{"id":182077,"date":"2025-08-25T20:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=182077"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:27:14","slug":"trump-trade-adviser-criticizes-india-for-escalating-purchases-of-russian-crude-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/08\/25\/trump-trade-adviser-criticizes-india-for-escalating-purchases-of-russian-crude-oil.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump Trade Adviser criticizes India for escalating purchases of Russian crude oil"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Islamabad: Peter Kent Navarro, White House Trade Adviser under President Donald Trump, has criticized India for importing 35\u201340 percent of its oil from Russia, refining it, and selling at a premium.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, Peter Kent Navarro warned these transactions fund Moscow\u2019s war in Ukraine and undermine US economic interests.<\/p>\n

He has sharply criticized India for its escalating purchases of Russian crude oil, arguing that New Delhi\u2019s actions are directly financing Moscow\u2019s war in Ukraine. He noted that before Russia\u2019s invasion in February 2022, India imported less than 1 percent of its oil from Russia. Today, that figure has surged to 35\u201340%, a rise Navarro called \u201cnonsense,\u201d insisting India does not need Russian oil.<\/p>\n

Navarro accused India of acting as a \u201cglobal clearinghouse for Russian oil,\u201d converting discounted crude into high-value refined products and selling them worldwide, supplying Moscow with the dollars needed to fund its military campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey use the money they get from us to buy Russian oil, which then funds arms to kill Ukrainians, while American taxpayers have to provide more military aid. That is insane,\u201d Navarro said.<\/p>\n

He also slammed India\u2019s protectionist trade policies, highlighting 25% tariffs and additional \u2018Maharaja tariffs\u2019, which he said contribute to a \u201cmassive\u201d U.S. trade deficit that harms American workers and businesses. Navarro warned that India\u2019s refining profiteering scheme, combined with its cozying up to China\u2019s Xi Jinping, turns it into a \u201claundromat for the Kremlin,\u201d perpetuating the war while profiting economically.<\/p>\n

Navarro\u2019s comments underscore the strategic and economic tensions between the US and India, highlighting how India\u2019s energy and trade practices, in his view, undermine global sanctions, fuel conflict in Ukraine, and hurt American interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Islamabad: Peter Kent Navarro, White House Trade Adviser under President Donald Trump, has criticized India for importing 35\u201340 percent of its oil from Russia, refining it, and selling at a premium. According to Kashmir Media Service, Peter Kent Navarro warned these transactions fund Moscow\u2019s war in Ukraine and undermine US economic interests. He has sharply …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":182078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t