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Belarus Threatens Russia With Oil Transit Fees

President Lukashenka (file photo) (ITAR-TASS)

January 3, 2006 -- Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka today threatened to charge transit fees for Russian oil being shipped across Belarusian territory.

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January 03, 2007

Lukashenka's remarks come in response to Moscow's recent decision to slap full duties on Russian oil exports to Belarus.

Russia and Belarus recently have been involved in a series of economic disputes.

Minsk and Moscow signed a deal on gas prices earlier this week, averting potential disruptions of gas supplies to Europe.

Earlier today, a top Belarusian agriculture official, Ivan Danchenko, said that Russia has virtually halted imports of Belarusian sugar.

He said that Belarusian sugar producers have lost a lot of money and might not be able to fulfill contracts with Russian candy makers.

(ITAR-TASS, AP, Reuters)

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