Day: November 22, 2021

Lukashenko: not a single application for asylum from migrants has been received in Belarus in his country of migrants. The video was posted on YouTube. The journalist conveyed to Lukashenka the words of some migrants that they would like to stay in Belarus if they do not get to Europe. “We have order, unlike you, and the law. And so far we have not received any such application with a request to stay in Belarus. If they act in accordance with the law, and very quickly, unlike you, we will consider, “Lukashenko said. Meanwhile, the Zerkalo.io edition reported on November 15 that one of the migrants, 29-year-old journalist Rebin Sirvan Majid from Iraqi Kurdistan decided to seek asylum in Belarus, but he was beaten and expelled from the country. Rebin said that he was persecuted in his homeland for his journalistic activities and decided to leave for Europe. It is

Bloomberg: USA suspected Russia of preparing an attack on Ukraine from Crimea and Belarus US intelligence believes that Russia will attack Ukraine in 2022 year. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing sources in the special services. The interlocutors of the publication said that Moscow was preparing an attack from three directions: from the Crimean peninsula, from the Russian-Ukrainian border and from the territory of Belarus. Also, intelligence officers reported that they shared the intelligence with their European colleagues. According to Bloomberg, American intelligence has maps that confirm the build-up of the Russian military contingent on the borders with Ukraine. According to the data available to Washington, Russia is preparing about a hundred thousand troops for an attack. In addition to the war with Ukraine, this grouping of troops will have to take the occupied territories into a long-term occupation. The United States claims that most of the Russian tactical groups

Austrian Foreign Minister Linhart: the EU is not aiming at regime change in Belarus International conference on the internal political situation in Belarus in online format, should be a step forward and show the citizens of the country that they are not alone. This was stated by the head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry Michael Linhart on Twitter. The diplomat stressed that in 2020 the Belarusian people were robbed of the right to free and fair elections and deprived people of their electoral vote, but not the votes themselves. “Thousands of women and men took to the streets. They sent a signal: enough, “he said. According to Linhart, the leaders of the European Union (EU) countries understand that reforms do not happen quickly. “Our goal is not regime change. We want the Belarusian people to make their own choice, ”he said. On November 17, the head of EU international diplomacy

TASS: mortgage rates for basic programs have increased in Russia Large Russian banks have increased mortgage rates for basic programs by an average of 0.4 -1 percentage point. This is reported by TASS with reference to the data of banks and the marketing agency Marcs. In November, mortgage rates were raised by such banks as VTB, Sberbank, Rosselkhozbank and Raiffeisenbank. Since November 15, mortgages for VTB clients have become 0.7 percentage points more expensive – the rate will be 9 percent. Sberbank raised rates to 8.8 percent (plus 0.4 percentage points) on mortgages for new buildings and to 9.1 percent (plus 0.6 percentage points) on mortgages for secondary housing. Mortgages for finished housing rose from 8.1 percent to 8.7 percent. In Rosselkhozbank, rates on basic programs for primary real estate increased by 0.7-0.9 percentage points, and for secondary – by 0.45-0.7 percentage points. Raiffeisenbank raised mortgage rates by 0.4-1 percentage