Russia, Belarus signed documents on deliveries of Russian oil

Almaty. January 28. Kazakhstan Today - Russia and Belarus signed a number of documents, concerning deliveries of the Russian oil. Vice Premier of the Russian Federation, Igor Sechin, informed at the meeting with the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, the agency reports citing RIA RosBusinessConsulting (RBC).

According to RBC, it is a question of additions to the agreement on deliveries of crude oil to Belarus, the Russian-Belarus balance of oil raw materials for 2010, and also the method of formation of tariffs for selling of oil.

Vice Premiers of the Russian Federation and Belarus, Igor Sechin and Vladimir Semashko, signed the agreement of guarantees of uninterrupted transit of the Russian oil through the Belarus territory.

According to RBC newspaper daily, Belarus has agreed with Russia to receive duty-free 6.3 million tons of oil. Moscow made concessions regarding tariff for transportation of oil, which will be indexed once a year and be paid in Russian roubles. The reached agreements will allow the Russian budget to save about $2 billion.