- 18:01 09/12/2010
Russia will cancel oil export duties for Belarus from January 1, if Minsk ratifies all agreements to create a Unified Economic Space, Russia's Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said on Thursday.
- 13:53 29/10/2010
Belarus is insisting that duties for the re-export of Russian oil should be cancelled from January 1, 2011, Belarusian Foreign Deputy Minister Andrei Yevdochenko said on Friday.
- 22:20 22/10/2010
Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko criticized Russia's proposal to cancel oil export duties for Belarus in exchange for money gained by Minsk from petroleum products re-export calling it the "worst option."
- 23:40 13/10/2010
Russia may up the volume of duty-free oil it supplies to Belarus for domestic consumption if Minsk proves its internal needs have increased, the Kremlin chief of staff said on Wednesday.
- 21:59 08/10/2010
The CIS Economic Court recommended on Friday that the Russian and Belarusian governments negotiate the suspension of export duties on Russian oil products supplied to Belarus, a court official said on Friday.
- 23:16 26/03/2010
Belarus is taking Russia to court. It may sound outrageous, but this is actually how civilized nations behave. Perhaps these sister Slav nations can elevate their discourse and leave behind the family squabbles.
- 14:22 23/01/2010
The Belarusian customs chief threatened Russia with retaliation on Saturday over its decision to impose full duty on crude pumped to Belarus.
- 14:00 11/01/2010
Russian oil supplies are continuing to and via Belarus to Europe despite the two countries' failure to sign an agreement for 2010, Belarus's state energy firm Belneftekhim said on Monday.
- 02:09 10/01/2010
Russia and Belarus have failed to agree on Russian oil supplies to the ex-Soviet state, but are willing to continue negotiations.
- 23:14 07/01/2010
The Belarusian delegation that came to Moscow for talks on a pricing structure for Russian oil deliveries to Belarus in 2010 is flying back to Minsk for consultations, a Russian official said.
- 20:59 07/01/2010
Officials from Russia and Belarus held a second day of talks on Thursday to try to resolve the dispute over 2010 oil deliveries, but again failed to reach an agreement, the Belarusian government news agency Belta reported.
- 06:56 07/01/2010
Moscow and Minsk will soon reach an agreement resolving differences over the supply and transit of Russian oil in 2010.
- 14:32 05/01/2010
Belarus has lowered its crude oil export duty from $271 to $267 per metric ton from January 1, the country's Council of Ministers said in a decree on Tuesday.
- 11:24 04/01/2010
The Belarusian Belneftekhim oil concern denied on Monday reports by some media outlets on the cessation of oil supplies from Russia
- 23:15 03/01/2010
Russia and Belarus will continue discussions on Monday as they attempt to resolve differences over the supply and transit of oil in 2010, an aide to Russia's energy minister said on Sunday.
- 15:45 03/01/2010
Russia is continuing talks with Belarus on oil deliveries to the ex-Soviet republic in 2010, with oil transit across the Belarusian territory provided in full, an aide to Russia's energy minister said on Sunday.
- 21:52 02/01/2010
Russia's position at negotiations on a 2010 agreement for oil deliveries to Belarus is seriously undermining the new Customs Union between Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, a Belarusian government source said on Saturday.
- 17:12 01/01/2010
Belarus has made an advance payment for 1.126 metric tons of Russian oil for January, a spokesman for Belarusian petrochemical company Belneftekhim said on Friday
- 00:45 01/01/2010
Russia will impose a full customs duty on oil deliveries to Belarus starting January 1 after the failure of bilateral talks on Thursday
- 23:56 31/12/2009
- 20:39 31/12/2009
Russia has failed on Thursday to sign a deal on oil deliveries to Belarus, citing "a lack of directives and authority" on the behalf of the Belarusian delegation.
- 12:41 03/08/2007
Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] confirmed Friday that Belarus had made a $190 million installment toward its $460 million gas debt, and delayed cuts in supplies to the country by one week.
- 12:11 18/05/2007
Russian energy giant Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] said Friday it expects to sign a share purchase deal with Belarusian pipeline operator Beltransgaz by June 1 to secure reliable gas supplies to Europe.
- 18:04 23/01/2007
Belarus will demand that Russia pay rent for land under pipelines that it uses to pump its oil and gas to Europe, the country's president said at a government meeting Tuesday.
- 15:53 15/01/2007
President Vladimir Putin said Russia's energy subsidies for Belarus would reach $5.8 billion in 2007.
- 15:43 14/01/2007
Russia and Belarus have different approaches towards building a Union State, the Belarusian president said Sunday.
- 15:10 14/01/2007
The crisis in Belarus-Russia relations is over, the Belarusian president said Sunday. An energy dispute between the two ex-Soviet republics at the start of 2007 affected Russia's European consumers.
- 19:38 13/01/2007
Belarus is satisfied with the results of two-day oil talks in Moscow this week, Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said Saturday.
- 15:26 13/01/2007
Russia made concessions to Belarus at their oil talks this week, but the agreement they reached is beneficial for both ex-Soviet states, a Russian official close to the negotiations said Saturday.
- 22:25 12/01/2007
After two days of oil negotiations, Russia reduced its oil export duty for Belarus from $180.7 to $53 per metric ton, the Russian premier said Friday.
- 21:54 12/01/2007
Russian-Belarusian inter-governmental negotiations have been completed, a source in the Russian delegation told RIA Novosti Friday
- 18:53 12/01/2007
The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) expressed his hope Friday that the recent oil and gas dispute between Russia and Belarus could encourage Minsk to expedite its transition to a market economy.
- 09:16 12/01/2007
Trade and energy talks between the prime ministers of Russia and Belarus, expected to focus on a bilateral energy pricing and tariff dispute, will continue in Moscow Friday.
- 22:01 11/01/2007
Talks between the Russian and Belarusian prime ministers on lifting barriers in bilateral trade started at the Russian Government House Thursday. Mikhail Fradkov and Sergei Sidorsky are heading the Russian and Belarusian delegations, respectively.
- 19:09 11/01/2007
- 10:51 11/01/2007
Transneft has resumed in full oil supplies to Europe via the Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline through Belarus, the Russian pipeline monopoly's vice president said Thursday.
- 22:18 10/01/2007
Transneft [RTS: TRNF] is waiting for Belarus to confirm it is prepared for the resumption of Russian oil transit to Europe via its pipelines, the head of the Russian pipeline monopoly said Wednesday.
- 20:35 10/01/2007
Talks between Russia and Belarus, expected to focus on an oil dispute between the ex-Soviet neighbors, have started at the Russian economics ministry, the ministry's press service said Wednesday.
- 20:15 10/01/2007
Russian oil transit through Belarus to Europe has yet to be resumed, a Russian deputy economics minister said Wednesday.
- 19:23 10/01/2007
"The Belarusian government declares void the state tax on oil transit via Belarus imposed by the council of ministers," Sergei Sidorsky said.
- 16:04 10/01/2007
Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko have discussed the problem of Russian oil transit via Belarus on the phone, the Kremlin press service said Wednesday.
- 22:01 09/01/2007
Russia will not start talks on ending the current standoff with Belarus until it lifts its transit levy on Russia's Europe-bound oil, the economics minister said Tuesday.
- 19:39 09/01/2007
Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft [RTS: TRNF] filed law suits Tuesday against Belarus, which Moscow accuses of tapping Europe-bound oil, the industry and energy minister said Tuesday.
- 16:18 09/01/2007
Russia's economy will lose some $3.3 billion over natural gas agreements with Belarus, including $1.3 billion in losses for the state budget and $2 billion for Gazprom, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
- 11:19 09/01/2007
Belarusian Vice Premier Andrei Kobyakov has arrived in Moscow for talks on oil transit across the territory of Russia's western neighbor, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
- 20:49 08/01/2007
Belarus has suspended Russian oil transit to Europe over Russia's failure to pay a transit duty of $45 per metric ton of oil going through Belarusian territory.
- 18:44 08/01/2007
Russia's economics ministry said Moscow might turn to international organizations to make Belarus compensate the damage it caused by tapping Russia's Europe-bound oil.
- 18:16 08/01/2007
Germany's economy minister, presiding over the EU council of energy ministers, warned Monday against dramatizing the disruption of Russia's European oil supplies via Belarus.
- 17:29 08/01/2007
"Belarus's oil siphoning in response to Russia's failure to pay the illegally imposed duty resembles a trade war," Andrei Sharonov told Ekho Moskvy radio.
- 15:32 08/01/2007
Belarus is siphoning off Russian oil designated for Europe from the Druzhba pipeline going through its territory, the Russian oil transit monopoly said Monday.
- 13:46 08/01/2007
"We do not know yet why the oil supplies were suspended and when they will be resumed," Tomasz Zakrzewski, spokesman for the PERN company operating the Polish section of the pipeline, said.
- 20:37 06/01/2007
- 18:27 04/01/2007
Belarus's state oil company Belneftekhim said Thursday it has officially notified Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft of imposing a transit duty of $45 per metric ton of Russian oil from January 1.
- 20:30 02/01/2007
Belarus hopes Russia will abandon its plan to impose duties on crude oil supplies in exchange for 50% of the revenues Belarusian refineries receive from the re-export of derivatives to Europe, First Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko said Tuesday.
- 16:10 01/01/2007
The European Union hails an agreement on Russian natural gas deliveries to Belarus reached late Sunday night, a EU spokeswoman said Monday.
- 10:57 01/01/2007
Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] signed a five-year contract on Russia's natural gas deliveries to Belarus at $100 per 1,000 cubic meters, company's head said Sunday.
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