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‘Axis of love’: Saudi-Russia detente heralds new oil order

By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Vladimir Soldatkin, Reuters June 1, 2017
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MOSCOW — A meeting between the two men who run Russia and Saudi Arabia’s oil empires spoke volumes about the new relationship between the energy superpowers.

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