Belarusians have proposed to guess the price for Russian gas.

SyuzhetyTseny gas to the CIS in 2009 estimated the average cost godu23.01.2009Minsk gas in 148 dollarovGrazhdanam Belarus proposed to guess the cost of Russian gas in 2009, as well as the cost of his transit through the territory of the republic. With such a proposal on "TV News", Chairman of the Belarusian Television (BT), Alexander Zimovsky. Recall that Russia and Belarus have agreed on the supply of fuel in December, but the official price since then has not been announced.
For Zimovsky calculations suggested a formula that was used in determining the market price for Russian gas for Ukraine. The formula that takes into account the cost of oil on world markets, has been included in the contract, Gazprom and Naftogaz, published "Ukrainska Pravda."
As head of BT awards offered a free annual subscription to Platts Oilgram Price Report - a daily record of changes in international prices for petroleum and petroleum products (in that Russian-Ukrainian treaty are encouraged to use the data from this report in determining the price of formula).
In order to win the contest Zimovsky, it is necessary to determine the price of gas for Belarus, as well as the cost of transit of gas to an accuracy of up to two decimal places. Responses are invited to send in the week. The prize will be awarded to the winner after the publication of the gas contract between Belarus and Russia.
Recall that on the principles of gas supply to the presidents of Russia and Belarus agreed in late December. Since then, Alexander Lukashenko said that during 2009, Russian gas for Belarus podesheveet several times. At the end of January 2009, Vice-Premier Alexander Kobyakov speculated that the average price of gas will be about 148 dollars per thousand cubic meters. On the Russian side, the cost of fuel in the first quarter of 2009 has not yet been announced.
In the media have repeatedly suggested that the price of Russian gas for Belarus could affect those or other political steps Belarusian authorities, in particular, the consent (or not) to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.