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BORDER TROUBLES * Belarus - Removes customs posts on Russia’s border
Ties between the ex-Soviet republics have worsened in recent weeks, with Russian and Belarusian officials exchanging angry rhetoric
Redki,Belarus -Associated Press/The Gaea News, by Yuras Karmanau and Sergei Grits -June 17, 2009: -- Russia and Belarus stepped back from their growing trade dispute Wednesday, as Minsk said it would dismantle new customs posts following Moscow’s agreement to resume dairy imports from its western neighbor... But a potentially more troubling conflict loomed as Russia’s state-controlled gas monopoly said Belarus owed more than $200 million in debts for gas supplies this year, and demanded payment by next week... Belarusian customs officials announced Tuesday that all cargo coming from Russia would be subject to new rules, including more stringent inspections. The move came in response to the Russian ban on Belarusian dairy products — one of its main exports... About 30 customs officers were stationed on the border Wednesday morning, including at Redki crossing on the main Russia-Belarus highway... Russia agreed to lend Belarus $2 billion, but the transfer of the final $500 million installment has been held up indefinitely. Lukashenko has accused Russia of linking the money to Belarus’ refusal to recognize the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent nations, which Russia did following its war last summer... (Photo from geosite.jankrogh: Border between Belarus and Russia east of Homel. The border is not demarcated but the borderline appears to be going approximately at the blue sign -below the "ROSSIJA" monument-)Labels: border troubles
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