1) Russia likes to keep close tabs on its oil supplies in a quasi...production economics with foreign nations entails a loss of sovereignty, and the Russian government has utilized oil and natural gas supplies as trump...
2 Answers · Travel · 04/05/2014
OPEC assigns quotas of how much each country can produce to keep the price stable and all members making a profit. During the cold war, Russia needed hard currency from other countries to stay afloat. They wanted to pump and sell...
3 Answers · Social Science · 26/08/2012
...to regulate the world oil prices) what led to short lived conflict between OPEC and Russia in 2002 before the oil prices started going up again.
2 Answers · Travel · 07/12/2009
... countries would prefer them stay out. Besides, OPEC efforts to raise prices helps Russia regardless if they are members or not. Being independent ...
2 Answers · Politics & Government · 14/09/2012
If your question is why Canada and Russia are not members of OPEC ,I would guess those two countries prefer to set their own ...
5 Answers · Politics & Government · 04/08/2012
OPEC is a strong force however, Russia is a minor player. As for a resource war, Africa and China...
2 Answers · Politics & Government · 11/09/2008
You got it and the most ironic thing about it is that the West/US support Russia , terrorists and OPEC by buying all their oil.
2 Answers · Politics & Government · 07/01/2009
If you join OPEC , you must follow OPEC 's rules. If you don't join OPEC -- you don't care about their rules.
3 Answers · Politics & Government · 20/07/2010
...than that across the US which is crap...as usual. I also read that OPEC wanted to get the prices double their current rate which ...
13 Answers · Politics & Government · 18/12/2008
Russia enjoys its independence too much to join OPEC . Not likely. But if they did, it would restrict oil production worldwide.
2 Answers · Politics & Government · 11/11/2011
