The Deputy Chairman of Gazprom Valery Golubev was elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Belarusian state gas transmission company Beltransgaz “at took place in Minsk, annual general meeting of shareholders it, RIA Novosti reported. In the Supervisory Board of Beltransgaz has already come in four representatives of Gazprom and Belarus, including Deputy Prime Minister, who until now headed the Supervisory Board and the Minister of Energy of Belarus. Representatives of Gazprom already occupy half the seats of the senior management of the Belarusian gas company, as the Russian gas giant recently completed its purchase of 50% of her shares. The contract of sale was signed in 2007, with total assets of Beltransgaz was evaluated by ABN Amro of 5 billion dollars. Under the terms of the agreement Gazprom had to acquire up to May this year, half of the shares of Beltransgaz for 2.5 billion dollars to pay for a period of 4 equal parts.
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