BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

29/06/2007

Drop in Russian petroleum exports costs Belarus $200 mln

MOSCOW. June 29 (Interfax) - The reduction in petroleum product exports from Russia to Belarus at the start of this year resulted in a Belarussian budget shortfall of approximately $200 million, Belarussian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said at a meeting of the Union State's Council of Ministers in Moscow.

In addition, higher natural gas prices over a space of four months resulted in a $458-million increase in the cost of importing gas, Sidorsky said. p

Source:

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/finances/26.html?id_issue=11779454