Earlier this week a top US official called on European and NATO countries to send a collective message of concern to China

More than 250,000 barrels of US crude are set to arrive in India every day next month, the highest in more than a year

The US State Department says price caps on Russian oil lets buyers, like China, "drive a harder bargain" in their purchases

The Commerce Department says the listed entities supplied US-origin integrated circuits to Moscow’s military

Observers say New Delhi is looking to develop a domestic arms industry, not move closer to the West, and its relationship with Moscow will remain close

Lithuania's Foreign Minister has urged Brussels to draw up a reaction plan if Beijing launches an attack on the island nation

The new firm will take over rights and obligations of Sakhalin Energy Investment Co, in which the two Japanese companies and Shell hold just under a 50% stake

China's Embassy in Washington said it has not provided assistance to either party in the war, and it opposed the addition of five Chinese firms to the US trade blacklist

Britain, the United States, Japan and Canada announced a ban on imports of Russian gold, sales of which totalled $15bn last year, at the start of the G7 three-day summit on Sunday

Russian grades totalled 16.5% of India's oil imports last month, but the country still gets nearly 60% of its oil from Iraq and nations in the Middle East, and the Russian spurt may have already ended

The days of cheap Russian oil have evaporated, according to Indian sources, who say Rosneft has failed to sign new oil deals with Indian refiners, as sales have been done with other customers.

Russia is pumping an extra 70,000 barrels a day via the East Siberia Pacific Ocean pipeline to Kozmino, its port in the Far East, amid surging demand from countries in Asia and EU sanctions