MOSCOW, 7 Oct. US President Joe Biden should hit Saudi Arabia painfully over a joint deal with OPEC and Russia to cut oil production by two million barrels per day. Bloomberg columnist Bobby Ghosh writes about this. According to the author, the United States needs to end the «special» position of the Middle Eastern kingdom in American foreign policy, as well as lower the level of diplomatic relations with this country. Saudi Arabia should now have the same «customary rights» as Malaysia or Brunei, the columnist argues. laugh at us.» Biden was blamed in Congress for the defeat because of Russia. «No more feigned symbiotic relationships, no more feigned thanks or clumsy evasions,» writes Ghosh. The journalist is convinced that these measures will «hurt the proud prince» more than Washington's empty chatter about harsh consequences. This week, the OPEC+ countries agreed to cut oil production by two million barrels per day from November, and use the agreed production levels for August as a baseline. The alliance explained its decision by uncertainties around the global economy and forecasts for the oil market. Despite the unfolding energy crisis in Europe and rising energy prices in other regions of the world, this step was supported by all participants in the deal. As The Hill columnist Simon Henderson noted, the decision to cut production will deal a painful blow to American leader Joe Biden and prevent the Democrats in the midterm elections in convention starting next month.
October 5, 3:49 pm»Very unfriendly.» In the United States reacted to the new «Russian strike» on Biden
