Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:25am on 08 Mar 2026,Sunday India Global
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington had earlier asked India to stop buying sanctioned Russian oil and New Delhi complied. “The Indians had been very good actors. We had asked them to stop buying sanctioned Russian oil this fall. They did,” Bessent told Fox Business. He said the U.S. has now allowed India to buy Russian oil already at sea to ease supply pressure during the West Asia conflict. “Yesterday, the Treasury agreed to let our allies in India start buying Russian oil that was already on the water,” he said. The U.S. has issued a temporary 30-day waiver for such purchases. (PC: The Hindu)
