EU promises to Belarus $9 bn if Lukashenko frees political prisoners and holds normal elections

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30.09.11 @ 16:57

By Andrew Rettman

EU leaders have promised authoritarian Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko $9 billion if he frees political prisoners and holds normal elections.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk unveiled the offer at a press event at an EU summit with post-Soviet countries in Warsaw on Friday (30 September).