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Belarus expects to be given an opportunity to pay less for Russian natural gas, not at the rate offered by OJSC Gazprom Transgas Belarus, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko said.

“As of January 1, 2016, we have all reasons for our economic operators to get prices lower than the one offered by Gazprom Transgas Belarus, which is a Belarusian economic operator with the status of a foreign enterprise, ” the Belarusian state news agency BelTA quoted Semashko as saying.