“India defies Trump and Europe on Russian oil imports, points out their duplicity”, India Today, August 4, 2025:
“Hours after US President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs against Bharat for buying Russian oil amid the Ukraine war, Bharat on Monday hit back at Washington and the European Union, questioning their duplicity in their stance on crude imports.
Slamming the criticism from the US and the EU over its oil imports from Russia, Bharat said its targeting was “unjustified and unreasonable” in light of continued and substantial Western trade with Moscow.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), responding to US President Donald Trump’s threat to substantially hike tariffs on Bharat for buying and selling of Russian oil, said Bharat’s decision to purchase discounted Russian oil followed the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict, which led traditional energy suppliers to divert their exports towards Europe. At the time, the US had even encouraged Bharat’s purchases as a way to stabilise global energy markets…….”
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