Russia lifts pipeline diesel export ban

Restrictions on petrol exports remain in place. — Reuters

MOSCOW: Russia’s government has lifted a ban on pipeline diesel exports via ports, removing the bulk of restrictions it enforced on Sept 21.

Restrictions on petrol exports remain in place. Russia said on Sept 21 it had temporarily banned petrol and diesel exports to all but four ex-Soviet states in response to domestic shortages, a move that disrupted global trade that had already had to adjust to Western sanctions on Russian fuel exports.