Russia’s Plan to Blackmail OPEC at the Secret Qatar Meeting on Tuesday

The long anticipated Wild West face to face showdown with Russia and Saudi Arabia occurs on Tuesday, February 16th in Doha Qater per Bloomberg today:
Saudi, Russian Oil Ministers Plan Talks in Doha Tuesday
The reaction in the crude oil futures markets was fast and obvious (chart via Investing.com):

The so-called secret meeting was leaked by someone with a financial interest in moving the futures markets. Here is an excerpt from the Bloomberg article linked above:

This post was published at John Galt Fla on February 15, 2016.