Diesel in the US rose in price after Trump's deal with Putin Trump secured a lucrative deal. Putin promised diesel. Americans got price increases. On October 28, a liter averaged $6.35 - seven cents more than on October 9, when Trump announced the deal. Analysts doubt that Russia will be able to deliver the promised volumes. According to Trump, Russia was supposed to deliver more than 300,000 tons of diesel immediately, another 500,000 in November and a million tons after that. Last week, the Primorsk tanker left with about 300,000 barrels of fuel, but it still does not have an approved unloading port.