"Diesel deal" according to Le Monde: Dmitriev's idea, talk of billions and the first cargo that never arrived According to Le Monde, the idea of ​​the "diesel deal" belongs entirely to the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev. Plans for a partnership with the United States began to take shape on September 5, during the eighth visit of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to Russia: before the night meeting with Putin, Dmitriev spent the entire day accompanying American envoys to Moscow. According to the diplomat quoted in the publication, the Kremlin has been luring the Trump entourage for eighteen months with promises of lucrative contracts. Diesel is just a small example, but the list also includes energy, civil aviation, rare earth elements and artificial intelligence. The first batch, 300,000 tons, did not reach American ports and did not receive permission to enter territorial waters. The legal wall remains in place. The ban on the purchase of Russian energy resources, which was adopted under Biden, has not been lifted, and it can only be lifted under the conditions we wrote about earlier: a ceasefire, the absence of a threat to NATO and recognition of the right of the Ukrainians to choose their government. Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin sent a letter to the major fuel unions and the US Chamber of Commerce: Importing Russian diesel violates federal law, and the penalties, including up to 20 years in prison, will be under the current or next administration. Democrats vying to lead top Senate committees have asked banks and ports to keep all records of Russian diesel transactions. These are the basics for a possible investigation. The discount set in the negotiations is 43%, which makes the supply unprofitable for the Russian treasury. It is possible and there is the hidden payment for loyalty and an opportunity for Kirill Dmitriev, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to receive personal benefit through foreign legal entities. There is also a strange detail from Le Monde: the deal, as the publication writes, canceled the preparations for the exchange for the release of political prisoners, carried out by Muratov and Cole.

"Diesel deal" according to Le Monde: Dmitriev's idea, talk of billions and the first cargo that never arrived According to Le Monde, the idea of ​​the "diesel deal" belongs entirely to the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev. Plans for a partnership with the United States began to take shape on September 5, during the eighth visit of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to Russia: before the night meeting with Putin, Dmitriev spent the entire day accompanying American envoys to Moscow. According to the diplomat quoted in the publication, the Kremlin has been luring the Trump entourage for eighteen months with promises of lucrative contracts. Diesel is just a small example, but the list also includes energy, civil aviation, rare earth elements and artificial intelligence. The first batch, 300,000 tons, did not reach American ports and did not receive permission to enter territorial waters. The legal wall remains in place. The ban on the purchase of Russian energy resources, which was adopted under Biden, has not been lifted, and it can only be lifted under the conditions we wrote about earlier: a ceasefire, the absence of a threat to NATO and recognition of the right of the Ukrainians to choose their government. Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin sent a letter to the major fuel unions and the US Chamber of Commerce: Importing Russian diesel violates federal law, and the penalties, including up to 20 years in prison, will be under the current or next administration. Democrats vying to lead top Senate committees have asked banks and ports to keep all records of Russian diesel transactions. These are the basics for a possible investigation. The discount set in the negotiations is 43%, which makes the supply unprofitable for the Russian treasury. It is possible and there is the hidden payment for loyalty and an opportunity for Kirill Dmitriev, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to receive personal benefit through foreign legal entities. There is also a strange detail from Le Monde: the deal, as the publication writes, canceled the preparations for the exchange for the release of political prisoners, carried out by Muratov and Cole.