Russia Open to Joint Projects With US Only If Beneficial to Moscow – Foreign Ministry

econews. We have been and remain ready for ... the likely build-up of the sanctions and tariffs. At the same time, we remain open to implementing joint undertakings with the Americans where this is technically possible but only when it is needed and beneficial to us ourselves," Birichevsky said.

In October, Russian special presidential envoy for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries Kirill Dmitriev, said that Russia and the US are discussing a whole set of economic projects, and the agreement between the presidents on diesel fuel is just one of them. The list of projects Russia is discussing with the American side includes various projects in the Arctic: energy projects, projects in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector and other areas.