OAO Gazprom demanded that Alexander Lukashenko 'arrears amounting to more than $ 230 million for the delivered between January and April natural gas, told the Economic Advisor of the Russian Embassy in Belarus Andrei Kuznetsov.
Gazprom sent a Beltransgaz letter demanding arrears for gas supplies in January-April. The amount of debt, excluding penalties and fines for nevyborku gas by volume, at just over $ 230 million , - said A. Kuznetsov.
He explained that this amount represents the difference between the contract price of supplies in January-April and the actual conduct of the payment from the Belarusian side.
According to the adviser, the letter Gazprom draws attention to the Beltransgaz the need for timely, that is, until 23 June, and in full payment for delivery in May of this year.
At the present time we are talking about the basic debt of Belarus, said Kuznetsov, commenting on the letter referred to in fines and penalties for an incomplete sample of gas.
As reported in Monday Kuznetsov suggested that Gazprom may present Minsk redress in connection with the calculations for natural gas in the first quarter. He then recalled that in accordance with the oral agreement the two countries' heads of Belarus in the I quarter of 2009, paid for gas at an estimated average price - around $ 150 for 1 thousand in the contract price of $ 210 for that period. At the same time, legally, these arrangements did not have formalized , - stressed the advisor, adding that Gazprom to compensate for the excess over the average actual price paid in advance $ 250 million for the transit of gas through the territory of Belarus.
По данным БелÑтата, БелоруÑÑÐ¸Ñ Ð² Ñнваре-апреле 2009 года импортировала 4 млрд 852,8 млн куб.м природного газа, что на 38,2% меньше по Ñравнению Ñ Ñнварем-апрелем прошлого года. The average price of gas imports in January-April this year amounted to $ 198 for 1 thousand cubic meters, which is 61,2% more than a year earlier.
First Vice-Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko said that Belarus in I quarter has fully complied with its obligations to pay for gas on the basis of the average estimated price of $ 150 for 1 tys.kub.m. According to him, in II quarter on the basis of the pricing formula, the price of gas to Belarus at $ 147.2, and from July 1 - $ 102 - 103 for 1 tys.kub.m.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on 28 May at a meeting of the Union in Minsk comprehensive publicly confirmed the agreement on payment of Belarus for gas average price.
In accordance with the fuel and energy balance of the Union State for 2009, Belarus to buy the 22.1 billion cubic meters of gas against the actual of 21.1 billion cubic meters in 2008.
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