Kommersant, Novye Izvestia
Energy supplies to Europe have not been cut off so far. However, analysts say the situation may deteriorate."Belarus is set to get what it wants," Suzdaltsev said. "It believes that the European Union will support it. If Russia stops oil supplies, Belarus is likely to start siphoning off oil from the Russian supplies shipped to Europe, as it did in 2007. Nobody has said this will definitely happen, but the probability is very large."
Gazeta, Novye Izvestia
Russia, United States face tensions over poultry imports
Rospotrebnadzor, Russia"s consumer rights authority, has required that domestic and foreign poultry producers minimize the use of chlorine in product processing starting from January 1, 2010.
U.S. officials have expressed their discontent with the new rules, as chorine use in the meat industry is mandatory in that country.
U.S. producers annually supply $800 million worth of poultry products to Russia; their 2010 quota is
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