Saudi Arabia raised its crude output to 12.3 million bpd on April 1 and said it planned to export to more than 10 million bpd starting from April.

"Russia was not a supporter of ending the OPEC+ deal. President Putin and the Russian side are overall inclined towards a constructive negotiation process, there is no alternative for stabilizing the international energy market,"

Александр Новак подчеркнул, что Энергетическая стратегия является основополагающим документом в сфере энергетики, ее положения будут детализированы и конкретизированы в плане реализации на среднесрочный период, генеральных схемах развития отраслей ТЭК и в других документах стратегического и перспективного планирования в сфере энергетики.

The OPEC+ crude oil exporter group is debating cutting global supply by 10 million barrels per day

"It's impossible to take measures to reduce OPEC+ production by 20 million b/d, this is probably half of all countries' total production," Novak said

Russian energy minister Alexander Novak said a coordinated OPEC+ production cut would not be enough to compensate for the fall in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which he said could reach 20 million b/d.

Urals crude, Russia’s export blend, is now trading firmly below $20 a barrel, a level which could equate to a budget deficit of 2% of gross domestic product this year,

Saudi Arabia is following through on its threat to flood the market, after Russia last month rejected a Saudi-led OPEC proposal for significant production cuts to backstop already sliding oil prices from the coronavirus pandemic's impact on the global economy.

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Стратегия направлена на обеспечение перехода России на траекторию диверсифицированного экономического развития, характеризующегося низким уровнем выбросов парниковых газов.