Russia will dispatch its first tanker with diesel for the United States on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said, according to the Vedomosti news outlet, after a deal with Donald Trump.
Russia lifted its self-imposed ban on diesel exports on October 9, introduced to tackle domestic shortages triggered by Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries, after reaching the deal with Trump to supply diesel to global markets.
Novak said on Wednesday the vessel will carry 40,000 metric tons of the fuel, adding that the paperwork on the fuel supply is nearing its completion, according to media reports. He did not name the port from which the cargo will be delivered.
It won’t change prices at all.
But it gives them a working premise that eventually enough will come to effect prices.
What’s really going to hurt is harvesting, because many states opened up red diesel for red use already. One of the big reason it’s separated from the rest of the supply is to control prices. When there’s less, the price goes up. They can’t counter that without buying more diesel, dying it red, and selling at a loss.
This is just the thiniest excuse for people to ignore this one issue and still vote Republican.
It’s a total desperation move.