POLITICS● LOW1h ago · Oct 16, 2026, 8:36 AM
No, this oil tanker didn’t carry Russian diesel to the United States
France 24 [en] · global
Following US President Donald Trump's October 9 announcement of an agreement signed with Russian President Vladimir Putin to import Russian diesel into the United States, a number of pro-Russian social media accounts began claiming that a Russian oil tanker was already carrying thousands of barrels of diesel to the United States. The ship was actually carrying fertiliser.
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