Equalizing prices of Russian energy carriers for Belarus is possible through market mechanisms on condition of mutual integration - expert
<p> MINSK, Aug 23 - PrimePress. Equalizing prices for Russian energy carriers for Belarus is possible through market mechanisms and under the condition of mutual integration, it will not be possible to solve this task administratively - by the formula “gas prices for Belarus same as in Smolensk”. Stanislav Mitrakhovich, an expert of the National Energy Security Fund, a senior researcher at the Financial University under the Government of Russia, stated that in his interview for the portal Eurasia. Expert. </p> <p> </p> <p> “For the time being, an obstacle to integration is the unwillingness of (Belarusian President) Alexander Lukashenko to agree to more in-depth cooperation, which would be manifested in creating some kind of common supranational regulation. In other words, in order to integrate further, one needs to agree that the Belarusian leadership no longer has the absolute power to regulate, for example, local gas prices,” said Mitrakhovich. </p> <p> </p> <p> In this regard, he says that currently gas is sold to Belarusian consumers by the Belarusian state company Beltopgaz, which, in turn, buys it fr om Gazprom. “If local consumers could buy gas directly, it would be called integration, and then one can assume that the prices would change,” said Mitrakhovich. </p> <p> </p> <p> In his words, “integration, as one can see the experience of the European Union, is the creation of full-fledged supranational authorities, unified legislation, including laws regulating economic activity, movement towards harmonization of the Civil Code and so on.” </p> <p> </p> <p> “For example, I see Belarusian kiosks in the streets of Moscow, wh ere, for example, Belarusian sour cream is sold at fairs. The logic is simple: if you can sell Belarusian sour cream in Moscow directly, then the gas should be sold directly, while now Beltopgaz buys gas from Russia and puts its own price tag [for domestic consumers],” said the expert. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to him, it results in the fact that the gas price for end consumers in Belarus is quite high, partly because there are intermediaries. “We must allow the Russian business to come to the Belarusian market, it would be an integration. So far, only Gazprom has the right to export gas from Russia, but I do not exclude that this will change in the long run,” Mitrakhovich said. End </p>
2021-08-24
Primepress
Equalizing prices of Russian energy carriers for Belarus is possible through market mechanisms on condition of mutual integration - expert
MINSK, Aug 23 - PrimePress. Equalizing prices for Russian energy carriers for Belarus is possible through market mechanisms and under the condition of mutual integration, it will not be possible to solve this task administratively - by the formula “gas prices for Belarus same as in Smolensk”. Stanislav Mitrakhovich, an expert of the National Energy Security Fund, a senior researcher at the Financial University under the Government of Russia, stated that in his interview for the portal Eurasia. Expert.
“For the time being, an obstacle to integration is the unwillingness of (Belarusian President) Alexander Lukashenko to agree to more in-depth cooperation, which would be manifested in creating some kind of common supranational regulation. In other words, in order to integrate further, one needs to agree that the Belarusian leadership no longer has the absolute power to regulate, for example, local gas prices,” said Mitrakhovich.
In this regard, he says that currently gas is sold to Belarusian consumers by the Belarusian state company Beltopgaz, which, in turn, buys it fr om Gazprom. “If local consumers could buy gas directly, it would be called integration, and then one can assume that the prices would change,” said Mitrakhovich.
In his words, “integration, as one can see the experience of the European Union, is the creation of full-fledged supranational authorities, unified legislation, including laws regulating economic activity, movement towards harmonization of the Civil Code and so on.”
“For example, I see Belarusian kiosks in the streets of Moscow, wh ere, for example, Belarusian sour cream is sold at fairs. The logic is simple: if you can sell Belarusian sour cream in Moscow directly, then the gas should be sold directly, while now Beltopgaz buys gas from Russia and puts its own price tag [for domestic consumers],” said the expert.
According to him, it results in the fact that the gas price for end consumers in Belarus is quite high, partly because there are intermediaries. “We must allow the Russian business to come to the Belarusian market, it would be an integration. So far, only Gazprom has the right to export gas from Russia, but I do not exclude that this will change in the long run,” Mitrakhovich said. End