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Loveless brothers 01/12/2007 - 15:27 / EconomistRussia and Belarus, its ex-Soviet neighbour, are supposedly brotherly Slavic nations that are in the process of forming a union state. There are indeed some striking family resemblances. Both have irascible authoritarian presidents—Russia's Vladimir Putin and Belarus's brutal Alyaksandr Lukashenka—and both are inclined to risky diplomatic brinkmanship. This week that similarity propelled them over the brink and into an unfraternal trade dispute. Brief though it may have been, it had important implications for Russia's energy dealings with Europe, and perhaps also for the future of benighted Belarus.
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Russia and Belarus Haven’t Closed Bargain 01/12/2007 - 13:53 / Charter97.orgTalks on Russian oil export through Belarus lasted the whole day yesterday in Moscow. Talks in Trade and Economic Development ministry lasted for 10 hours. The Russian side was represented by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, ministers German Gref, Alexei Kudrin and Viktor Khristenko, the Belarusian by Prime Minister Syarhei Sidorski and vice Prime Minister Andrei Kabyakou. Opening the evening round of negotiations, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov admitted that Russian public image as a reliable energy supplier was damaged by disruption of Russian gas transit through Belarus.
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