First Russian diesel tanker to depart for US Thursday: TASS, citing deputy PM

A tanker carrying Russian diesel will depart for the United States on Thursday, state media quoted Russia’s deputy prime minister as saying, in the first such shipment under a US-Russia diesel deal.

“The first tanker is scheduled to leave port tomorrow… to the United States,” Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak was quoted as saying by the state-owned TASS news agency on Wednesday.