11.   Most predicted that the ruble would plunge again later this week and warned that its fall would accelerate if the government prints additional rubles to repay wages.

12.   Rather than impose economic austerity to diminish a huge deficit, the government simply printed more money.

13.   Shokhin said the government might print some new rubles, but pledged to keep it under strict checks to prevent fueling inflation.

14.   Some economists believe the government will print far more.

15.   The Belarusian government prints money on a grand scale to pay its bills, causing soaring inflation.

16.   The government has not printed large sums of money to pay its debts, as some economists feared, and this has helped limit inflation in recent months.

17.   The law guaranteed that the government could not print money not backed by dollar reserves.

18.   The law also guaranteed that the government would not print money not backed by dollar reserves.

19.   They have proposed that the government print more money to cover the deficit, an idea strongly opposed by the Cabinet and the Central Bank.

20.   To finance the policy, the government will print more unlinked short-term treasury bills, the statement said.