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Russia Not Expecting Oil Price Growth After Doha Output Freeze Meeting

© AP Photo / Hasan Jamali, FileIn this Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, file photo, an oil pump stands as the Saudi Hawks Aerobatic Team of the Royal Saudi Air Force performs during the Bahrain International Airshow in Sakhir, Bahrain
In this Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, file photo, an oil pump stands as the Saudi Hawks Aerobatic Team of the Royal Saudi Air Force performs during the Bahrain International Airshow in Sakhir, Bahrain - Sputnik International
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Russia does not expect the meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to force oil price rise, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia does not expect the outcome of the upcoming meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members with oil producers not forming part of the cartel to trigger oil price hike, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.

"I want to say that we don't expect any changes in the price in spite of the negotiations which are being conducted currently with oil-extracting nations," Siluanov told the US CNBC broadcaster Thursday.

The press conference room of the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) is seen at the organization's headquarter on the eve of the 164th OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria on December 3, 2013 - Sputnik International
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He added that the Russian government based its economic projections on the oil price of around $40 per barrel.

"Our economic plans are correlated in relation to the current oil price — about $40 a barrel. That is why we see that in the conditions of the slowing down of world economic growth rates, the accumulation of oil reserves by producers, there are no serious grounds for talking about increasing oil prices. We see that we will have to work within the conditions where oil prices fluctuate around $40 a barrel," the official pointed out.

At least 17 major oil producing countries are scheduled to meet in the Qatari capital of Doha on Sunday, April 17, to discuss freezing production at January levels to offset oversupplies and steady rapidly declining prices.

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