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Russia Nears Record Oil Exports

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OPEC has been putting a squeeze on rival oil producers by refusing to cut production to curb a global oversupply. Russia has no intention of succumbing to the pressure.

“I will tell you when Russian companies are for sure going to decrease production -- when oil costs $0,” Deputy Energy Minister Kirill Molodtsov said at an industry event in Moscow this month.