US senators from both parties blast Trump order to import Russian diesel as illegal

By: Jacob Fischler

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: October 12, 2026

Words: 587

Last Updated: 24 minutes ago

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The Trump administration’s order to allow import of Russian diesel violates a 2022 law banning Russian energy imports while the country’s war with Ukraine is ongoing, according to a bipartisan group of U.S. senators.

Following an Oct. 9 call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control lifted sanctions against the “import sale, delivery, offloading, or importation” of Russian diesel. Prices of diesel have skyrocketed …

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