Sending the first tanker with Russian diesel fuel to the United States is scheduled for October 22

Departure from the port of the first ship with Russian diesel fuel in the United States is scheduled for October 22. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak, the correspondent of the agency “Minsk-Novosti”.

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According to RIA Novosti, the volume of the upcoming supply of fuel is estimated at 40 thousand tons. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the first ship with diesel fuel will be followed by others. At the end of the first decade of October, the Russian and American leaders held telephone talks, after which it became known about the diesel deal between Washington and Moscow. According to Putin, the announcement of the corresponding supplies to the United States, world markets responded with a 5-6 percent decrease in prices for this fuel.

Ah. Novak said that the Russian side is ready to send 300 thousand tons of diesel fuel to the United States and the global market this month. In the next year, the amount of oil products is planned to increase to 500 thousand tons, in December – twice more. Thus, if implemented, by the end of the year can deliver 1.8 million tons.