Russia reduces oil supplies to Belarus three-fold?
8- 23.01.2010, 9:52
Russia was expected to ship 1.5 million tonnes of oil to Belarus during the period from January 1 to January 21, 2010.
However, only 577,000 tonnes were supplied, RosBusinessConsulting reports with referee to Reuters.
Oil transit to Europe via the Druzhba pipeline across the country is not affected.
Russia demands Minsk to pay export duties on the oil Belarus resells to third countries. According to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Moscow agrees to ship 6 million tonnes of oil for the republic’s domestic needs duty-free.
The talks over customs duties on oil were suspended on January 9 without any results.
