Russia has halted oil supplies to Belarus amid a disagreement over tariffs, according to officials at a Belarusian oil refinery in the northern city of Navapolatsak.
The officials told RFE/RL that the shipments stopped on January 1 and the facility is currently processing only Russian oil delivered before that date.
Belarus has been at odds with Russia over oil-transit prices for some time against a backdrop of increasing pressure by Moscow on Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka to deepen integration between the two countries.
Belarus is heavily reliant on Russia for fuel and funding and is a key transit route for Russian energy supplies to Europe.
Now, Russia has just broken a new oil production record.
Meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Lukashenka last year failed to bring the two sides together as the Belarusian president complained he was merely seeking "Equal" terms.
Belarusian protests in December targeted the perceived secrecy of the talks and objected to closer ties to Russia.
https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/International/Russia-Halts-Oil-Supply-To-Key-European-Transit-Hub.html
The officials told RFE/RL that the shipments stopped on January 1 and the facility is currently processing only Russian oil delivered before that date.
Belarus has been at odds with Russia over oil-transit prices for some time against a backdrop of increasing pressure by Moscow on Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka to deepen integration between the two countries.
Belarus is heavily reliant on Russia for fuel and funding and is a key transit route for Russian energy supplies to Europe.
Now, Russia has just broken a new oil production record.
Meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Lukashenka last year failed to bring the two sides together as the Belarusian president complained he was merely seeking "Equal" terms.
Belarusian protests in December targeted the perceived secrecy of the talks and objected to closer ties to Russia.
https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/International/Russia-Halts-Oil-Supply-To-Key-European-Transit-Hub.html
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