. Russia made a proposal of Belarus to gradually reduce the premium to the price of oil, said the head of the Ministry of energy Alexander Novak. He added that the proposals of Russian organizations about the change in pricing formula brought to the Belarusian partners. before the last working day of the week the head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has told, that has coordinated the supply of oil from Vladimir Putin. According to his statement, the President of Russia said About the readiness of the Russian capital to compensate the Minsk supposedly 300 million dollars of parish funds, not derived from budget for the Russian tax maneuver. for its part, the leadership of the Russian Federation confirmed that the presidents discussed the issues of oil supplies and prices, but stressed that the question of any compensation from the Russian budget is not. As said press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, the government Also will not impose the Russian oil companies unprofitable rules of oil supplies to Minsk. Russia and Belarus until not have the opportunity to come to a common opinion About the new supply of oil. The main obstacle is the lack of agreement On compensation of losses from the Russian tax maneuver in the oil sector, Also Minsk not satisfied with the price. For example, there is considered to be unprofitable to keep premiums for Russian oil companies. against this background, Lukashenko has repeatedly stated the search for alternative sources. 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 ". It was also announced that Belarus has purchased 80 tonnes of Norwegian oil. 7th February, Putin and Lukashenko met in Sochi, but new contracts are not agreed. Also this week the Belarusian leader agreed to further collaboration with the head of "Rosneft" Igor Sechin. About overcoming differences is not stated. The Russian tax maneuver in the oil sector involves the gradual zeroing of export duties and increasing rates of the tax deductions for its production. Additional costs in Belarus arise from the expected increase in prices for Russian oil and reduce export duties on oil. <span style="color:darkgray