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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Mattha Busby

First Thing: backlash against Saudi Arabia grows in Congress over oil cut

Vladimir Putin and Mohammed bin Salman in 2019
Robert Menendez hit out at the decision of Mohammed bin Salman – pictured in 2019 with Vladimir Putin – to ‘help underwrite Putin’s war through the Opec+ cartel’. Photograph: Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/Kremlin/EPA

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A backlash is growing against Saudi Arabia in Congress after an influential Democratic senator threatened to freeze weapons sales and security cooperation with the kingdom after its decision to support Russia over the interests of the US.

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