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Russia, Belarus: Pipeline Politics
Jun 20, 2010 | 17:54 GMT
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Summary
Russia said it will cut off natural gas supplies to Belarus if Minsk does not pay $192 million allegedly owed to Moscow in unpaid gas debts by June 21. Past cutoffs to Belarus and Ukraine have disrupted the gas flow to European countries farther down the supply route, but political issues could keep Germany and Poland from being affected this time, in the fairly likely event that Russia follows through with its threat.
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