On April 4, Raubichi /Anna Kot - BELTA/. The Chairperson of the Board of the National Bank, Nadezhda Yermakova, considers it premature to close the issue of repaying Soviet-era deposits in Belarus. She expressed this opinion to journalists today, as reported by a BELTA correspondent. "We should not take this issue off the agenda," Nadezhda Yermakova noted. "People need to be paid their deposits; the question is when this will be done." The head of the National Bank emphasized that populist decisions should be avoided in this area, and a prudent policy should be followed. Thus, payments of Soviet-era deposits should only begin after the necessary financial resources become available, she added. -0-

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