Is Donald Trump financing Russia’s war against Ukraine? US continues to buy from Moscow, threatens India

Donald Trump with Vladimir Putin (File Picture)

President Donald Trump seems to have revealed the US hypocrisy in doing business with Russia. Washington continues to do business with Russia, while slapping India with a penalty for buying a 25% tariff, crude oil and military equipment and significantly increasing the tariff. So, because the US accused Russia of doing India in the war against Ukraine against Ukraine? According to the US International Trade Commission (USITC) data, Washington imported Russian fertilizers worth $ 1.1 billion in 2024, Palladium worth $ 878 million, $ 624 million worth of uranium and aircraft engine parts.

Import from USA Russia

Imports from Russia rise to $ 2.1 billion annually between January and May this year. The hike in import fluctuations was directed by sharp increases in Palladium (37%), uranium (28%) and fertilizers (21%). However, in 2024, US imports from Russia fell to $ 3 billion in customs value. The year before the conflict was 90% lower than 2021.

In 2021, a year before the Russian-Ukraine War began, in 2021, Washington imported approximately $ 30 billion from Russia. After the war began in February that year, it fell to $ 14 billion in 2022. US imports fell to $ 4.6 billion in 2023 before settling in 2024 for $ 3 billion. The US imported crude oil, which was over $ 17 billion in 2021.

EU-Russia Binary Trade is rising

On the other hand, the EU-Russia bilateral trade in 2024 was 67.5 billion euros and 17.2 billion euros. “This is a significant more than the total trade of India this year or later with Russia this year or later with Russia. In 2024, he reached European LNG imports in 2024 and exceeded the last record of 15.21 million tons in 2022.