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Trump warns India... Stop buying Russian oil or be prepared for huge tariffs

  US President Donald Trump on Sunday reiterated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him that India would stop buying oil from Russia. Trump warned that if India did not do so, it would have to pay a price in the form of “heavy” taxes.

“I spoke to Prime Minister Modi of India and he said that he will not buy oil from Russia,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. Asked about India’s claim that he had no knowledge of any such conversation between Modi and Trump, Trump said, “But if they want to say that, they will continue to pay high tariffs, and they do not want to do that.” India is the largest buyer of oil from Russia after a backlash in Western countries. Western countries imposed various sanctions on Russia after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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