<h1>Congressional intelligence delegation's South Asia trip prompts partner to consider cutting Russian oil imports, aiming to curb war funding</h1> A US congressional intelligence delegation's two-week mission to South Asia reportedly prompted early indications that a partner country may reduce imports of Russian oil, a shift the delegation characterized as weakening Russia's ability to finance its war in Ukraine. The mission included high-level diplomatic and intelligence oversight meetings, embassy operational reviews, and coordination on counterterrorism and security cooperation. The report notes existing US tariffs on the partner country's goods, disputes over their justification, and frames the engagements as exercising diplomatic and intelligence influence to advance US national-security and economic policy objectives.