Russia expects a constructive meeting with OPEC producers this week, its energy minister said on Tuesday, as OPEC leader Saudi Arabia presses members and allies such as Russia to deepen output cuts to avoid a new glut next year. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meets on Thursday in Vienna followed by a meeting with Russia and others, a grouping known as OPEC+, on Friday. “We are still finalizing our position,” Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said when asked about Moscow’s stance before the talks. “Let’s wait … But I think the meeting, as usual, will be of a constructive nature,” he told reporters in Moscow. A source familiar with the Russian thinking told Reuters […]