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The queues at the railway station were relatively small – about a few dozen people were waiting for foreign currency at midnight.
The Belarusian rouble exchange rate will be decreased by 10%.
It has gone up from Br11140 to 11460.
He will make his report at a joint meeting of the Council of the Republic and House of Representatives.
The head of state on Thursday held a meeting with the government to discuss Russian currency crisis' effects on Belarus.
Banks in Minsk are selling US dollars at Br 11260-11280 on Thursday, December 18.
Our country will not follow Russia, the Belarus leader said at a meeting with the government in the light of the currency crisis in Russia.
The Russian rouble collapse and its effect on the Belarusian economy will be discussed at the meeting at the office of the president.
The record drop in oil prices will reduce Belarus' revenues from oil export duties.
