Donald Trump’s threat to impose secondary sanctions on countries buying Russian oil is probably more symbolic than practical, leading oil analyst and senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center,

India's Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri asserts the nation's readiness to handle potential disruptions in Russian oil imports, even with possible sanctions from the US and NATO. Alternative suppliers like Guyana,

President Donald Trump may have expected a Russian shudder of fear to greet his threat of “very severe tariffs” on the country if it didn’t agree a ceasefire in Ukraine.