Russia presses Belarus for share of oil export trade
Moscow has practical as well as political reasons for wanting to divert refined oil through its ports
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- Quid pro quo
- Belarus in weak position
- Railways versus pipelines
- Russian oil terminals
- Likely deal
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_350.jpg "Oil tankers near a refinery in Novopolotsk, Belarus (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)")