First tanker of Russian diesel for the US is due to sail on 22 October, Novak says, Interfax reports

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told journalists on 21 October that the first tanker carrying Russian diesel to the United States was due to leave port on 22 October, Interfax reports. According to the agency, Novak said the vessel had a capacity of 40,000 tonnes, that further shipments would follow and that the supply contract was at its final stage. The agency also reports that President Vladimir Putin told US envoy Steve Witkoff the same day that several tankers were being readied under the diesel agreement, and that the first would leave in two or three days. Interfax notes that the US Treasury's OFAC had issued a temporary general licence allowing Russian diesel exports.

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