India’s importation of Russian oil has led to significant turmoil in international diplomacy, particularly concerning United States as President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff, including an additional 25% for failing to comply with his demand to cease purchases. The White House and its officials implied a range of pressure tactics to influence New Delhi which did not relent.

Trump even claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured him he would halt energy purchases from Moscow, last month. However, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) countered that no phone call took place between the two leaders. Now, preliminary ship-tracking data provided by Kpler and OilX suggested that India’s crude oil imports from Russia have grown in October relative to the prior month, serving as further ev

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