India, July 22 -- United States Senator Lindsey Graham issued a stern warning of levying heavy tariffs to India and other countries who continue to purchase oil from Russia.

"Trump is going to impose tariffs on people that buy Russian oil: China, India, and Brazil. Those three countries buy about 80 per cent of cheap Russian oil, and that's what keeps (Vladimir) Putin's war machine going. So, President Trump is going to put a 100 per cent tariff on all those countries, punishing them for helping Putin," Graham told Fox News on Monday.

Lindsey Graham is an American politician supporting the Republican, and an attorney who serves as the senior United States senator from South Carolina. Graham has retained the seat since 2003.

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