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The West is struggling to set an oil price cap that hurts Russia

From cnn.com

Allies of Ukraine want to put a price limit on Russian oil. But there’s a problem: They can’t agree on a number that would actually pile pressure on the Kremlin. The West’s biggest economies agreed earlier this year to cap the price of Russia’s most valuable export and vowed to hash out the details by early December. The move is aimed at reducing inflows to President Vladimir Putin’s war chest without adding to stress on the global economy by further reducing the supply of energy. But as the deadline approaches, countries are still haggling over where the cap should be set. Media reports this week from a gathering of ... (full story)

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