Gas on sovereignty

Russia again stands on the threshold of the gas war. At this time, with Belarus. Today at 10:00 Moscow time, Gazprom began to gradually reduce gas supplies to Belarus, said the head of holding company, Alexei Miller. In the beginning, the reduction was 15% of the RDA. Then, the volume decreased to 85%. The reason for the conflict - the duty of Minsk for gas. This year Belarus pays for the price, which he considers appropriate. Naturally, it is significantly lower than in the agreement reached between the Russian gas monopoly and Minsk. In particular, the cost of gas supplies under the contract amounts to 169 dollars per thousand cubic meters, but as long as Belarus pays $ 150. Thus, by May 1, the Belarusian debt rose to 192 million dollars. According to experts holding debt Beltransgaz may increase by the end of the year to 500-600 million dollars. Order to cease the supply of gas has given Miller the president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. Meanwhile, the Belarusian side insists that the actions of "Gazprom" unlawful. " The representative of Beltransgaz refers to the fact that the Russian monopolist is payable for transit. According to him, the top management of Gazprom's intentionally misleading the Russian head of state. Late last week, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko emphasized that this republic, Gazprom does not have to. To this statement, immediately followed by the reaction of Russia. First Vice-Premier of Russia Viktor Zubkov noted that the claims of Belarus to Russia - "unfounded", there is no documentary evidence. While Russia has a full package of documents on the Belarusian debt. On the proposal of Minsk pay the debt in goods Russia refused. "Gazprom does not accept payment for a debt: no pies, no butter, no cheese, no other means of payment",