Trump’s Adviser Navarro Slams India for Buying Russian Oil

The dramatic increase in India’s purchases of Russian oil since the invasion of Ukraine is “opportunistic and deeply corrosive” of a global effort to isolate the Kremlin and curb Vladimir Putin’s war machine, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro wrote in the Financial Times.

In a strongly worded column, Navarro — long a hawkish voice and now an important force behind Donald Trump’s punitive global tariffs — linked India’s trade barriers and what he characterized as its financial support for Russia, depicting dealings that come at the expense of the US.