Saudi Prince Bin Salman threatened to drop oil and refused to go to Putin for the BRICS summit –

Experts are sure that the so-called “honeymoon” in the coalition between Moscow and Riyadh is coming to an end.

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Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is actually the owner of the royal throne, did not accept the Kremlin’s invitation to attend the BRICS summit scheduled for October 22-24 in Kazan, Russia , reports. Times of Moscow with reference to the propaganda media of the Russian Federation.

It is worth noting that earlier the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the aggressive country of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, said that the Kremlin wants to see Mohammed bin Salman at the summit that was announced. By the way, the Russian authorities famously called this event “the most important foreign policy event” in the history of Russia.

Nevertheless, the Saudi prince chose not to attend the BRICS “gathering” himself, sending his foreign minister to Russia.

Dictator Putin’s assistant for international affairs, Yuri Ushakov, refrained from commenting directly on the Saudi prince’s announcement, only noting that “Western countries are putting pressure on Russian partners, threatening victory if they travel to Kazan.”

It is known that after the start of the war in Ukraine, Saudi Arabia did not join the sanctions against Russia and all this time it remained one of Moscow’s main partners in the market the oil. Salman, to maintain oil prices, cut production by 2 million barrels per day.

At the same time, in 2024, the mood in Riyadh began to change: the Saudis were worried about the decline in their market share and threatened to increase production and supply, thus dropping prices oil Therefore, the Western media, citing the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia, Prince Abdul-Aziz bin Salman Al Saud (half-brother of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman), said that he made claims to some countries OPEC + and he threatened that. The price of a barrel could drop up to 50 dollars.

Luke Cooper, a researcher at the London School of Economics, referring to Riyadh’s statements, said that “for Russia this is the worst possible situation,” as a drop in oil prices to 2016 levels will make it a lot harder for Putin. to “fund his war machine.”

Let us remind you that we previously informed that Saudi Arabia getting ready falling oil prices.

As reported Discussion.UAfalling oil prices and a sharp decline in exports decrease Russia’s income for at least eight months.

Author:
Svyatoslav Rybalchenko of charge