2007 Russia–Belarus energy dispute
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The Russia–Belarus energy dispute began when Russian state-owned gas supplier Gazprom demanded an increase in gas prices paid by Belarus, a country which has been closely allied with Moscow and forms a loose union state with Russia. It escalated on 8 January 2007, when the Russian state-owned pipeline company Transneft stopped pumping oil into the Druzhba pipeline which runs through Belarus because Belarus was siphoning the oil off the pipe without mutual agreement.[1] [2] On 10 January, Transneft resumed oil exports through the pipeline after Belarus ended the tariff that sparked the shutdown, despite differing messages from the parties on the state of negotiations.[3][4]
The Druzhba pipeline, the world's longest, supplies around 20% of Germany's oil.[5] It also supplies oil to Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.