Bill introduced in US Congress to block diesel fuel agreement with Russia

US House Foreign Affairs Committee member, Democrat Gregory Meeks, has introduced a bill called the "Prohibiting Corrupt Deals Involving Russian Oil Act." The initiative aims to block the agreement reached by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on October 9, which concerns the import of Russian diesel fuel. 1TV+3

According to the document, the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is prohibited from investing in Russian energy. Also, general licenses issued by the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) are revoked, and their issuance in the future is prohibited. In addition, the bill mandates the Trump administration to impose sanctions against Russia's energy sector. 1TV+2

Information about the initiators differs across sources: 1tv, formula, and interpressnews point to Gregory Meeks as the one who introduced the bill, while according to mtavari-fb, the initiators are Gregory Meeks and Republican Don Bacon. As for the supporters, formula and interpressnews write that the bill has 17 co-sponsors, while according to imedinews, the initiative was developed by an 18-person group and was supported by 35 other lawmakers. imedinews also notes that the bill prohibits the granting of new concessions regarding Russian energy resources for three years. 1TV+4

According to Gregory Meeks, the mentioned agreement will not reduce costs for Americans and will allow Putin to continue killing Ukrainian civilians with impunity. 1TV+1