In addition, at 01:11 Moscow time, the cost of the May futures contract for WTI crude oil dropped to $ 25.88 per barrel, losing 9.5%.
Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin did not rule out a shortage of oil in the future due to the current market situation.
An economist, a teacher at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of Russia Vladislav Ginko, in an interview with Sputnik radio, made a forecast on the situation with oil prices.