Russia says it plans to compensate oil overproduction in August-September
He also said that the government was still discussing a possible complete gasoline export ban and that the decision depended on market prices in the next few days.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva Editing by Tomasz Janowski)
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