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India cutting back Russian oil: Trump
Mint New Delhi
|October 27, 2025
US President Donald Trump once again claimed that India is going to stop buying oil from Russia, emphasising that India is cutting back Russian oil purchases “completely” while China will cut back “very substantially.”
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Talking to reporters onboard Air Force One on his way to Malaysia, on Saturday, Trump said that “India is cutting back” Russian oil purchases “completely.”
This story is from the October 27, 2025 edition of Mint New Delhi.
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