Trump and Putin's Diesel Deal: U.S. Sanctions Lifted Amid Price Concerns and Global Reactions

10/12/2026

US President Donald Trump has struck a deal with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to import diesel. But a 2022 US law that remains in force bans all imports of Russian energy — making the Trump-Putin...

10/12/2026

Oil analyst Patrick De Haan said Monday that President Trump’s deal with Russia to supply the U.S. and global markets with diesel fuel may not lower fuel prices. "On the policy front, the Trump...

10/12/2026

Shipping constraints, refinery damage and competing global supply pressures could determine whether Russia’s promised diesel deliveries offer meaningful relief to American consumers

10/11/2026

On Saturday, Russia said it had eased a ban on diesel exports with immediate effect, after an agreement between Putin and Trump.

10/10/2026

Trump says he has struck a deal with Vladimir Putin to release Russian diesel to the US and global markets, with the Treasury suspending sanctions on such exports until April 7, 2027, a move...

10/10/2026

The move comes as global diesel supplies tighten following refinery attacks and rising fuel prices put pressure on the US administration

10/10/2026

Australia has no need to buy fuel from Russia and said that purchases from there would remain barred so that the country did not benefit from the invasion of Ukraine. "We don’t need or want...

10/10/2026

Moscow and Washington have reached a major energy deal to supply Russian diesel to American and global markets, potentially easing a fuel shortage A major energy deal reached on Friday to export...

10/10/2026

Russian strikes killed at least 20 people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that...

10/10/2026

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the U.S.-Russia diesel deal a "weak decision" that would help Moscow prolong the war, as Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia killed three children among the dead

10/10/2026

Russian strikes killed at least 17 people in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that...

10/10/2026

The president said Russia agreed to supply large amounts of the refined fuel, marking a major policy shift that eases U.S. pressure on Moscow in hopes of lowering fuel prices ahead of the midterm...

10/10/2026

US President Donald Trump struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to obtain millions of tons of diesel from Russia to lower fuel prices.

10/10/2026

The surprise announcement comes against the backdrop of a U.S. law seeking to impose steep tariffs against top purchasers of Russian oil and gas

10/10/2026

A few hours after Donald Trump eased sanctions on Russian diesel, Ukraine set a major Russian fuel export terminal on fire.Ukrainian drones hit the NZNP Rostovsky oil export terminal in...