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Jan 09, 2026
Washington DC [US], January 9: American Senator Lindsey Graham on Wednesday said that US President Donald Trump has given a green light to the bipartisan Russia Sanctions Bill which would give leverage against India, China, and Brazil to stop them from purchasing Russian oil and punish the countries "fueling Putin's war machine".
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