Belarus and Russia Friday signed a gas transit deal expected to end disagreements that caused brief shortages of Russian natural gas in Europe last week, Russia's state gas firm OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) said Friday.
Belarus
and
Russia
Friday signed a gas transit deal expected to end disagreements that caused
brief shortages of Russian natural gas in
Europe
last
week,
Russia
's
state gas firm OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) said Friday.
Belarus
, an
important transit country for Russian energy supplies to
Europe
, cut
westbound shipments of natural gas last week, escalating a dispute over unpaid
gas bills between the two former Soviet states.
Belarus
--traditionally
a close Kremlin ally--had accumulated debt of $200 million for gas used this
year, and said Gazprom was paying too little for shipping gas through
Belarus
to
Europe
.
Last week, Gazprom paid Belarussian pipeline operator Beltransgaz $228 million
in gas transit fees, but
Belarus
insisted the Russian gas firm owed it another $32 million. Gazprom said then it
would pay the extra amount, once the new transit deal was signed.
Friday, Gazprom agreed to
Belarus
'
terms, raising the transit fee to $1.88 per 1,000 cubic meters per 100
kilometers, for 2010.
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