The report could be bogus.
My recollection includes Reagan meeting with the Saudis to increase oil production and thus depress the price of crude. That action in itself helped speed the Orc economy into ruin.
Simpler. More elegant. The Gipper was a genius.
... and then the genius Bush/Cheney crew came in and increased the price of oil in order “stabilize” the post-Soviet economies.
Gee, how’d that work out?