‘Colonial era is over’: Putin slams Trump’s tariffs; calls India ‘powerful economy’

Russian president Vladimir Putin (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday strongly criticised US counterpart Donald Trump for using tariffs as a bargaining tool with China and India in the current geopolitical landscape.Putin said both Beijing and New Delhi have their “own domestic political mechanism and laws” and noted that the two nations have endured difficult periods in their history, marked by colonialism and repeated attacks on sovereignty.”When somebody [Donald Trump] tells you that they are going to punish you…you have to think about the leadership of those big countries,” Putin said.”You have countries like India with 1.5 billion people,…