PHOTO: REUTERS[WASHINGTON] The Group of Seven (G7) nations’ finance ministers said on Wednesday (Oct 1) that they will take joint steps to increase pressure on Russia by targeting those who are continuing to increase their purchases of Russian oil and those that are facilitating circumvention. Washington has called on its allies to impose tariffs on purchasers of Russian oil such as India and China. While Trump has refrained from imposing additional tariffs on Chinese imports over China’s purchases of Russian oil, his administration has targeted New Delhi with extra tariffs on imports from India. The G7 statement on Wednesday did not name India or China. “We will target those who are continuing to increase their purchase of Russian oil since the invasion of Ukraine and those that are facilitating circumvention,” the G7’s statement said.