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Russia and Belarus agree on integration concept

Russia and Belarus agree on integration concept

Russia and Minsk have agreed on the key areas of the development of integration processes within the Union State of Belarus and Russia, Belarusian Economy Minister Dmitry Krutoi said. "I think the concept of …

Lukashenko to pay working visit to Russia

Lukashenko to pay working visit to Russia

President of Belarus Aleksander Lukashenko will pay a working visit to Russia on July 17-18, according to the press service of the Belarusian leader.  Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin …

 Putin and Lukashenko to hold talks in St. Petersburg

Putin and Lukashenko to hold talks in St. Petersburg

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in St. Petersburg on July 18. The parties will discuss the development of close integration ties between the …

Putin praises Second European Games in Minsk

Putin praises Second European Games in Minsk

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach in Minsk yesterday. "I think we can congratulate Belarus on the good …

Belarus to sue Russia?

Belarus to sue Russia?

Minsk reserves the right to go to court if Russia refuses to compensate for lost profits due to substandard oil, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Igor Lyashenko said. "We see, obviously, that in …

Oreshkin: Russia and Belarus are 90% integrated

Oreshkin: Russia and Belarus are 90% integrated

Russia and Belarus are 90% integrated, the Economic Development Minister, Maxim Oreshkin said recalling that three weeks ago the level was only 70%. “I think that now we can say that we have agreed 90% of the document,” he …

Russians marking Day of Russia

Russians marking Day of Russia

Russia is celebrating its national holiday, the Russia Day, on June 12th. Russia Day is one of the youngest national holidays.  It was established by the country’s presidential decree of June 2, 1994. The Declaration of State …

Matviyenko comments on format of Russia-Belarus Union State

Matviyenko comments on format of Russia-Belarus Union State

The format of the Union State of Russia and Belarus justifies itself and there is the need for further improving it, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko said. This year the Union State will mark its …

Belarus pumps out tainted oil towards Russia

Belarus pumps out tainted oil towards Russia

Belarus began pumping contaminated oil towards Russia on Friday and by the end of Sunday it had pumped out 80,000 tonnes of it, Belarus state energy company Belneftekhim said. According to Belneftekhim, the country’s Mozyr …

Belarus ready to resume transit of Russian oil

Belarus ready to resume transit of Russian oil

Belarus may resume oil transit from Russia towards Poland at midnight on Monday, the press secretary of Belarus state energy group Belneftekhim, Marina Kostuchenko, said. A spokesman said the group expects to resume oil …

Dmitry Mezentsev appointed new Russia's Envoy to Belarus

Dmitry Mezentsev appointed new Russia's Envoy to Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed executive order appointing Dmitry Mezentsev Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus, according to the statement …

Russia's clean oil reaches border station near Belarus

Russia's clean oil reaches border station near Belarus

Clean oil had reached Russia's border station of Unecha near the Belarusian border by midday on Monday, a spokesman for Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, Ilya Dzhus, said. Earlier, Belarusian state …