It has defeated armies trying to invade Russia in the past, and now the fabled Russian winter has come to Moscow’s rescue again, this time helping it comply with a deal among world oil exporters on cutting output. Russia, which has in the past been accused of dragging its feet in implementing oil production and exports deals, reduced production by 100,000 barrels a day in the first few days of January, industry sources told Reuters. That is a third of the way towards the total cut Russia promised to deliver by mid-2017. That reduction, or at least part of it, is the result not so much of Russian zeal to honor the agreement as […]