15 Feb 2010 11:12

Medvedev signs law on duties, tariffs on oil supplied to Belarus

MOSCOW. Feb 15 (Interfax) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law ratifying the changes to the part of the Russian-Belarusian trade agreement dealing with the duties on crude oil, the presidential press service reported on Monday.

The federal law "On the Ratification of the Protocol Changing the Agreements between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on Measures to Regulate Trade and Economic Cooperation in the Sphere of the Export of Oil and Oil Products of January 12, 2007" was passed by the State Duma on February 12 and approved by the Federation Council on February 12, 2010.