www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/04/04/why-the-saudis-are-siding-with-putin-to-drive-up-oil-prices/
During his presidential campaign Joe Biden pledged to make Saudi Arabia an international pariah. Then came sky high inflation and a war. In July, Biden swallowed his words and travelled to Jeddah to meet the Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman.
the Saudi-led Opec cartel of oil producing countries slashed output by two million barrels per day to drive prices higher. Now – heedless of an angry US president who has threatened unspecified “consequences” – it is cutting production again.
As Biden looks on powerlessly, one of the biggest winners is likely to be Vladimir Putin.
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