At the same time, the expression pack of Russian President Vladimir Putin's "extending his hand" to Saudi Crown Prince mohamed ben salman also became popular on the Internet.
▲ When the Russian team 1 scored, Putin stood up and shook hands with Salman to show that friendship comes first and the game comes second.
▲ When the Russian team scored the third goal, Putin proudly spread his hands and looked helpless.
▲ When the Russian team scored the fifth goal, Putin opened his hand again, as if to say: I am so embarrassed, how can I score so much?
Some netizens explained that Putin said "five more balls", and some netizens teased that this stall had a fight with the state of Baiyun Black Soil couple watching the ball.
Although Putin was helpless in front of Salman, he immediately called Russian coach Cherchesov to congratulate him after the game, and hoped that the players would make persistent efforts to keep this state.
On the other hand, Saudi Arabia was slapped in the face, because Saudi oil chief Farih once confidently said that Saudi Arabia is expected to win and is expected to hit the first World Cup victory in 24 years.
Although Russia insulted Saudi Arabia on the court, the relationship between the two countries off the court was unusual.
In this World Cup, Putin sent an invitation to Salman early in the morning, asking him to go to Russia to watch football and talk about oil and energy business.
Russia and Saudi Arabia are two major players in the global oil market. It is an exaggeration to say that the two countries have the ability to "make a final decision on oil prices while talking and laughing."
According to the Russian Tass news agency, Salman went to the Kremlin to meet Putin on June 14. The two reached an understanding on expanding energy cooperation, especially natural gas and oil, and they are interested in long-term cooperation.
Russian Energy Minister Novak also met with Saudi Oil Minister Farih, and the two countries generally agreed to gradually withdraw from the production reduction agreement. The agreement was reached at the meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries at the end of last year, aiming at alleviating the global oil supply surplus by limiting the oil production of various countries.
However, both Russia and Saudi Arabia have their own small abacus. They actually want to suppress other OPEC members by increasing oil production and jointly control soaring oil prices.
In addition, Russian domestic oil companies are constantly lobbying Putin to seek more oil exports.
Recently, Russian oil companies active in Venezuela and the Middle East have increased their production in pursuit of lower oil prices. Because when the price is higher than $75 a barrel, they need to pay a higher marginal corporate tax rate.
For the benefit of both sides, the two countries hit it off.
However, although Saudi Arabia and Russia are now "good brothers", they have always been old enemies before.
In the last century, Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union had differences on religious issues.
In the 1960s, some media asked King Faisal of Saudi Arabia: "Why not set up an embassy in Russia?" The king replied:
"If I can convince Moscow of God, I will build an embassy there tomorrow."
In addition, the two countries have different positions on many issues and their relations are deadlocked.
For example, in recent years, Saudi Arabia regards Iran as a threat, and Russia has an affair with Iran, which makes Saudi Arabia lose trust in Russia. Russia is also annoyed at Saudi Arabia's funding for some Chechen rebels.
Until 20 16, 12, oil prices plummeted, and the two countries decided to sit down and talk for their own interests, and finally reached an agreement to reduce production. Then the international oil price slowly picked up, and both sides were satisfied.
The most important turning point was 10 last year. On the occasion of chaos in the Middle East, the old Saudi King Salman made a surprise visit to Russia and started an ice-breaking trip, becoming the first incumbent king to visit Moscow since the founding of Saudi Arabia in 1932.
As we all know, the Golden Ladder is the standard for Saudi leaders to visit. However, that visit to Russia was a bit embarrassing, and the gold-plated escalator went on strike halfway.
At that time, the old king was still waving to the flashlight and suddenly stopped waving his feet. He can only lift his robe and walk down by himself.
However, this episode did not affect the heated talks between the two sides at all. Saudi Arabia not only brought the golden ladder, but also prepared a "big gift" for Russia.
According to Russian media reports, the two countries reached a US$ 3 billion military purchase agreement, and Saudi Arabia purchased S-400 air defense missile system, Corgnet special anti-tank missile system and other military equipment from Russia. In addition, cooperation agreements involving oil, natural gas, economy and trade were signed.
Al Jazeera analyzed that the United States, as a solid ally of Saudi Arabia, gradually withdrew from the chaos in the Middle East, which affected the interests of Saudi Arabia. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Saudi Arabia reconsidered its relationship with Russia and tilted the balance to Russia.
This year, Trump criticized OPEC members, including Saudi Arabia, for thinking that oil prices were too high.
According to The New York Times, for decades, whenever oil prices rose, American officials turned to Saudi Arabia privately for help, urging the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to increase production, as did the Trump administration. However, it seems that this White House is not satisfied with limiting the dialogue to private diplomacy.
Since April, Trump has publicly criticized the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries despite the relatively stable oil price. On Wednesday, he tweeted that the oil price of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries was too high.
On the other hand, Trump's withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal is still at odds with Venezuela. Some analysts say that if he imposes oil sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, it will inevitably reduce the amount of oil in the world market and lead to soaring oil prices.
Russia and Saudi Arabia proposed to increase oil production after Trump bombarded the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries with Twitter. Subsequently, the international oil price plummeted, which put strong pressure on American shale oil. The Wall Street Journal analyzed that this is a joint effort by the two countries to check and balance the United States.
It seems difficult to find an oil price that everyone is satisfied with.
Next week (June 22), Russia will attend the oil production conference in Vienna, which is the headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the home of oil boss Saudi Arabia.
Any resolution of the two oil-producing countries will have a considerable impact on the oil market, and xjb-waishier will wait and see.