According to the agency, as of 11.49 Moscow time, the price of April futures for Brent crude rose by 1.02% to $92.04.

The price of March futures for WTI rose by 1.11% to $91.27.

Earlier, the head of the Finance and Economics department at the Institute of Contemporary Development, Nikita Maslennikov, in an interview with RT, explained the increase in the cost of WTI oil above $ 90 per barrel for the first time since October 7, 2014.