Belarus began the fence of the technological oil from the branches of the main oil pipeline " Druzhba ", which are not involved in the transit of Russian gas to Western consumers, said Last news in the " Belneftekhim ". He assured, because it can have negative consequences. "These events relate to those branches which are not involved in the transit. That is the desire of transit is not involved, it can't affect (the amount of.- Approx. Ed.) pumping oil transit ", - noted the source. He added that it uses the technology of preservation of pipeline sections that allow you to quickly restore pumping. Minsk has notified Moscow about the events, told in the " Belneftekhim ". In the Russian "Transneft" have explained that position as long as no impact on transit. currently, the Minsk buys only Russian oil, but the dialogues on the new contracts are hard. The main obstacle is that Belarus is not satisfied with the price, and the lack of agreement on compensation of losses from the Russian tax maneuver in the oil sector. For example, the Belarusian side considers disadvantageous in terms of the tax maneuver to keep the size of premiums for Russian oil companies. on the background of commodity disputes the head of Belarus Alyaksandr Lukashenka many times stated about the active search for alternative sources of supply. On December 24 He said that Minsk may begin to get through Poland American or Saudi oil is in reverse on the main oil pipeline " Druzhba ". The fourteenth of January, the 1st Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Dmitry Krutoy said that the partners are also discussed Ukraine, the Baltic States, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan. It was later announced that Belarus has purchased 80 tonnes of Norwegian oil. 7 February Vladimir Putin and Lukashenko met in Sochi, but new contracts are not agreed. <span style="color:darkgray