Trump's diesel agreement with Putin accused of contradicting Russia sanctions law
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a searing statement that the U.S. easing sanctions on Moscow "plays into Russia's hands."
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a searing statement that the U.S. easing sanctions on Moscow "plays into Russia's hands."
On leaving the White House this Saturday, Trump stated that the Ukrainian president "wants to cause problems to the world" by continuing to authorize attacks against Russian refineries.
The announcement takes place a few weeks from the elections and when the price of fuels is affecting the options of the Republicans
US President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia had agreed to immediately supply more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel to US and global markets in an effort to cut fuel prices before November's midterm elections. The move marks a stunning change of policy after the US and its allies hit Russia with waves of sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine.
Russia to supply 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately, followed by 1.5 million more, as prices soar amid the Iran war.
Russia will supply diesel to global markets in a bid to lower prices, US President Donald Trump has said. The move reverses years of pressure on the Russian economy following the invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".
President Donald Trump has few options to reduce diesel prices given the destruction done to refineries by the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder still maintains a friendship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Tensions are high between Germany and Russia as the invasion of Ukraine continues.
The Russian and Iranian presidents met in Turkmenistan ahead of regional summit.
Nearly 200 people were placed under medical observation earlier this week in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia over suspected exposure to plague.
The Russian army's missiles and drones cause at least 26 deaths and a hundred wounded. Zelenski alerted hours before an attack was prepared.
Opacity feeds panic about the health crisis, although Moscow claims that it has not recorded "any case of dangerous disease." Trump says he has a pending conversation with Putin on the matter.
Fears that the death may have been caused by pneumonic plague has prompted calls for more transparency from Russia.
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would speak very soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported plague death of a laboratory technician, as Washington and the United Nations called for transparency from Moscow. Russian authorities denied that they were imposing anti-plague measures and played down the reports of an incident at a plague research institute in Siberia's Irkutsk region last week.
Assassinated Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya "predicted" Moscow's trajectory under President Vladimir Putin 20 years ago, her former editor said ahead of the anniversary of her death on Wednesday. Politkovskaya had reported on the war in Chechnya and Putin's rise before she was gunned down in her Moscow apartment block on October 7, 2006.
Trump says he will speak with Putin “very soon” over a plague incident in Russia as CDC monitor the situation.
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would speak “very soon” with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported death from plague of a laboratory technician, as Washington and the World Health Organization pressed Moscow for greater transparency and clarity over conflicting accounts of the incident in Siberia.
The victory of its formation reinforces the influence of the Serbian politician, who challenges the European Union and the central institutions of the State