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Belarus to buy Russian natural gas with Russian rubles as from April

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MINSK, 5 April (BelTA) – Belarus is switching to Russian rubles in payments for natural gas as from April, the press service of the Belarusian Energy Ministry told BelTA.

The relevant documents were signed as a result of a meeting of Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko, and Gazprom Chairman of the Management Committee Alexey Miller in St Petersburg.

The documents stipulate terms of Russian natural gas deliveries to Belarus in 2022 taking into account the transition of transactions to Russian rubles.

The sides discussed current matters of cooperation in gas industry during the meeting.

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