The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the make or break meeting for Saudi Arabia, where Russia and the United States will push for an end to the oil production war launched by Saudi Crown Prince MbS.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the Monday phone call between US President Donald Trump and his Russian President Vladimir Putin. The leaders discussed plunging oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic.
The two leaders “expressed serious concern regarding the scope of the spread of the coronavirus” and “discussed closer cooperation,” according to a Kremlin statement on what it described as the a”lengthy” phone call.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss how Saudi Arabia’s oil price war is bringing the Kingdom to its knees.
OilPrice.com reports () At $30 a Brent barrel, the Saudi wealth fund will deplete fast and reduced government spending will stall projects, and the already suffering private non-oil sector will suffer further. That’s the near-term damage.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the arrest, via a dramatic morning home raid, of King Salman’s brother, Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al Saud, and Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz al Saud.
Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is nervous and tying up loose ends, perhaps in fear that those around him are plotting for his removal?
