India, Sept. 1 -- India has pushed back against United States' pressure to cut crude oil imports from Russia, claiming that New Delhi "has not broken any rules".

"India's adherence to all international norms prevented a catastrophic $200 per barrel shock," Union Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri wrote in a column for The Hindu on Monday. "Some critics allege that India has become a 'laundromat' for Russian oil. Nothing could be further from the truth."

In a new rant against India for its purchases of Russian oil, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has said that "Brahmins" are profiteering at the expense of the Indian people and it needs to "stop".

"Look (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi is a great leader," Navarro said in an interview ...