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Except U.S. President Donald Trump, cipher other has declared that India volition halt buying Russian oil, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the country's parliament connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026).
Mr. Lavrov's comments came 2 days aft Russia accused the U.S. of attempting to forestall India and different countries from buying Russian oil, saying Washington was utilizing a wide scope of “coercive” measures, including tariffs, sanctions and nonstop prohibitions.
On Wednesday (February 11, 2026), responding to a lawmaker successful the State Duma (Lower House), Mr. Lavrov said, “You mentioned that Donald Trump announced India's statement to nary longer acquisition Russian oil. I person not heard specified a connection from anyone else, including Prime Minister Modi and different Indian leaders.”
Mr. Lavrov noted that External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, mounting the inclination for India’s chairmanship of BRICS, told the archetypal gathering of sherpas successful New Delhi that vigor information volition beryllium 1 of the apical items of the BRICS summit, expected to beryllium attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Speaking during the Government Hour of the State Duma, which hears furniture ministers who study astir the show of their ministries, Mr. Lavrov said, President Putin's authorities sojourn to India successful December 2025 had further enriched relations betwixt Moscow and New Delhi.
“In particular, a important bundle of associated documents was signed during President Putin's authorities sojourn to India past December. This sojourn enriched Russian-Indian relations, creating a special, privileged strategical partnership,” Mr. Lavrov underscored.
A caller gathering betwixt the 2 countries' leaders is expected to instrumentality spot connected the sidelines of the BRICS summit, which volition beryllium held this twelvemonth nether the Indian chairmanship, Mr. Lavrov said.
Russia is acceptable to spell arsenic acold successful relations with India arsenic New Delhi would desire, helium said, adding, the entity is the limit.
India formally assumed connected January 1, 2026, the chairmanship of BRICS, a 10-member bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, on with 5 caller members.
Earlier, accusing the U.S. of utilizing “unfair methods” to suppress competitors by imposing sanctions connected Russian lipid companies, Mr. Lavrov said successful an interrogation with TV BRICS connected Monday (February 9, 2026), “(The U.S.) is attempting to power our trade, concern cooperation, and military-technical ties with large strategical partners, specified arsenic India and different BRICS members.”
While announcing a commercialized woody with India past week, Mr. Trump claimed New Delhi had agreed not to procure crude lipid from Russia.
In an enforcement order, Mr. Trump rolled backmost an further 25% tariff connected India that helium imposed successful August past for India's procurement of crude lipid from Russia.
On Monday (February 9, 2026), Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said India volition support aggregate sources for crude lipid purchases and diversify them to guarantee stableness successful the proviso chain, with nationalist interests remaining the “guiding factor” for the procurement.
