been defined, which is to switch to dollars in trade with Russia, the way we pay for energy."
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Belarus to trade with Russia in euros, dollars only
A woman purchases food products from Belarus at a street market in Saint Petersburg on December 11, 2014.
