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India Dismisses U.S. Criticism of Profiteering from Russian Oil Imports
India is not profiteering from importing Russian crude, it actually helps keep global oil prices in check, Indian Hardeep Singh Puri wrote in a column in The Hindu newspaper on Monday, amid growing criticism from the United States that the world’s third-largest crude importer is profiteering from Russia’s oil. “India’s adherence to all international norms prevented a catastrophic $200 per barrel shock,” Puri wrote in the column. “Some critics allege that India has become a ‘laundromat’…