As of 22:44, the price of September futures for WTI crude oil fell by 2.52%, amounting to $ 64.91 per barrel.

Earlier, Stanislav Mitrakhovich, a leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund, lecturer at the Financial University under the Government of Russia, in an interview with FBA "Economics Today" said that Russia's return to a pre-pandemic level in terms of oil production will depend on the viability of the stopped fields.