Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has said it will no longer do fundraising work for the Belarus government following a campaign by human rights groups. Free Belarus Now and Index on Censorship argued that companies such as RBS were helping to support the regime of "Europe's last dictator".

Index said that RBS and other banks had sold $1.85bn (£1.1bn) worth of government bonds over the past year. The decision followed a meeting at the bank's headquarters last week.
"Given sanctions, the deteriorating political situation in Belarus and the fact that it has reneged on key elements of the IMF programme, RBS has ceased any type of capital-raising for or on behalf of the Belarus Republic, and we have no plans to change that position until these issues have been...Read more on this story----> BBC News - RBS agrees to end work for Belarus