India, China, Brazil can be hit by sanctions over Russia trade: NATO chief

At a time when Delhi and Washington are working on a trade deal before the pause on reciprocal tariff ends August 1, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Wednesday that countries like India, China and Brazil could be hit very hard by secondary sanctions if they continued to do business with Russia. Speaking in Washington, Rutte, according to the Reuters news agency, said countries in business with Russia should make a phone call to President Vladimir Putin and "tell him that he has to get serious about peace talks (on ending the Ukraine conflict), because otherwise this will slam back…