"Upon the request of the chairman of the Russian government, Dmitry Medvedev, an interministerial commission for verifying facts of quality violation of oil transported through oil pipeline Druzhba has been created by decree of Energy Minister Alexander Novak", the ministry told reporters.
The statement comes after Medvedev earlier on Saturday ordered a verification of quality violations for Russian oil transported by pipeline company Transneft to Belarus and Eastern Europe. Medvedev also asked for results of the inspection to be submitted to the Prosecutor General’s office.
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said on Thursday that those responsible for contaminated oil getting into the Druzhba pipeline would be brought to justice particularly as Transneft and several Russian oil refineries suffered serious financial loss due to the incident.