Starting 1 March, natural gas sold to companies and individual proprietors in Belarus was raised by 3.96 percent to 137,010 Belarusian rubles ($63.70) per 1,000 cubic meters, Interfax reported, citing the Economy Ministry press office. From 1 February 2005, industrial consumers began paying 7.5 percent more for natural gas. Gas for industrial consumers has risen by more than 24 percent since 2004. In 2006, natural gas imported from Russia to Belarus remains unchanged at $46.68 per 1,000 cubic meters. (www.interfax.ru, March 7)
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03/23/2006