
Americanist Pavel Dubravsky commented on the deal on diesel fuel supplies between the Russian Federation and the United States, noting that it separates the issues of Ukrainian settlement and bilateral relations, without fundamentally changing the nature of the countries’ relations.
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The US and Russia have struck a deal to supply diesel fuel ahead of the US midterm elections.
The diesel deal that Russia and the United States concluded actually separates the issues of Ukrainian settlement from the development of bilateral ties. Americanist, head of Dubravsky Consulting and author of the Campaign Insider Telegram channel Pavel Dubravsky spoke about this in a commentary to Lenta.ru.
According to the political scientist, it was precisely this approach that Russian representatives constantly insisted on in negotiations with the United States. “This is the implementation of the idea of interaction between two strong powers that can come to an agreement and build mutually beneficial relations,” he explained.
At the same time, the deal on diesel fuel supplies will not fundamentally change Russian-American relations. However, the United States can highly appreciate that Russia responded to their direct request on the eve of the midterm elections, which will be held in the United States in early November, the analyst recalled.

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