Belarus-Russia Row Cuts Oil Flow to Germany, Poland

Russian oil flows to Europe were cut off by a disagreement with Belarus, the third time in as many years that energy supplies have been disrupted because of a dispute between Moscow and nations that ship its crude and gas.

The cutoff comes after Belarus introduced a transit tax in retaliation for higher charges imposed by Moscow for crude supplied to the former Soviet state. Last year a disagreement between OAO Gazprom and Ukraine lowered deliveries to Europe from the Russian natural-gas producer.
Bloomberg