{
  "id": 5517487,
  "title": "Russia’s Sechin says China, not OPEC, calls shots on global energy markets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/russias-sechin-says-china-not-opec-calls-shots-on-global-energy",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-04T07:47:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/russias-sechin-says-china-not-opec-calls-shots-global-energy-markets"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "VLADIVOSTOK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Igor Sechin, chief of Russia’s top oil producer Rosneft, said on Thursday that China, not OPEC, has stabilized global oil markets by reducing crude imports by 5.5 million barrels per day this year. Sechin, the most influential Russian energy manager and a long-standing ally of President Vladimir Putin, was speaking at a Russian - Chinese business forum in the far…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}