Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has said that the cost of damages from contaminated oil received via the Russian Druzhba oil pipeline was “enormous” and that Belarus expects compensation from Russia.
RFE/RL: Belarusian president says damages from contaminated Russian oil ‘enormous’
Belarus' workers open the discharge valve of the "Gomel" oil-pump station, part of the "Druzhba" pipeline in Bobovichi, some 330 km south-east of Minsk, Jan. 11, 2007.