Minister Issues Hard 'No' on Russian Diesel Imports

Australia says it won’t buy Russian fuel despite Trump’s diesel deal with Putin

Australia has no need to buy fuel from Russia and said that purchases from there would remain barred so that the country did not benefit from the invasion of Ukraine. “We don’t need or want Russian fuel in Australia,” Chris Bowen, Australia’s minister for climate change and energy, said on Saturday at a press conference in western Sydney. “We do not want Vladimir Putin to benefit from this war in the Middle East. What the United States does is a…

️Australia’s energy minister has refused to buy Russian oil after the US president, Donald Trump, struck a deal with Vladimir Putin to buy diesel from the country

The energy and climate change minister, Chris Bowen, said on Saturday Australia did not “need or want Russian fuel” while updating reporters on the country’s fuel reserves.But Mr Bowen emphatically ruled out following suit.“We don’t need...

Australia issues hard ‘no’ on Russian diesel as Trump strikes deal with Putin

‘We don’t need or want it.’

Minister issues hard 'no' on Russian diesel imports

Australia doesn't want or need imported Russian diesel despite a new supply deal between Moscow and the US, Energy Minister Chris Bowen says.

Bowen makes bold Russian fuel vow after US backflip

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has revealed whether Australia could dip into Russian fuel supplies after the US announced its new trade deal.