India Oil Corporation has drastically increased its purchases of American, Canadian, and Middle Eastern crude oil to be delivered in September. After six months of appeasing Moscow without success, the President of the United States,

Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow to discuss ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, which Trump has pressed for progress on - Anadolu Ajansı

India fired back at the United States after President Trump pledged to increase tariffs on New Delhi over the country’s purchase of Russian oil. In a statement Monday, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the purchase of Russian oil is a “necessity” to “ensure predictable and affordable energy costs” and was once “encouraged”