# US Democrats demand banks and ports preserve records on Trump’s Russian diesel deal

https://mins.news/en/item/116096

- Meduza, 2026-10-26 15:49 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/26/us-democrats-demand-banks-ports-preserve-documents-on-trump-s-russia-diesel-deal-for-future-investigation

> Senior Democrats have asked major US banks and several ports to preserve records related to possible Russian fuel deliveries, and urged recipients not to help buy, transport or distribute Russian diesel. Trump said he had agreed with Putin on supplying Russian diesel to world markets. The first tanker has left Primorsk and is expected to take 40,000 tons to New York.

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