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Trump has eased oil sanctions on Russia, raising the question of whether Europe is still buying Moscow's gas [us-politics#34].
Trump exempted Russia from new sanctions, a move Kyiv denounced as an encouragement to continue attacks, Le Monde reported [us-politics#35].
The sanctions move follows days of energy-diplomacy tension: Russia said a diesel supply deal with the US was under negotiation after a call between Trump and Putin [us-politics#12], while Meloni warned that Trump's Russian diesel deal was "very risky" and legitimised Moscow [us-politics#11].
Bulgaria's prime minister broke ranks with EU leaders to back the diesel deal between Trump and Putin [us-politics#16].