Mar.29 — Crude dropped to its lowest in 17-years as virus lockdowns cascade through the world’s largest economies. The market has been roiled by cratering demand and an unmanageable surplus while Russia and Saudi Arabia remain at odds about curbing output. Bloomberg’s Stephen Stapczynski reports on “Bloomberg Markets: China Open.”
In This Story: Russia
Russia spans more than one-eighth of the Earth’s inhabited land area, stretching eleven time zones, and bordering 16 sovereign nations. Moscow is the country’s capital.
The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 and since 1993 Russia been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. Russia is a major great power, with the world’s second-most powerful military, and the fourth-highest military expenditure. As a recognised nuclear-weapon state, the country possesses the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons.
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In This Story: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia also has one of the world’s youngest populations, with approximately 50 percent of its population of 34.2 million being under 25 years old.