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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Denis Khramov, Russia’s deputy Minister of Natural Resources, said September 28 at a conference in Russia’s Far East that Rosneft and Gazprom are delaying some offshore drilling by two to three years because of sanctions and low oil prices. A strategic alliance with Iran and Iraq offers Putin two more potential avenues to pressure the Saudis.

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