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India ramped up its purchasing of Russian oil after the invasion of Ukraine and is now one of the world's biggest buyers.
It also sells Russian oil products onwards.
But in recent weeks, Indian companies have curbed their purchases.
It came after the Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs on goods from India and after sanctions were slapped on major Russian oil producers.
It's not clear how Putin can continue uninterrupted shipments of fuel to India, but energy analysts say there's been an increase in sanctions-avoiding behaviour on the high seas.
India insists the US is imposing a double standard –
partly because other major buyers like China haven't been punished, while the U.S.
and Europe purchase Russian oil products through third countries.
These are really dark days for the some 265,000 Afghans who advocates say were in the pipeline to come to the U.S.,
Like Roshanga, he was in the Afghan military.
He used to sign off on airstrikes targeting Taliban fighters.
He's now in hiding in Afghanistan in fear of his life, which is why I won't use his full name.
But Roshanga told me that he was ashamed of the Afghan national behind the Wednesday attack in D.C.
These are really dark days for the some 265,000 Afghans who advocates say were in the pipeline to come to the US.
Like Roshanga, he was in the Afghan military.
He used to sign off on airstrikes targeting Taliban fighters.
He's now in hiding in Afghanistan in fear of his life, which is why I won't use his full name.
But Roshanga told me that he was ashamed of the Afghan national behind the Wednesday attack in DC.
Trump vowed to halt migration from poor countries after an Afghan national shot two National Guard members in the capital.