Belarus threatened Thursday to suspend transit of Russian crude to Europe via the Druzhba Pipeline in an attempt to pressure Moscow amid deepening economic disagreements between the neighbors. Russia exports more than 1 million b/d of crude to Europe through Druzhba, including to Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. “If you need to repair the oil pipelines and oil pipelines that go through Belarus, suspend [the flows] and repair it,” Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said during a government meeting, as reported by Belarus’ BelTa new service. “They have become arrogant to such an extent that they begin to twist our arms,” Lukashenko said, referring to Russia. His comments came after Russia earlier this week […]