Kazakhstan - Heat still on in schools and hospitals after rest of Bailonur cut off due to Russia ban of crude oil

[sharon sanders]

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BAN ON THE SUPPLY OF CRUDE OIL FROM RUSSIA CAUSED THE SHUTDOWN HEAT BAIKONUR

March 22, 2014 | 11:32
It is reported Gazeta.ru, referring to the city administration. Last night the heat was turned off in the city, except for kindergartens and hospitals.
Since January 1 export from Russia to Kazakhstan oil banned under the change to an intergovernmental agreement on trade and economic cooperation. Guide Baikonur already urged the Prime Minister Medvedev and the Department of Energy with a proposal to open the border for the supply of fuel to Baikonur.

http://www.echo.msk.ru/news/1284588-echo.html


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Baikonur (Kazakh: Байқоңыр, Bayqo?ır, بايقوڭىر ; Russian: Байконур, Baykonur), formerly known as Leninsk, is a city of republic significance in Kazakhstan on the right bank of the Syr Darya river, rented and administered by the Russian Federation. It was constructed to service the Baikonur Cosmodrome and was officially renamed Baikonur by Russian president Boris Yeltsin on December 20, 1995.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur

 

[Giuseppe]

Re: Kazakhstan - Heat still on in schools and hospitals after rest of Bailonur cut off due to Russia ban of crude oil

This seems a result of an inter-governmental Agreement perhaps to protect the Kazakh oil industry in the framework of the Custom Union.

I do not think this has a link with western Block 'sanctions' or a consequence of Krim crisis.

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