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Article: Russia and Belarus: Crisis settled, but questions remain.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune
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- January 17, 2007
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Byline: Sergei Kolchin
MOSCOW _ On Jan. 12, Russia and Belarus signed an agreement in Moscow on cooperation in oil and petrochemicals exports. The worst part of the conflict has passed, but the terms of the truce raise certain questions.
The roots of the Russian-Belarusian energy confrontation lie in their completely different interpretations of the Union State. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko seems to believe that domestic Russian oil and gas prices should apply in his country as well. The Russian government is tired of waiting for Minsk to do what is called for by the Union State agreement.
There are still very few real signs of its ...