2007 in Belarus - 2007 Russia-Belarus Energy Dispute, Belarusian Premier League 2007, Belarusian Cup 2007-08, Belarusian Cup 2006-07 (Paperback)

Chapters: 2007 Russia-belarus Energy Dispute, Belarusian Premier League 2007, Belarusian Cup 2007-08, Belarusian Cup 2006-07, Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The RussiaBelarus energy dispute began when Russian state-owned gas supplier Gazprom demanded an increase in gas prices paid by Belarus, a country which has been closely allied with Moscow and forms a loose union state with Russia. It escalated on January 8, 2007, when the Russian state-owned pipeline company Transneft stopped pumping oil into the Druzhba pipeline which runs through Belarus because Belarus was siphoning the oil off the pipe without mutual agreement. On January 10, Transneft resumed oil exports through the pipeline after Belarus ended the tariff that sparked the shutdown, despite differing messages from the parties on the state of negotiations. The Druzhba pipeline, the world's longest, supplies around 20% of Germany's oil. It also supplies oil to Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. Oil pipelines in Europe and Northwestern Asia.For the long period, the gas price for the most of former USSR republics was significantly lower than for the Western European countries. In 2006 Belarus paid only $46 per 1000 m, a fraction compared to $290 per 1000 m paid by Germany. The annual Russian subsidies to the Belarusian economy were around $4 billion, as Russian president Vladimir Putin said on January 9, 2007. In 2006 Russia announced a higher price for 2007. After Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, rejected this price change, and without a new treaty, Gazprom threatened to cut gas supplies to Belarus from 10:00 MSK on January 1, 2007. Both sides finally agreed on the following terms: Another part of the ene...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=8824490