Jaiswal argued that India only began importing oil from Russia after “traditional supplies were diverted to Europe after the outbreak of the conflict” before noting the U.S. appreciated this move at the time as it kept the “global energy markets” stable.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose higher tariffs on India very soon because the country does business with Russia. "We settled on 25% but I think I'm going to raise that very substantially over the next 24 hours,

President Trump accused India of aiding Moscow’s war on Ukraine by purchasing Russian energy, derailing trade talks between India and the United States.