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2026-10-22 Economy
Russia will send the first tanker carrying 40,000 tons of diesel fuel to the United States in 2-3 days
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] Russia is preparing several tankers for loading as part of the diesel deal with the United States, the first of which will depart in 2-3 days. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this on October 21 during a meeting with US Presidential Special Envoy Steven Witkoff in St. Petersburg.

"We're preparing to ship several vessels at once, tankers right now. The first tanker will depart in two to three days, carrying 40,000 tons, and they'll follow one after another," the Russian leader noted.

Putin also emphasized that, thanks to the diesel deal between Russia and the United States, global prices for this type of fuel fell by 5–6%.

On October 9, Putin held a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, during which the two discussed, among other things, global energy issues. The Russian leader expressed his willingness to supply oil and petroleum products to the US and global markets. Subsequently, the US Treasury, at Trump's direction, issued a temporary license for Russian diesel fuel exports. The American president stated that Russia is ready to export up to 3 million tons of fuel per month.

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Posted by badanov 2026-10-22 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [74 views ]  Top

1 "The American president stated that Russia is ready to export up to 3 million tons of fuel per month."

Its a good start.

That should be enough for around 150,000 Semi's for 30 days.

But will it drop the price of diesel, still at around $5.90+ a gallon?

PLUS A QUESTIONN
With Ukraine refusing peace negotiations and still sending massive drone swamps to Russian (fuel facilities and ports).

Will the DC Swamp be forced to finally pull the plug on the Socialist Democrat Dictatorship run in Ukraine? A war that is more than likely feeding a few dozen DC Swamp pockets via stocks and side deals.


Posted by NN2N1 2026-10-22 11:36||   2026-10-22 11:36|| Front Page Top

2 Who's gonna inspect the cargo?
Someplace outside the blast radius I hope.
Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-22 23:33||   2026-10-22 23:33|| Front Page Top

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