India has turned into ‘oil money laundromat for Kremlin’: White House trade adviser Peter Navarro
The day after claiming that the Ukrainian conflict was “Modi’s War ,, the White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro accused India of being an ol of the laundry of oil for the Kremlin”.
“India, the world’s largest democracy, has to behave like a strategic partner,” the United States has to act like someone, “he said. He said.
After seeing a major decline in Trump’s policies of Trump’s trade and production senior advisor, Trump administration, the ties between Washington and the new Delhi on Trump’s policies on trade and tariffs, he constantly targets India.
50% tariffs slapped by the Trump administration in India entered into force on Wednesday.
Trade Advisor said that 25% for unfair trade and 25% -50% for national security is a direct response.
“India’s Grand oil lobby turned the world’s largest democracy into a large refinery center and oil money laundry for the Kremlin, Nav Navarro said.
He said that Indian refineries bought, processed cheap Russian oil, and export to Europe, Africa and Asia.
“India is now exporting more than 1 million barrels per day in refined oil – more than half of the imports of Russian crude oil volume. Revenues are flowing into India’s politically connected energy titans – and directly flowing into Putin’s war chest.”
Trade Consultant said that American consumers have received Indian goods and that India’s exports through high tariffs and non -tariff barriers.
“India uses our dollars to buy discounted Russian crude oil. Silent Russian partners and Indian refineries refining and turning black market oil for large profits in the international market, Russia’s hard currency to finance the war in Ukraine,” he said.
Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian oil claimed that it was özgür less than one percent of India’s imports, and today it was over 30% – more than 1.5 million barrels a day ”.
“This fluctuation is not caused by domestic demand – directed by Indian employees and carries an additional blood and destruction price in Ukraine,” he said.
“While the United States pays to collect Ukraine, the United States Pays Russia Backrolls, although it slaps some of the world’s highest tariffs on US goods, and this punishes American exporters,” he said.
Mr. Navarro said that the United States operates a trade gap of $ 50 billion with India and that the new Delhi used our dollar dollars to buy Russian oil ”.
“They make a killing and the Ukrainians are dying. He doesn’t stop there. India continues to buy Russian weapons – demanding US companies to transfer precise military technology and build plants in India. This strategic free loading,” he said.
Mr. Navarro added that the Joe Biden administration was largely looking at this “madness” in another way, while Trump faces him.
India described the US tariffs as “unjust and unreasonable ..
Yeni Delhi said he would take all the necessary measures to maintain national interests and economic security, like any major economy.
The subject of the trade consultant in X comes after the day after saying that the “Modi’s war” is partially working through “New Delhi”.
“We, everyone in the United States, loses because of what India is doing. Consumers and businesses and everything is losing and workers lose and workers lose because India’s high tariffs lose us work and factories and higher wages and higher tax taxpayers, because we financed Modi’s war.” Bloomberg Wednesday.
No interpretation was made immediately about Navarro’s statement from the new Delhi.
In the meantime, the Democrats’ Committee of Foreign Affairs, Russian oil purchases and tariffs imposed on Delhi’e sabotaging the bilateral relationship, saying that the larger buyer China to “choose” to “choose” to “choose” hit.
“Instead of imposing sanctions on China or others who buy more Russian oil, Trump’s songs with India will harm the Americans with tariffs, and to sabotage the US-Indian relationship in this process. It is not about Ukraine,” he said.
Published – 29 August 2025 12:29 IST
