first it was saudi arabia which announced it was cutting its production by one million barrels per day from august. then russia said it was cutting its production by half a million barrels per day from august too. the cuts mean global supplies will be reduced by around 1.5%. let s go live now to our middle east business correspondent, sameer hashmi. it doesn t sound like a lot, 1.5%, but it could have big implications. explain how important these two players are. explain how important these two players are- explain how important these two -la ersare. , ., ~ ., players are. let s talk about saudi arabia, the players are. let s talk about saudi arabia, the largest players are. let s talk about saudi arabia, the largest export - players are. let s talk about saudi arabia, the largest export in - players are. let s talk about saudi arabia, the largest export in the l arabia, the largest export in the world. these cuts were announced last month and they were not announced as
..ruled first by the tsarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep. in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine, the government has steered a course very firmly away from its powerful neighbour. there have been travel bans for russian tourists and something even more dramatic. historic russian and soviet monuments are being removed from public view, and notjust here. the other baltic states, latvia and lithuania, are making similar symbolic gestures. this was among the first a replica tank commemorating soviet soldiers killed during world war ii. it s been moved to estonia s war museum from the town of narva, which sits right on the russian border. the government says it s to avert what it calls increasing social tension . oh, wow. look at this. you re very welcome. the t 34 was produced from maybe aos to 60s, more than 80,000. so it s an extremely ordinary tank. nothin
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