Brent climbed 21 cents, or 0.25%, to $83.48 a barrel, WTI rose 7 cents, or 0.09%, to $79.30 a barrel.

Brent rose 35 cents, or 0.4%, to $83.10 a barrel, WTI gained 40 cents, or 0.5%, to $79.03.

The country exported a total of 7.3 million barrels a day last month, down 6.4% from March, the Paris-based agency said in its monthly report published Wednesday. That’s Russia’s lowest oil exports in five months, the IEA estimates show.

The passage and signing of this law will ensure the U.S. will no longer be reliant on imported uranium fuel from the Russian Federation.

The legislation is designed to reduce US reliance on Russian uranium for nuclear fuel following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Brent were up 34 cents, or 0.4% at $82.71 a barrel, WTI rose 38 cents, or 0.5%, to $78.39 a barrel.

Novak is taking on additional responsibility for economic development and anti-sanctions measures after former economic development minister Andrey Belousov was named new defense minister in a dramatic change of guard during the third year of full-scale war in Ukraine.

Relations between Russia and Western nations have been in the deep freeze since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but Norway has been keen to keep some limited cooperation alive through the Arctic Council.

The OECD's growth forecast for Russia has been significantly revised upward—from 1.8% to 2.6% for this year, placing it sixth globally.

Brent inched 4 cents higher to $83.40 a barrel, WTI rose 5 cents to $79.17 a barrel.