Net price for gas will be $185 in 2013

Minsk and Moscow agreed on the price on gas.

As Belarusian Finance Minister Andrei Kharkavets stated, the new price for Russian fuel will be 185 USDs, ITRC Mir reports.

The price for organizations of the Ministry of Energy will be $216. Large-scale consumers on the domestic market will pay for gas 2.5 times more - $516 for a thousand cubic meters.

We would remind that in 2011 Russia and Belarus signed contracts for supply and transporting of gas in 2012-2014.

Apart from that Gazprom signed an agreement to buy 50% share of Beltransgaz. The cost of the deal was 2.5 billion USDs.