Trump Faces Growing Backlash Over Plans to Import Diesel From Russia

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• A bipartisan group of seven US senators — Republicans Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis and John Curtis, and Democrats Jeanne Shaheen, Richard Blumenthal and Ron Wyden — said Sunday that Trump's deal to import Russian diesel violates US law and urged him to reverse course, according to the BBC.
• Under the deal, Russia agreed to release 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately, 500,000 tonnes in November, one million tonnes after that, and a further three million tonnes depending on refinery conditions; Russia's deputy PM said export volume could reach three million tonnes per month in future.
• The senators said Congress had "explicitly banned Russian energy imports in 2022," and the move comes despite Trump having signed legislation authorizing fresh sanctions on nations importing Russian oil and gas just weeks earlier; the US Treasury is reportedly suspending sanctions on Russian diesel exports until April 7 as part of the deal.

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