By Olamilekan Okebiorun
Russia (click here) has effectively abandoned its attempt to replace the US dollar with China's yuan in international trade under pressure from US secondary sanctions, dealing a major setback to its years-long campaign to reduce dependence on the American currency....
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11 November 2026
By Sophie Clark
A tanker carrying Russian diesel to the U.S. (click here) was forced to reverse course in another blow to President Donald Trump’s energy deal with Russia.
The Agioi Fanendes tanker, a Malta-flagged tanker which was carrying approximately 300,000 barrels of Russian diesel, or 40,000 metric tons, reversed course 400 nautical miles away from New York, according to Bloomberg and the Kyiv Post.
In an early October bid to lower energy costs in the U.S. before the midterm elections, Donald Trump said he had signed a deal with Russia to supply the U.S. with 300,000 tons of diesel to the US in October, 500,000 tons in November, and then 1 million tons after that....
