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Alex Vindman 🇺🇸@AVindman · Oct 23, 2026

Putin's diesel arrives in New York Nov 7 aboard the Agioi Fanendes: 40,000 tons, the first Russian fuel cargo since…

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A Russian diesel cargo worth 40,000 tons is arriving in New York on November 7 under a Treasury license that the thread argues illegally circumvents the 2022 ban on Russian fuel imports. The author calls on New York state and city officials to refuse the cargo, enforce existing sanctions, and challenge the license in federal court.

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  1. #1

    Putin's diesel arrives in New York Nov 7 aboard the Agioi Fanendes: 40,000 tons, the first Russian fuel cargo since 2022. It's coming in on a Treasury license that sidesteps federal law. New York should refuse to be the loading dock for Putin's war chest. 🧵 1/5

    Reuters@Reuters · Oct 23, 2026

    EXCLUSIVE: Tanker carrying 40,000 T of Russian diesel heads to New York after Putin-Trump deal, data shows reut.rs/47zYFZ2 reut.rs/47zYFZ2

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    The 2022 Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act bans Russian fuel imports. Lifting it requires the President to certify Russia agreed to withdraw from Ukraine on terms Kyiv accepts, consult Congress 45 days ahead, then wait 90 days. Trump did none of it. 2/5

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    Instead, Treasury issued General License 135, a six-month permission slip. A license can't repeal a statute. Relabeling a termination as a "license" is a workaround of a law Congress passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. 3/5

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    New York doesn't have to be complicit. Hochul's 2022 executive order bars state agencies from contracting with firms doing business in Russia while federal sanctions stand. They still stand. Any terminal or buyer that takes this cargo should lose state business. 4/5

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    Then go to federal court. NY's AG should sue to void GL 135 and ask a judge to hold the cargo at the dock until the court rules. DEC, which licenses NY's oil terminals, should demand proof the cargo is legal. NYC should join the suit. Impound it. Let the courts decide. 5/5

  6. #6

    To be clear, this diesel deal is nothing but a Trump PR stunt that will do nothing to lower costs and make life affordable for Americans. New York State and New York City should not be complicit in it.