Putin, Trump to announce several joint projects as Russian diesel returns to market

US President Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin Russia and the United States are preparing to announce new joint initiatives beyond their recently agreed diesel deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Friday.The two countries are discussing collaborative data centre projects, including facilities powered by electricity generated by Russian nuclear power plants, Dmitriev said at an energy conference.He added that the projects would be launched before the end of what Moscow calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine.The announcements after USA’s recent deal to import diesel from Russia.Trump said last week that Russia had agreed to supply diesel to global markets to help bring down fuel prices. Moscow subsequently partially lifted its ban on diesel exports from October 10 following the agreement.On Thursday, Kremlin said its diesel had begun reaching international markets following the agreement with Trump. Dmitry said the supplies could help stabilise oil markets, although they would not be sufficient to achieve full market stability, Reuters reported.Dmitriev also said the US treasury had asked the Russian Direct Inve...