In May 2022, as the gas price crisis began unfolding in the U.S. and peaking in Europe, Asharq Al-Awsat, a London-based and Saudi-linked newspaper, published an article stating bluntly that NATO’s efforts to set oil prices against Russia would fail.
The article describes NATO as a “cartel” and that the policy to cap prices on Russian oil would harm both NATO and the global economy. Yet, the only person quoted in the article…
