Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Belarius, The Spoiled Child of Russia





An oil conflict between Russia's capitol, Moscow, and Belarus's capitol, Minsk, sets the Belarian regime in danger of collapse as Moscow refused to supply over 5 tons of oil without putting a duty on the sale. The Belarian president, Aliaksandr Lukashenka, made promises of a 11-13% rise in GDP which would be impossible without the Russian preferences to Belarus. This dispute was settled though as a series of compromise on both sides resulted in a fee rise of 11% to oil transfered across Belarus along with other agreements involving a higher volume of duty-free imports toward the end of the year.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/moscow-minsk-settle-oil-dispute/398438.html

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