00:00Russia says it will send its first tanker of diesel to the U.S. on Thursday,
00:05following a controversial deal between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
00:10The shipment comes after Washington eased sanctions on Russian fuel,
00:15drawing criticism that the move could undermine Western pressure on Moscow over its war in Ukraine.
00:22Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak says the tanker will carry 40,000 tons of diesel
00:28with more shipments to follow.
00:30Trump announced the deal on October 9th,
00:33saying Russia would supply hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel to help bring down fuel prices.
00:39But analysts question whether the additional supplies will make much difference to prices,
00:44while warning that the deal could weaken economic pressure on Russia to end the war.
00:50Moscow lifted its own diesel export ban earlier this month
00:53after Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries disrupted domestic supplies.
00:58The announcement comes as U.S. unvoiced Steve Witkow meet Putin in St. Petersburg
01:03for talks on ending the war with Ukraine.
01:06Witkow thanked Putin for lifting the export restrictions,
01:09while the Russian leader claimed that diesel prices had fallen since the agreement.
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