Lukashenko: Russian companies will not receive bonuses and will pay us compensation

Minsk will calculate its losses from Russia's change in Russian oil legislation and bill Russian oil suppliers to Belarus. This was announced by Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko on February 21. According to the press service of the President of Belarus, before the meeting with Semashko, the Belarusian leader discussed with Vladimir Putin the issues of oil and gas supplies to the post-Soviet republic, as well as the conditions of Russian lending to official Minsk and the participation of Belarusian companies in Russian projects abroad. Earlier: Lukashenko announced Putin's promise to compensate for the tax manoeuvre In 2019, Russia and Belarus signed an indicative balance sheet for 2020, providing for the supply of 24 million tons of Russian oil, but Minsk did not sign contracts. Lukashenko said during a meeting with Semashko: After negotiations with Putin and his proposals, we will count now. This is a simple account of our losses from reducing the customs duty on oil. And by this year's level, at 24 million tonnes, that's roughly $420m million 430 're losing. Putin suggested that this money would compensate Belarus. He admitted that this is fair, Lukashenko added. At the same time, he referred to Putin's statement that compensation to official Minsk will be made at the expense of Russian companies. Lukashenko noted: At the expense of Russian companies, so at the expense of Russian companies. But it's a move forward. And we will work in this direction. Kremlin position: Peskov: Talks about compensation to oil sellers in Belarus are not yet going. According to Lukashenko, Russia should also reduce the cost of gas for Belarus it should cost in the area to $90. In the meantime, the Belarusian Ministry of Antitrust Regulation and Trade on 6.7% raised the tariff for transportation of oil on the route of the oil pipeline Unecha (High) Polock Nevel main pipeline Gomeltransneft Druzhba. Last year Minsk repeatedly tried to obtain discounts on oil and gas from Russia, as well as to raise tariffs for the transit of Russian oil to the European Union.