, Jan. 8 -- US President Donald Trump has approved a bipartisan Russia Sanctions Bill that could allow the United States to impose tariffs of at least 500 percent on countries such as India, China and Brazil for importing Russian oil.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who drafted the bill along with Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, said the legislation is aimed at cutting off funding for Russia's war in Ukraine.

"This bill will allow President Trump to punish those countries who buy cheap Russian oil fueling Putin's war machine," Graham wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

He added, "This bill would give President Trump tremendous leverage against countries like China, India and Brazil to incentivise them to stop buying the cheap Russi...