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India to buy oil from Venezuela rather than Russia amid new Trump tariff threats
India will begin purchasing oil from Venezuela to replace some of the petrol it purchases from Russia a month after President Trump threatened to increase the 50% tariffs the US has already imposed. The president signaled on Saturday that Delhi — the world’s third-biggest oil importer — would be open to renew business in Latin America after India stopped buying oil from Caracas last year due to US sanctions.

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Venezuelan oil is key to Trump’s Russia plan. There’s a problem with that
Trump Plans to Lower Tariffs on Indian Goods to 18% After India Agreed to Stop Buying Russian Oil
India-US trade deal slashes tariffs; seen lifting exports, market sentiment
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced a trade deal with India that slashes U.S. tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from 50% in exchange for India halting Russian oil purchases and lowering trade...

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What Next For India-US Trade Deal? Talks For Broader Agreement Continue
India and US strike major trade deal
Trump plans to lower tariffs on Indian goods to 18% after India agreed to stop buying Russian oil
Trump said that India would also start to reduce its import taxes on U.S. goods to zero and buy $500 billion worth of American products.

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US to cut tariffs on India to 18%, India agrees to end Russian oil purchases
From calling India ‘tariff king’ to 25% extra duty for Russian oil, Trump finally fixed the tariff at 18%, one of the lowest

Russia hammers Ukraine on eve of peace talks

A day before Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. teams meet to talk peace, Putin's forces pounded Ukraine's energy infrastructure with dozens of drones and missiles.

This Is What Putin Thinks of Trump’s Peace Talks

President Trump asked Putin to hold off attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine, which has been gripped by bitter cold. Putin showed his contempt by launching a massive overnight attack.

Trump’s Greenland play comes with Russia and China running circles around the US in the Arctic as expert sees ‘big game of catch-up’

A prescient new book outlines the future of warfare in the far north, and just how far behind its rivals the US still is.

The last US nuclear weapons treaty with Russia is dying

Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals could expand for the first time in three decades.
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Russia’s Wary Embrace of Trump’s Transatlantic Disruption

Europe tensions over Greenland as possibly helping to achieve its long-sought goal of weakening NATO, but Donald Trump’s second administration has also frustrated Russian plans on Ukraine and other fronts.

Trump's envoy Witkoff to reportedly join Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi

Witkoff is then reportedly expected to meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and other officials in Istanbul on Feb. 6 to discuss details of a potential nuclear deal amid heightened U.S.-Iran tensions.

Trump says he asked Putin not to target Kyiv for 1 week during brutal cold spell

President Donald Trump says he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures and Putin agreed, but Russia hasn't confirmed that.

Trump faces high-stakes choice as final nuclear pact with Russia expires

Russia has proposed a de facto one-year extension of New START, but the president has yet to commit.