The head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree on the introduction of tax deductions for transit of oil, said the press service of the Belarusian leader. in addition, transit of oil and oil products via Belarus trunk pipelines has also become the object of taxation. at the end of April 2019 in the system of trunk pipelines " Druzhba ", on which Russian oil via Belarus for export to the European Union, were contaminated by chlorides raw materials. Pumping had to be stopped. the full deliveries were resumed on 1 July. "Transneft" has reserved for the payment of compensation for oil pollution in "Friendship" is 23 billion rubles. in early December, the 1st Vice-President of the state company Maxim Grishanin has said that Transneft to the beginning of the second half of 2020 will complete an assessment of their costs due to an emergency on the pipeline. <span style="color:darkgray