India, Aug. 22 -- US President Donald Trump's former national security adviser (NSA) John Bolton has said that the sanctions put on Russia don't prohibit India from buying Moscow's oil, criticising the US decision of punitive tariffs on New Delhi.

In an interview with Hindustan Times, Bolton said the sanctions the West put on Russia don't prohibit buying oil at the capped price and selling it elsewhere at a higher amount. According to him, if that is the complaint, then the sanctions are at fault, not New Delhi.

"The complaint is that India took some of the gasoline it was buying from Russia, perhaps refined it and sold it internationally. That's a complaint worth discussing. But the sanctions, as written, do not preclude anyone, includ...