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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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mmbbl/day) in 2013. and European Union’s decisions to impose—and maintain—sanctions on Russia after its invasion and annexation of Crimea and invasion and informal annexation eastern Ukraine will pile more pressure on the Russian energy industry. Russia supplied about 30 percent (146.6

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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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and EU Ukraine-related economic and financial sanctions. At a conference in Moscow on October 14, President Putin said that Russia had reached if not passed the peak of its economic crisis and predicted economic growth in coming years. IMF WEO Data: Recessions as far as the Eyes can See. percent year-over-year, up from 2.3

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