Monday, January 11, 2010

Russia-Belarus Oil War Unleashed

Russia and Belarus failed to settle their dispute about Russian customs duties on oil exported from Russia to Belarus. Belarus demands more oil to be exported duty-free than Russia is ready to agree. Russia threatens to cease duty-free oil export altogether; Belarus, in response, vows to leave the newly formed Customs Union of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1301773

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