Mass Media: Lukashenka Asked Gas At $100 Per Thousand Cubic Meters In Sochi

• 10.02.2020, 14:02

However, he didn't get it.

The Russian delegation in Sochi compromised on gas prices for Belarus, but it was probably more important for Vladimir Putin not to yield in the negotiations with Lukashenka on the oil issue. This opinion was expressed by the Kommersant newspaper in its report on the Belarusian-Russian negotiations.

"They finally stopped practicing charity in relations with Lukashenka. The Russian negotiators, not relying on anything, did not rule out that in the light of recent events, Lukashenka will pay attention to the package of integration documents, which also contains a solution to the problem of gas supplies to Belarus," - the newspaper writes. Moreover, Kommersant adds: Moscow was not going to force Lukashenka to integrate: "it's clear that if it happens, there will be hell to pay with such a person and you'll regret a thousand times that you once decided to stay close to him".

However, according to the newspaper, Putin and Aliaksandr Lukashenka made a decision on gas as early as in the morning during the negotiations face to face (we remind that the Russian government delegation arrived in Sochi in the afternoon). As a result, Belarus got Russian gas at a price of $127 per thousand cubic meters.

At that, according to Kommersant, "Belarusian negotiators headed by Lukashenka were insisting on $ 100, and there was one person among them who was confidently saying even the price of $94. However, Moscow and Minsk did not agree on the oil price.

"The morning pathos of the Russian negotiators seemed to have broken against the ice hockey boards of the SEC Galactica, as well as against some considerations of Mr. Putin. Which he hopefully has. Most likely, it was more important for him not to agree on oil prices than to agree on gas prices," - the newspaper writes.