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With the US mid-term elections approaching, the soaring price of diesel oil is becoming a headwind for the US Republican Party. The US and Russian leaders agreed to supply diesel oil from Russia.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak announced on the 21st that a tanker carrying Russian diesel oil will depart for the United States on the 22nd. TASS reported.
The tanker will carry 40,000 tons of diesel oil, Novak said. Ahead of the US mid-term elections on November 3, the US and Russian leaders reached an agreement on the 9th that Russia would immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel oil to the US and international markets, as soaring diesel oil prices become a headwind for the US ruling party.
U.S. diesel oil prices remain high due to the deteriorating situation in the Middle East triggered by the U.S. attack on Iran and the attack on a Russian oil refinery by Ukraine. President Trump is working hard to lower diesel prices to soften the blow on farmers and truck drivers, who are the base of the Republican Party's support.
Following the summit agreement, the U.S. Treasury Department partially eased sanctions against Russia. The government announced that it will allow the sale and export of Russian-produced diesel oil to the United States and other countries until early April 2027.
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A tanker carrying 40,000 tons of diesel oil departs for the United States on the 22nd.
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There are voices questioning the effectiveness of the partial easing of sanctions against Russia and the agreement to supply Russian diesel oil, which the Trump administration announced in response to soaring diesel oil prices. Retail prices of diesel oil across the United States are rising, and experts have pointed out that this will not solve the fundamental problem.

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