Russia, Saudi Arabia at odds over output deal ahead of Opec+ meeting

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has voiced support for a gradual increase in oil output amid improving demand

Saudi Arabia and Russia have differences over a potential deal among OPEC+ oil producers that could ease curbs on supply starting in April, a source told RIA news agency on Monday ahead of a meeting of the group next week.
 
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, are likely to ease curbs on supply after April given a recovery in prices, according to sources.
 
“There was some concern from Riyadh based on the fact that its position on the fate of the deal did not match Moscow’s,” the source told