Belarus began to choose technological oil from pipelines leading to refineries in Mozyr and Polotsk.
Because of the financial crisis in the Russian Federation, the money "help" to Alexander Lukashenko's regime is sharply reduced. Moscow refuses to Belarus in the next loan and from October, stops duty-free supplies of oil products and gas to this republic.
The President of Belarus supported the territorial integrity of Georgia in Tbilisi and was horrified at what Abkhazia turned into under the Russian protectorate.
Moscow provides Minsk with a loan of $700 million for refinancing old debts.