Russia resuming gas to Belarus
The Kremlin says Russia is resuming gas supplies to Belarus now that it has paid its nearly $200 million (£133.6 million) debt for previous shipments.
The Kremlin said that the chief of Russia's state-controlled Gazprom natural gas giant, Alexei Miller, has told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev the company would resume supplies to Belarus.
Belarus said on Wednesday that it had paid the debt to Russia, which began cutting off supplies on Monday. Belarus also demanded that Moscow pay what it claims is a $260 million (£173.7 million) Russian debt for transit of gas to the West.
Belarus has threatened to cut transit of Russian gas, if Moscow does not pay off the debt.
On Wednesday, Belarus cut transit shipments of Russian gas to EU member Lithuania by 30%.