Russia Strikes Back at Belarus in New Trade War

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(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW/MINSK, August 29, 2013) ­ Russia hit back at two mainstays of the Belarusian economy this week after Minsk arrested the head of Russia’s largest fertilizer company, imposing cuts on oil exports and threatening food imports in moves that it insists have no connection to the arrest. Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft announced plans Wednesday to cut […]

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