It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the trading data.

At 20:18 Moscow time, the price of February futures for Brent crude fell by 3.35% to $79.91.

The price of January futures for WTI is up 3.2% to $74.47.

On December 4, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that Moscow was developing mechanisms to ban the introduction of a ceiling on oil prices.