OREANDA-NEWS. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that Minsk is ready to buy oil from the Russian Federation at world prices, but there they insist on a substantial premium to companies, moreover.

He said this on Tuesday during a trip to the city of Dobrush in the east of the country. “What we are asking now from the Russians: if you cannot supply oil to us duty free in the Eurasian Union, sell us at world prices”, said Lukashenko, quoted by a Belarusian news agency.

According to the Belarusian leader, Russia doesn't agree to such proposals and "insist on a substantial bonus to companies, moreover, for the supply of oil to Belarus". "And how do you supply Hungary, Poland, the West? Without a prize. Can this be how the elder brother treats the closest people?", said Lukashenko.