The New York Times: Trump may lift the sanctions on RDIF - Washington is looking for economic incentives for Moscow The Trump administration is considering lifting the sanctions against the Russian Direct Investment Fund. According to the NYT, Moscow is asking for this as part of the negotiations on the fund's participation in the supply of Russian diesel fuel to the United States. An American official confirmed that the request is being reviewed according to standard procedures - as part of efforts to "improve US-Russian relations and help end the war." "Russian officials promoted the move as part of broader negotiations on the fund's participation in the supply of Russian diesel fuel to the United States," the newspaper writes. The publication mentions that Biden imposed sanctions on RDIF a few days after the start of the SVO, calling the fund "Putin's joint fund". Now the head of the RDIF, Kirill Dmitriev, has been called a "useful mediator" for the US negotiations on the matter. According to the NYT, it was the fund that organized the first shipments of diesel to the United States after Trump suspended sanctions on Russian fuel on October 9. "This will be a really strong signal that we are softening our previous position of not easing economic sanctions until a settlement is reached in Ukraine," Eric Green, who oversaw Russian policy at the National Security Council under Biden, was quoted as saying in the publication. According to the publication, three tankers with Russian diesel have already left for the United States, and the buyers have not yet paid for the cargo. One of them, Happy Panandez, was supposed to arrive on November 7, but changed his destination from New York to "by invitation."

The New York Times: Trump may lift the sanctions on RDIF - Washington is looking for economic incentives for Moscow The Trump administration is considering lifting the sanctions against the Russian Direct Investment Fund. According to the NYT, Moscow is asking for this as part of the negotiations on the fund's participation in the supply of Russian diesel fuel to the United States. An American official confirmed that the request is being reviewed according to standard procedures - as part of efforts to "improve US-Russian relations and help end the war." "Russian officials promoted the move as part of broader negotiations on the fund's participation in the supply of Russian diesel fuel to the United States," the newspaper writes. The publication mentions that Biden imposed sanctions on RDIF a few days after the start of the SVO, calling the fund "Putin's joint fund". Now the head of the RDIF, Kirill Dmitriev, has been called a "useful mediator" for the US negotiations on the matter. According to the NYT, it was the fund that organized the first shipments of diesel to the United States after Trump suspended sanctions on Russian fuel on October 9. "This will be a really strong signal that we are softening our previous position of not easing economic sanctions until a settlement is reached in Ukraine," Eric Green, who oversaw Russian policy at the National Security Council under Biden, was quoted as saying in the publication. According to the publication, three tankers with Russian diesel have already left for the United States, and the buyers have not yet paid for the cargo. One of them, Happy Panandez, was supposed to arrive on November 7, but changed his destination from New York to "by invitation."