MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. The United Kingdom and NATO may be already preparing acts of sabotage against vessels that carry Russian diesel, Kremlin Aide, Chairman of the Russian Maritime Board Nikolay Patrushev said.
"Today, we can expect the most outrageous and skillfully organized provocations from the UK," Patrushev said in an interview with the Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily. "In particular, they will be directed against the Russia-US deal on diesel fuel supplies, which, of course, London does not approve of."
"I have no doubt that sabotage against tankers carrying Russian diesel is already being prepared in British and NATO headquarters," he noted.
According to Patrushev, Moscow is closely following developments of such risks.
"Unfortunately, Europeans today are unable to realize that they have pushed themselves into a corner with sanctions, geopolitical ventures and rampant Russophobia. They have burnt all bridges and don’t have a clue what to do now," he concluded.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held a phone call on October 9, during which they discussed, among other things, petroleum product supplies. The Russian president said that Moscow had reiterated its readiness to supply oil and petroleum products to the United States and global markets.
According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, Russia will lift its ban on diesel exports ahead of schedule and is ready to supply 300,000 tons of diesel in October, increasing the volume to 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons in December.
Monthly supplies could subsequently reach 3 million tons. The US administration, in turn, issued a general license authorizing Russian diesel supplies to the global market until April 7, 2027.
