Russia Says It Complied Nearly 100% With OPEC+ Oil Deal

Russia complied nearly 100 percent with its share of oil production cuts in August as per the OPEC+ deal, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday. Independent assessments about the oil production of all members of the OPEC+ pact will be in in a week, or in five days, Novak said, quoted by Russian news agency Interfax. "Russia is close to 100 percent, it is always close to 100 percent, but let's wait for the OPEC+ methodology to assess compliance rates," the Russian minister added.   In August, when OPEC+ started easing the record…