Congress representatives introduced a bill to prevent the Russian-American diesel deal

According to the document, the United States International Development Finance Corporation is prohibited from participating in any Russian energy agreements.

Washington, October 17. /TASS/. According to a document released by Gregory Meeks, one of the top Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee of the US House of Representatives (New York), a group of members of the US House of Representatives has introduced a bill aimed at stopping agreements related to the supply of Russian diesel fuel to the United States.

The document revokes a blanket authorization issued by the Treasury on Oct. 9 that exempted Russian diesel fuel supplies to global markets from U.S. sanctions until April 7. Other authorizations to ease restrictions on Russian energy have been revoked, and the US Treasury has been barred from issuing new authorizations for three years.

According to the document, the United States International Development Finance Corporation is prohibited from participating in any Russian energy agreements. The Washington government should also implement and intensify sanctions against Russia. The bill was co-sponsored by 17 other members of the House of Representatives - 16 Democrats and one Republican.

On October 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump had a telephone conversation in which they discussed, among other things, the supply of petroleum products. According to Putin, Moscow has confirmed its readiness to supply oil and oil products to the American and world markets. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that Russia has begun to lift the ban on diesel fuel exports earlier than planned and is ready to supply 300,000 tons of diesel in October, 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons in December. In the long term, this volume can be increased to 3 million tons per month.