RUSSIA TO RELEASE FIRST TRANCHE OF LOAN TO BELARUS








MOSCOW, MARCH 14, 2001. /RIA Novosti correspondent Alla  Isayeva/ -- Russia will be able to release the first tranche of the 30-million-dollar stabilisation loan to Belarus only after the terms of granting this loan are finalised, Alexei Kudrin,  vice-premier and finance minister of Russia, told the press.  


	Mr Kudrin stressed that experts of the two countries are currently completing work over the terms of the loan granting. The total amount of the stabilisation loan Russia is going to  grant to Belarus accounts for USD 100 million.