The results of the meeting between Putin and Lukashenko, credit card rates. Highlights of the night

What Putin and Lukashenko agreed on at the talks in Moscow, real interest rates on credit cards have risen sharply in Russia, how the Central Bank wants to help Russians manage personal data - in a review of the main news on RBC

Основные договоренности Путина и Лукашенко

По итогам переговоров в Москве президенты России и Белоруссии Владимир Путин и Александр Лукашенко договорились о сохранении цен на газ, создании общего энергорынка Союзного государства и нового органа, который будет отслеживать косвенные налоги России и Белоруссии. Общий объем кредитов Москвы Минску с сентября 2021 года до конца 2022 года составит около $630–640 млн.

Citizens of Russia and Belarus will receive equal rights and opportunities in the economic and social spheres within the framework of the Union State, and legal entities will also receive equal rights. Countries will move to a common industrial policy, general access to public procurement and government orders. Russia will also remove all COVID restrictions on air travel with Belarus. But there will be no single currency for Russia and Belarus yet, this issue was postponed on the recommendation of the Central Banks of the two countries. There was also no talk of political unification at the talks. Putin admitted that in the future there will be a parliament of the Union State, but noted that it was not discussed at the current meeting. Finally, all decisions will be approved at a meeting of the Supreme State Council on September 10.

What did Putin and Lukashenko agree on at the talks in Moscow. Main Politics