{"id":5786,"date":"2026-10-10T09:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/u-s-russia-diesel-deal-goes-beyond-fuel-prices\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T09:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:12:05","slug":"u-s-russia-diesel-deal-goes-beyond-fuel-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/u-s-russia-diesel-deal-goes-beyond-fuel-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S.-Russia Diesel Deal Goes Beyond Fuel Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FC0lv8yyErQs%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=858&#038;video_height=483)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Is the US-Russia diesel deal more than just symbolic?\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C0lv8yyErQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 October 10, 2026 (STL.News) U.S.-Russia \u2013 Diesel Deal \u2013 President Donald Trump\u2018s announcement of an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to increase Russian diesel supplies to American and international markets represents more than an effort to reduce fuel prices. The arrangement includes a formal U.S. Treasury sanctions authorization, potentially creates additional commercial opportunities for Russian petroleum exporters, and raises questions about how much relief American businesses and consumers can realistically expect. Trump announced the agreement Friday, October 9, after a phone call with Putin. The announcement comes as diesel prices remain exceptionally high amid<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/u-s-russia-diesel-deal-goes-beyond-fuel-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 October 10, 2026 (STL.News) U.S.-Russia \u2013 Diesel Deal \u2013 President Donald Trump\u2018s announcement of an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to increase Russian diesel supplies to American and international markets represents more than an effort to&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5788,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions\/5788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}