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India Should Welcome a US-Russia Thaw - and Prepare for Being Less Needed in Moscow

The US Treasury's licence easing sanctions on Russian diesel, signed weeks after the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 authorised tariffs on Russian oil buyers, prompted debate on whether Washington and Moscow are moving towards accommodation. Upcoming summits - APEC in Shenzhen in November and the G20 in Miami in December - could bring Trump and Putin together again.