(EnergyAsia, April 19 2010, Monday) — Russian officials are feuding over whether to end oil export tax exemptions to plug the government’s growing budget gap. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin is demanding the withdrawal of Siberian tax breaks granted to oil companies and an increase in taxes on gas producers. Opposing him is Deputy Prime Minister…

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