January futures for WTI crude oil fell by 0.45% to $ 51.26 a barrel.
Futures for Brent crude for February delivery fell 0.63% to $ 59.68 a barrel.
Rustam Tankaev, a member of the Energy Strategy Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia, a leading expert of the Union of Oil and Gas Industrialists, commented on the fall in oil prices in an interview with NSN.