Lukashenko Outburst Endangers Bailout Loan

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has threatened to expel Russian journalists for sowing “hysteria” about a deepening financial crisis, prompting a stern warning from the Kremlin that a bailout loan he desperately needs might be canceled. Lukashenko ominously criticized some Belarussian journalists working for foreign organizations, ordering the government at a meeting Friday to “make sure those media organizations no longer work on our territory.” But he […]