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'Gazprom cannot accept debt repayments in anything-be it pies, butter, cheese or other means of payment.'rndmitri medvedev, russian president, upon ordering the state-owned gas company to drastically reduce supplies to Belarus after it offered to pay a $200 million debt with machinery and equipment; Belarus responded by suspending Gazprom deliveries to Europe, claiming Russia owes it $260 million in transit fees.