The United States suspected Russia in the game on the collapse of oil

the Commission on trade commodity futures (СFTC) the US state Department and the FBI began an investigation into betting on oil prices using which the traders have earned hundreds of millions of dollars, according to Bloomberg.

the Regulator suspected that some of the bidders associated with Russia, have received non-public information about the negotiations in the format of OPEC+ and started playing in the market.

Leak, as suggested by the U.S. Department connected with the draft strategy of cooperation between Russia and OPEC countries, which led to a deal on limiting production.

Agency Sources say that bet did an informal Russian person. At the same time one of them says that he was under suspicion traders are attracted to Kremlin-connected people. The suspicion was aroused by the fact that these persons had not bet on oil futures.

Checks for transactions in the exchange group CME Group. There is including new York commodity exchange NYMEX, which traded the American variety of WTI crude oil.

In Russia, the collapse in oil prices associated with speculation and cartel. This was stated by Chairman of the Russian security Council and former head of the government Dmitry Medvedev, energy Minister Alexander Novak and press-Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.