MOSCOW, Oct 5 Congressman and parliamentary organizer in the US House of Representatives Stephen Scalise criticized energy policy President of the White House Joe Biden after the decision of Russia and other oil-producing countries to sharply reduce the production of raw materials.
"Let's be clear about what happened: Biden destroyed America's oil and gas industry and again made us dependent on OPEC. Biden pleaded with OPEC to produce more oil. The organization is doing the opposite — cutting production by two million barrels a day. Complete failure. OPEC is laughing at him", the politician wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul called the decision of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries «an unfriendly step» towards the United States. Simon Henderson, a columnist for The Hill newspaper, in turn, said that the reduction in production would deal a painful blow to American leader Joe Biden and prevent the Democrats in the midterm congressional elections starting next month. OPEC + countries at a meeting of representatives of member states on October 5 agreed to reduce oil production by two million barrels per day from November. The Alliance explained that the decision was made «in light of uncertainties around the global economy and forecasts.» . In the United States reacted to the new «Russian strike» on Biden