Identifier
Created
Classification
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06MINSK809
2006-08-01 13:31:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Minsk
Cable title:  

NO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM RUSSIAN PIPELINE

Tags:  PGOV PHUM ECON BO 
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RR RUEHAST
DE RUEHSK #0809 2131331
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 011331Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY MINSK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4811
INFO RUCNOSC/ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY COOPERATION IN EUROPE
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS MINSK 000809 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM ECON BO
SUBJECT: NO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM RUSSIAN PIPELINE
LEAK IN BELARUS


UNCLAS MINSK 000809

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM ECON BO
SUBJECT: NO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM RUSSIAN PIPELINE
LEAK IN BELARUS



1. Belarusian and Russian press are reporting that on
July 27 an oil leak occurred on the Unicha-Polotsk
section of the Druzhba pipeline in the Russian region of
Bryansk, which is near the Belarusian border. News
reports indicate that the accident resulted from
corrosion in the pipeline. Russian news sources add
that the leak has caused the temporary suspension of oil
shipments through the pipeline until the problem is
fixed, preventing Russian crude from reaching the
Lithuanian oil refining facility Mazeikiu Nafta. The
Belarusian Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection on August 1 confirmed for
Poloff that the GOB has not discovered pollution or
environmental damage on Belarusian territory.

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