Belarus has filed a lawsuit against Russia over oil export fees, the Belarussian Justice Ministry said today. The suit was filed to an official Commonwealth of Independent States court, a Reuters report said. Russia allowed Belarus to import oil last year at only 35.6% of its crude export tariff.
But in January the two countries signed a new supply deal resolving a month-long row that had threatened to disrupt Russian oil flows to European Union members Germany and Poland. Under the new agreement, Belarus will have to pay full export duties for much of the oil it receives from Russia.
