BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

22/06/2010

Belarus President Orders Halt Of Russian Gas Transit To Europe

MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has ordered a halt to transit of Russian natural gas to Europe, amid an unsettled-debt issue between Minsk and Moscow, Belarussia's state news agency Belta reports Tuesday.

Russian state-run gas firm OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) cut gas supplies to Belarus by 30% Tuesday amid a row over what it says is a $192 million unpaid gas bill.

Russia had planned to send 44.5 billion cubic meters of gas through Belarus to Europe this yea

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http://www.automatedtrader.net/real-time-dow-jones/550/belarus-president-orders-halt-of-russian-gas-transit-to-europe


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