Is Russia Controlling a Small Fraction of the World's Oil Supply?

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america is far less dependent on russian energy than is europe. Russia supplies about a tenth of the world's oil. But western companies are shunning russian energy in general, thor's a big blowback after shell except at a delivery of Russian crude.

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