Why Russia Must Pressure Libya to Reduce its Oil Production
... observers, as Moscow retains tight links to military chieftain Khalifa Haftar, who holds de facto control over many of Libya’s oil-producing eastern regions and supports an expansion of Libya’s oil production. Even though Russia’s crackdown on Libyan oil production places Moscow at odds with its allies in eastern Libya, Russia’s stringent enforcement of OPEC quotas benefits its strategic interests in three critical ways. First, Russia has used its stance on oil production to position itself within ...
07.08.2017