# Trump suspends new Russia sanctions after diesel purchase deal, citing ‘national interests’

https://mins.news/en/item/103992

- NBC News, 2026-10-17 02:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-suspends-new-russia-sanctions-deal-purchase-diesel-citing-nation-rcna603991

> President Donald Trump suspended sweeping new sanctions against Russia that Congress had passed. In a Friday executive order, he said the move was in the United States’ national interests, citing a deal to purchase diesel.

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