MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has called for a meeting
with top managers of Russia's leading oil producers on Tuesday, which is
is expected to be dominated by low oil prices and taxation, industry
sources said on Monday.
The Vedomosti business daily cited a government source as saying that
while there was no solid agenda for the meeting, global oil markets,
low oil prices and taxation were topics likely to be discussed.
Russia's largest oil firms declined to comment on the meeting.
Vedomosti reported Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that
preparations for the meeting were underway, but he declined to confirm
that the event would take place on Tuesday.
Earlier this month, Russia and OPEC members Saudi Arabia, Qatar and
Venezuela agreed to work on a global deal to freeze oil output at
January levels if other producers follow suit in a bid to tackle the
global crude glut and support prices.
Putin keeps close tabs on an energy industry that normally generates
half of the state budget, which has suffered from a 70 percent fall in
oil prices over the last 18 months.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Dmitry Solovyov and Louise Heavens)
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