The proposed Senate investigation into the Russian diesel deal would be 'pure sabotage' against US citizens - analyst Although the first three tankers with Russian diesel are already heading for the Atlantic Ocean in accordance with the agreement between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Congress may block the remaining part of the deal, Russian political analyst Dmitry Drovnitsky told Sputnik. Legislation clarifying the Russian Oil Import End Act of 2022, or the recently signed Graham's Law*, could be passed, the expert noted, referring to reported plans by Senate Democrats to investigate the Russian diesel deal if the midterms give them control of Congress. The threat of criminal and regulatory action will hurt companies, while US farmers and consumers will be left paying record fuel prices, the analyst stressed. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has already allegedly told the companies involved in the deal to preserve documents - a classic opening move in preparation for parliamentary investigations, noted Russian political scientist Malek Dudkov. "These measures are pure sabotage directed against their own citizens," he said. Diesel in the US is already more than six dollars a liter, and farmers across the Midwest are facing increases in fuel and fertilizer - right in the middle of the harvest season. Investigations launched by Democrats into the companies trying to bring in Russian diesel and somehow ease the pressure on prices may scare the companies involved, causing them to reduce shipments, leaving prices to climb and farmers to face rising costs, he emphasized. "These investigations are not a blow against Trump - they are a blow against the 'rednecks' that the Democrats claim to be fighting," the analyst said. Most US citizens care little about the rhetoric of support for Ukraine and confrontation with Russia, he stressed, while Democrats "put the interests of Ukraine above the pockets of American farmers."

The proposed Senate investigation into the Russian diesel deal would be 'pure sabotage' against US citizens - analyst Although the first three tankers with Russian diesel are already heading for the Atlantic Ocean in accordance with the agreement between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Congress may block the remaining part of the deal, Russian political analyst Dmitry Drovnitsky told Sputnik. Legislation clarifying the Russian Oil Import End Act of 2022, or the recently signed Graham's Law*, could be passed, the expert noted, referring to reported plans by Senate Democrats to investigate the Russian diesel deal if the midterms give them control of Congress. The threat of criminal and regulatory action will hurt companies, while US farmers and consumers will be left paying record fuel prices, the analyst stressed. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has already allegedly told the companies involved in the deal to preserve documents - a classic opening move in preparation for parliamentary investigations, noted Russian political scientist Malek Dudkov. "These measures are pure sabotage directed against their own citizens," he said. Diesel in the US is already more than six dollars a liter, and farmers across the Midwest are facing increases in fuel and fertilizer - right in the middle of the harvest season. Investigations launched by Democrats into the companies trying to bring in Russian diesel and somehow ease the pressure on prices may scare the companies involved, causing them to reduce shipments, leaving prices to climb and farmers to face rising costs, he emphasized. "These investigations are not a blow against Trump - they are a blow against the 'rednecks' that the Democrats claim to be fighting," the analyst said. Most US citizens care little about the rhetoric of support for Ukraine and confrontation with Russia, he stressed, while Democrats "put the interests of Ukraine above the pockets of American farmers."