Interfax reported Tuesday that Russia is prepared to supply diesel beyond 2026-27 and sees favorable prospects for energy cooperation with Washington, while a separate U.S. license for specified transactions expires in April 2027.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Russian officials handling energy exports were consulting the Foreign Ministry about deadlines in U.S. executive documents. He said what he described as President Donald Trump’s decision to postpone additional sanctions had not changed Russia’s position on a possible settlement in Ukraine. Ryabkov described Russia’s readiness to supply diesel; he did not announce a formal export proposal.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 135 on Oct. 9. It authorizes specified transactions involving the sale, delivery, offloading and import of Russian diesel, including imports into the United States, only through 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 7, 2027. The license sets no import volume and does not establish that a shipment has occurred.
After an Oct. 9 phone call with Trump, a Russian Foreign Ministry publication said Russian President Vladimir Putin had reiterated Moscow’s readiness to supply oil and petroleum products to the United States and other markets.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has argued the arrangement could benefit Putin, as EconoTimes previously reported. Zelenskyy’s office has said additional Russian oil-product revenue could help finance Russia’s war against Ukraine.
