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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the leader of the gas giant; Gazprom reduced gas supplies to prepare for the neighboring country of Belarus by 85 percent starting 0600 GMT, the Russian news agency reported Monday.

“Starting the proper procedures,” said Medvedev was quoted as saying in a meeting with Alexei Miller of Gazprom at his residence outside Moscow after Miller told the Kremlin leader that Belarus has failed to complete the remaining gas debt.

Russian gas giant Gazprom said last week that Belarus has unpaid debts amounting to 192 million U.S. dollars (155 million euros) and gas exports will be reduced by 85 percent from 0600 GMT Monday if the debt were not settled until then, according to a report of transnational news agencies like AFP and Reuters.

Meanwhile, RIA Novosti news agency quoted Alexei Miller as saying that the supply will be reduced gradually. The gas supply will be reduced “day after day, proportionate to the amount of debt,” the news agency said quoting Miller.