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Why Vladimir Putin Won't Be Helping OPEC to Cut Oil Production

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Bloomberg business news — Best of the Web: Will Putin Help OPEC Cut Oil Output?

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Dina Khrennikova and

September 10, 2015, 11:00 PM UTCUpdated onSeptember 11, 2015, 12:45 PM UTC

Few things have more potential to spook the oil market than the prospect of Russia joining forces with OPEC. Speculation that such a move was afoot last month drove crude to its biggest three-day gain in 25 years.

Despite the market buzz, there are sound economic and technical reasons why this is unlikely to happen.