February futures for WTI crude rose 0.54% to $ 48.26 per barrel.

Brent crude oil futures for February delivery increased 0.33% to $ 51.26 a barrel.

In September, Stanislav Mitrakhovich, a leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund and the Financial University under the Government of Russia, in an interview with the Economics Today FBA, assessed the situation on the oil market.