Russia's Deputy PM Novak says there is no talk about reducing OPEC+ quotas right now as there is a shortage in the market, IFX reports

• Sees a recovery in oil demand.
• Ministers will discuss the market situation and agree on implementation.

Novak is Moscow's long-standing conduit on OPEC+ supply policy, and remarks of this kind typically serve to steer expectations ahead of ministerial gatherings rather than to announce decisions, which are taken collectively. The pattern in past cycles is that Russian commentary emphasising market tightness has preceded the maintenance or tapering of cuts, while talk of surplus has tended to foreshadow quota relaxation; the signal here sits in the former camp. The operative distinction is between headline quotas and compliance: the group has a history of agreed cuts coexisting with uneven adherence, so ministerial language on implementation is the tell rather than the quota level itself. The follow-ons are the formal ministerial outcome, any shift in voluntary cut schedules, and subsequent compliance data, with spreads and the shape of the curve historically more sensitive to supply signalling than the flat price. As inter-meeting jawboning, the remarks are directional, consistent with how such commentary has tended to frame rather than settle the group's decisions.