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Abandoned by Trump and Cornered by Iran, Kurds Sign Oil Deal with Russia

- Oktober 19, 2017
DOHUK, IRAQ, MAY 31: An Iraqi Kurdish soldier stands guard at the Tawke oil field near the town of Zacho on May 31, 2009 in Dohuk province about 250 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. The Iraqi autonomous region of Kurdistan began crude oil exports on June 1, 2009 for the first time from two major oil fields, piping around 90,000 barrels per day (bpd). (Photo by Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images)
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq announced it had signed a deal with the Russian state-owned oil corporation Rosneft that would allow the company to begin developing oil blocks worth a potential $400 million to the Kurds.
 

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