US may ease curbs further on Russian diesel imports
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Washington may allow more Russian diesel onto the market, depending on Moscow's conduct. He framed the suspension of US sanctions on Russian diesel exports, announced earlier this month, as an incentive for Moscow to end the war in Ukraine. Under a deal between Trump and Putin, Russia is to export 800,000 metric tons of diesel in October and November, followed by another million tons. Analysts say the volumes are too small to materially lower prices against global demand of about 28 million barrels per day. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sharply criticised the deal.