Russia knocks back Trump claims that Ukraine war would end with a drop in global oil prices
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting via videoconference at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025
THE Kremlin said today that a deal to end the war in Ukraine couldn’t be facilitated by a drop in global oil prices, contrary to what US President Donald Trump has suggested.
Addressing the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, by video from the White House, Mr Trump said on Thursday that the Opec+ alliance of oil-exporting countries shares responsibility for the nearly three-year conflict in Ukraine because it has kept oil prices too high.
“If the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately,” he claimed.
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