MINSK – Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed the country’s prime minister, central bank head and other top ministers, the presidential press service said on Saturday, in the biggest government reshuffle since 2010.The shake-up follows Belarussian moves to protect its economy, run along Soviet-style command lines by Lukashenko since 1994, due to a currency crisis in Russia, its main trading partner and ally.Lukashenko’s chief of staff Andrey Kobyakov has been appointed new prime minister, the press service said in a statement, without giving reasons for the dismissal of much of the cabinet.Earlier this year Lukashenko warned he might dismiss the …read more
Source: AsiaOne
