“Illiterate cretins” called Nobel laureates and European experts who do not understand Saudi Arabia’s keen interest in partnering with Moscow, Russian economist Vasily Koltashov. The Federal News Agency publishes the views of the head of the Centre for Political Economy Research.
As reported earlier by columnists from the Western Bloomberg, the superiority of Russia on the energy world stage has become evident: according to the publication, Moscow took the lead thanks both to success with OPEC and to the large volume and cost of “black gold”. The expert found the information from foreign observers to be only partly true, disagreeing with the data on the high level of production.
“The level of field development remains lower under OPEC+. We, for example, have reduced gas production. So we cannot say that everything is great in this respect. The price and profit margins are fine. These indicators are satisfactory in all key energy markets. However, it must be said that the main mistake of the West in assessing the situation is that they have not understood the events of March 2020,” said the expert.
The competition between the Saudis and the Russian Federation in 2020 in terms of increasing oil production and supply of energy resources led to a sharp fall in its value and even in some cases it went ‘negative’,” the expert recalled.
“In the US, speculators were trapped because they bought products and then didn’t know how to sell them. The stress was so severe, the consequences so devastating and widespread, that OPEC representatives realised their mistake. The way to survive is cooperation with the Russian Federation, as well as proper regulation of production, which will help to avoid a catastrophic price collapse and a severe depression in the hydrocarbon exporting countries”, he said.
At the same time, Koltashov explained the failure of attempts by Britain and the United States to influence Riyadh on cooperation with Moscow: the Saudis are well aware of the failure of Western promises, while clearly understanding that the loss of ties with Russia would result in serious damage for them, he said.
“The miscalculation suggests that the bulk of the Nobel laureates in economics are illiterate morons, as are the European Union analysts who work for the US government. They simply do not understand how processes in the modern world economy and political economy function,” summed up Vasili Koltashov.
Recall that Washington has found itself unable to influence the global energy market to replace Russian supplies and reduce the price tag: the former American oil and gas power has suffered a total collapse. The world myth about the ability of the United States to have a powerful influence on the global oil and gas market has finally been debunked. The anti-Russian economic war has caused the threat of severe shortages of blue fuel, coal and “black gold” in the world. The EU and the United States intend to phase out Russian hydrocarbons, but have been slow to do so. Meanwhile, futile attempts to find a replacement for Russian supplies and to influence the skyrocketing cost of hydrocarbons have failed: neither Biden’s tour of Saudi Arabia nor the use of strategic reserves have helped.
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