Мы видим кризис прежних моделей и инструментов экономического развития. Усиление социального расслоения: как на глобальном уровне, так и в отдельных странах. Об этом мы и раньше говорили. Но это в свою очередь сегодня вызывает резкую поляризацию общественных взглядов, провоцирует рост популизма, правого и левого радикализма, других крайностей, обострение и ожесточение внутриполитических процессов, в том числе в ведущих странах.

OPEC reaffirms its faith – time and time again – of the need for dialogue, cooperation, and respect.

"The surprise cut that they have done recently is a really brilliant move that led to stabilization of the market joined by other OPEC members at the most critical time," Dmitriev, who has been leading Russia's diplomacy in Saudi Arabia alongside Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, said at the Saudi Future Investment Initiative conference.

At a briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden "continues to believe that Nord Stream 2 is a bad deal for Europe."

Natural gas supplies to European consumers over the Nord Stream gas pipeline increased to record-breaking 59.2 bln cubic meters, Nord Stream AG, the pipeline operator, said.

The resumption of work in the Danish offshore Exclusive Economic Zone using the Fortuna comes despite US sanctions imposed Jan. 19 against both the vessel and its Russian owner, KVT-RUS.

The recent Russian SolarWinds hack has been identified as one the most significant cyberattacks against the US.

However, Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, reiterated as recently as Jan. 18 that EU companies involved in the construction of the pipeline were conducting "legitimate business."

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 декабря 2020 года по 14 января 2021 года составила $51,69525 за баррель, или $377,4 за тонну.

"Today, the US is imposing sanctions on the Russia-based entity KVT-RUS and identifying the vessel Fortuna as blocked property," Pompeo said in a statement.

По словам Александра Дюкова, нефтяная отрасль, вопреки распространенным стереотипам, не является главным «виновником» парникового эффекта в мире. «Вклад транспорта в эмиссию CO2 незначителен по сравнению с той долей, которую вносят ЖКХ или промышленность в целом. Удельные выбросы CO2 в пересчете на 1 тонну произведенной продукции в «нефтянке» примерно в 10 раз меньше, чем, например, в производстве стали», — отметил глава «Газпром нефти».

In 2020, NOVATEK’s hydrocarbon production totaled 608.2 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe),

For 2021, global oil demand is forecast to increase by 5.9 mb/d y-o-y to average 95.9 mb/d.

The OPEC+ alliance, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, decided in December after days of heated negotiations to ease their stringent quotas by a collective 500,000 b/d for January, instead of the originally scheduled 2 million b/d tapering.

Electricity consumption in the Unified Energy System (UES) of Russia decreased by 2.4% in 2020.