Can Russia use Saudi price war to strike a fatal blow on US shale?

Armed with a $570bn foreign reserves war chest, a floating exchange rate and an economy that relies far less on foreign capital and imports than just a few years ago, Russia believes it can weather the sharpest fall in crude prices since 1991 for longer than rival producers such as Saudi Arabia and — most importantly — the US shale industry.

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