Russia has clearly indicated that it fully accepts India’s foreign policy and national interests and will not allow the pressure of a third country to come between India-Russia relations. After his address to the United Nations General Assembly, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov said that Moscow honors the independent foreign policy adopted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also clarified that India’s relations with the US or any other country cannot be “standard” for India-Russia relations.

Specific strategic partnership between India-Russia
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Lavarov said that there is a “specific strategic partnership” between India and Russia. He informed that high-level contacts between the two countries remain continuously. Referring to the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit held in China, he said that Putin could visit India in December.

Strong relationship despite US pressure
Lavrov was questioned that the US is constantly pressurizing countries to reduce oil imports from Russia, but India is not following it. On this, the Russian Foreign Minister said that “We respect India’s national interests and Modi ji’s foreign policy.” He clarified that India is capable of taking decisions according to its needs and Russia does not put any kind of pressure for it.

Comprehensive bilateral agenda
Lavarov said that there are many areas of cooperation between India and Russia. These include areas such as business, military, technical cooperation, finance, human matters, health services, high -tech and artificial intelligence. He insisted that there is close coordination and cooperation between India and Russia on international forums like SCO and BRICS.

Meet with Jaishankar
On the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Lavarov, Foreign Minister S.K. Meeting Jaishankar. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations and also participated in the annual meeting of Foreign Ministers of BRICS countries. This meeting was chaired by India as the future president of BRICS for 2026.

Support on India’s oil policy
In response to the question on oil imports, Lavarov said that he does not feel the need to ask Indian colleagues to ask whom they buy. He also referred to Jaishankar’s statement in which he said that if America wants to sell oil to India, it can discuss the conditions, but how much India buys from which country, it is its own matter and has no relation with India-US relations. Lavarov described it as “a very commendable response” and said that this policy of India reflects its “self -esteem”.

Trust on economic partnership
In response to another question, Lavrov reiterated that the economic partnership between Russia and India is completely safe. He said that there are relations based on deep confidence and long -term strategic cooperation between the two countries, which will not be affected by any external pressure.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov has termed India-Russia relations as a privileged strategic partnership. He said that multi -faceted cooperation between the two countries has been intact for a long time. Lavarov said that recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin met during the SCO Summit (Tianjin) in China and Putin’s visit to New Delhi in December. He said that the India-Russia agenda is very widespread, including the forums like trade, defense, technical cooperation, finance, healthcare, AI, SCO and BRICS.

On the question of America’s pressure to buy Russian oil on India, Lavrov said that India-Russia Economic Partnership is not in danger. India selects its partners themselves. If the US has conditions to increase Indo-US trade, then India will consider it, but the decision on relations with the third country is India’s internal matter. He appreciated India’s independent foreign policy comparing Turki to self -esteem countries.

Russian support for Indian foreign policy and oil purchase

On the question asked by India on oil imports from Russia, Lavrov said that Russia fully respects India’s national interests. He appreciated the independent foreign policy of Prime Minister Modi and Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Lavarov said, “India is fully capable to decide to whom he bought. If the US wants to sell oil to India, then India can discuss the terms, but it is its sovereign decision what country it should buy from.

Importance of privileged strategic partnership

Lavarov said that relations between India and Russia are not a general partnership, but this privileged strategic partnership “. He also said that there is a regular exchange between India and Russia and External Affairs Minister Jaishankar will visit Russia this year, while he himself will visit India.

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Russia’s big statement has come on India and China about the American tariff case. Russian External Affairs Minister Sergei Lavarov has said about tariff statements that both these ancient civilizations will not bow down to the American ultimatum.

Speaking at Russia’s main channel 1 TV’s ‘The Great Game’ program, Sergei Lavarov said that American demand to stop Russian energy purchase is only forcing countries to look for new energy markets, new resources and pay more. The Russian Foreign Minister’s remarks came after a strict criticism by the Donald Trump administration on buying oil from Moscow in India amidst Ukraine-Russia War.

‘Both China and India are ancient civilizations’
Lavarov said, “Both China and India are ancient civilizations and using this language with them that they stop doing what I do not like, or I will put a tariff on you, it will not work.” He warned Washington that only political opposition has arisen from him.

What did Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov say
Pointing to the reaction of New Delhi and Beijing on American demands, Lavrov said that this not only causes the economic condition of those countries, but also causes serious difficulties for them, as they have to find new markets and pay more prices. Even more important is that this approach also has moral and political opposition.

50 percent tariff is applicable on India
For the past few months, India and America have been negotiating an interim trade agreement. Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on Indian imports in July. A few days later, he imposed 25 percent more tariffs citing frequent imports of Russian oil to India, causing the total tariff to 50 percent. This 50 percent tariff is applicable from August 27.

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Russian External Affairs Minister Sergei Lavarov has made a big charge against European countries regarding peace talks between Russia-Ukraine. He said that the Western countries are hindering the ongoing peace talks to end the war going on between the two countries. He said that due to diplomatic activities, talks are seen to be interrupted.

‘European countries are looking for pretext to stop peace talks’

US President Donald Trump wants a bilateral meeting between Jailonsky and Putin, but the two are accusing each other of not allowing peace talks to succeed. The Russian Foreign Minister alleged that the European country is just looking for an excuse to stop peace talks.

‘Jailonski is adopting a stubborn attitude with Putin’

In an interview to Russia’s government TV channel, Lavarov said, “Ukrainian President Volodimir Jailonski is adopting a stubborn attitude with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. They are placing conditions and demanding immediate meeting at any cost. We hope that the western countries will not succeed in trying to wipe out peace talks.”

No Western leader will be tolerated in Ukraine- Russia

Jailonsky has expressed his desire to meet Putin, but this will happen only when his colleagues (European countries) will agree on the security guarantee for Ukraine. So that after the fight stops, Russian attacks can be stopped in future. Russia says that such conditions cannot be obstructed for peace talks. Russia has made it clear that the presence of Europe leaders in Ukraine will not be tolerated at all.

Moscow on Sunday (24 August 2025) accused Ukraine of attacking a nuclear power plant in Russia’s western region Kursk. According to Russian officials, the transformer of the plant was damaged by the drone attack. This attack took place at a time when Ukraine was celebrating the completion of 34 years of its independence.

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US President Donald Trump, changing his stance on the Russia-Ukraine war, indicated on Thursday that he is now in favor of “allowing Ukraine” to fight “. After meeting Putin in Alaska, Trump said that war cannot be won only by defense and “interesting time is coming.”

Trump’s changed trend
Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social that war against any “invading country” can not be won only by defense. Giving examples, he said that as if a magnificent team has good defense, but if it is not allowed to attack, then victory is impossible. However, he did not directly call Russia a “invading country”.

Biden directly attacked

Trump, while targeting the President Joe Biden, said that he allowed Ukraine only to rescue, not to attack. Trump said- “If I were President, this war would never have started. It was zero probability.”

Statement after Alaska summit
Recently, his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska could not reach any concrete result. After this, Trump met Ukrainian President Volodimir Jailonsky and said that if everything goes well, a triple talk will be held. He emphasized permanent peace, not a short -term agreement.

No American soldiers will be sent
Trump also clarified that America would not send its soldiers to Ukraine. However, he claimed that European allied countries wish that they should send soldiers to Ukraine under security guarantee. Trump said that America is ready to help in other ways.

Strict objection of Russia
Russia again reiterated that it would oppose any Western military deployment in Ukraine. Russian External Affairs Minister Sergei Lavarov said that serious discussion on security guarantees is not possible without Russia’s participation. He said- “It is useless to talk about security guarantee without Russia.”

War continues, Russia’s missile attack
Meanwhile, Russia attacked a missile at an American -owned electronics factory in Mukachevo city of Western Ukraine. At least 15 people were injured in this attack and the factory suffered heavy losses. Ukrainian officials confirmed this, while the US media NPR also reported it.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reacted on Thursday (August 21, 2025) to a meeting with the US to buy oil from Russia during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. He said that India is “very surprised” in understanding this argument.

Jaishankar told that India is not the largest oil buyer of Russia, it is China. At the same time, India is not even the largest LNG buyer, it is the European Union. Apart from this, India did not do the biggest trade growth with Russia after 2022, some countries have more business in the south.

Why did America not put tariffs on China?
The US has not yet imposed any ban on China for oil imports from Russia. The US Treasury Secretary justified it on the basis that India increased imports from Russia after the war and made a profit by selling oil again.

India surprised American argument
Jaishankar said that America had been saying for the last several years that India should help stabilize the world energy market, including buying oil from Russia. At the same time, India also buys oil from America, and its quantity has increased. In such a situation, India is surprised to understand American argument.

India-Russia relations strong- S Jaishankar
Jaishankar said that India and Russia are among the most stable relations in the world. He explained the importance of maintaining energy cooperation, trade and investment. Defense and military technical cooperation is also strong, and Russia cooperates in India’s ‘Make in India’ goals.

Measures to improve business balance
Jaishankar said that the two countries repeated a shared ambition to increase bilateral trade. Increasing India’s exports in areas such as agriculture, pharma and textile will help improve business imbalance.

India’s Russian Oil Import Policy
India is the second largest oil importer in Russia, after China. Oil imports have accelerated after the Russia-Ukraine War, and the US is considering it as a cause of punishment. PM Modi has appealed to end the war through repeated talks, and India’s oil imports are decided on the basis of national interest, availability and low prices.

After the meeting of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska, there is a round of discussions in the US regarding the peace agreement in Ukraine. The White House held a meeting of Trump-Jalensky as well as several leaders from European countries, in which there was a discussion about the Ukraine War. After a meeting at the White House, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov praised Donald Trump and targeted European leaders fiercely. According to Lavrov, Trump wants a peace agreement, which is long, while the European country is in favor of ceasefire.

Putin’s close praise Trump

Sergei Lavarov said in an interview to Russian news channel Russia24, ‘The atmosphere of Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska was very good. It was clear that the US President Trump and his team are trying to stop this war with honesty. They want results that are for a long time, durable and reliable. ‘

European country does not want peace agreement: Lavarov

Referring to the meeting of Trump-Jalensky, Lavrov said, “The US President made it clear that a ceasefire is not needed and a peace agreement can be reached between Russia-Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin also has the same attitude, but Europe does not want so. European leaders only emphasized only on ceasefire, so that they will continue to supply arms to Ukraine later.

European country also reached for meeting with Trump

US President Donald Trump held a meeting with Ukraine President Jelonski and European leaders at the White House on Monday (18 August 2025). It was claimed in the Reuters report that European leaders came in this meeting so that Trump could not be able to pressurize Jailnsky for any agreement. However, Trump-Jalensky met was much better than the last time. The two leaders were seen praising each other in front of the media.

Discussion on giving security guarantee to Ukraine

US President Trump said that the ceasefire is not possible at the moment. However, there was a discussion on giving security guarantee to Ukraine in the meeting. Trump said that America and European countries will work together. In the midst of this meeting, Trump spoke to Putin about 40 minutes on the phone. After the meeting, Jailonsky said that Ukraine would buy US weapons worth $ 90 billion (about 8 lakh crore rupees) from Europe’s money in lieu of security guarantee.

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Russia-as tensions: Victor Vodolatski, a senior member of the Russian Parliament Duma, has claimed that the two American nuclear submarines have been ordered by US President Donald Trump to deploy against Russia, already an eye of Russian nuclear submarines. He said that the number of Russian submarines in the seas of the world is much more than in the US, so there is no need for any response from the US.

Vodolatski told the government news agency Tass, “The areas where the US President has been deployed to deploy submarines has been under our control for a long time. There is no need for any answer from the Russian Union.” He further said that “Now the time has come that there should be a basic agreement between Russia and America, so that the world can believe that there is no possibility of the Third World War.”

Trump gave information about deployment after inflammatory statement

Donald Trump on Friday posted on his social media site ‘Truth Social’ and said that he has ordered two American nuclear submarines to be deployed in some “appropriate areas”. He had said this step in response to the inflammatory statements of former Russian President and currently National Security Council Vice President Dimitri Medvedev.

‘Trump’s response emotional’

Fiodor Lukyanov, editor of ‘Russia in Global Affairs’ magazine, has advised not to take Trump’s statement seriously. He said, “Trump speaks from a personal channel and his reaction is emotional and sudden. The US Navy may have read it with surprise.” Lukyanov also said that if this debate continues, Trump may have to take some concrete steps, but at the moment it is all at the level of ‘talk’.

The statement impacts the market, declines in Moscow exchange
Following Trump’s statement, the Moscow Exchange Index recorded a decline of 2,709.26 points (0.99%) on Friday evening. An atmosphere of concern was seen in investors.

Russia agreed to avoid confrontation between America: Lavrov
Meanwhile, reacting to the recent interview of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov said that Russia agrees that there should be no direct military confrontation between Washington and Moscow. He said, “When European countries are trying to include Ukraine in NATO and are preparing for a confrontation with Russia, the US has taken a responsible stand.” Lavrov admitted that this shared understanding has been made through dialogue between the US and Russia, which is necessary for global stability.

Sergey lavrov on trump tariff: US President Donald Trump threatened Russia to put a 50 -day ultimatum to end 100% tariffs to end the Ukraine War. Within 24 hours of this statement, Russia replied that it is fully ready to deal with any new ban. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov reacted sharply to Trump’s threat during a meeting of SCO Foreign Ministers in China.

Willing to deal with new restrictions – Lavarov
Talking to reporters at the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Foreign Ministers’ meeting held in Tianjin, China, Lavrov said, “We have no doubt that we will face new restrictions.” Along with this, he questioned the intention of Trump and said, “We want to understand what spirit that the US President is inspired by the spirit.

What did Trump say?
On Monday, Donald Trump had said, if Russia does not reach any agreement to end the war in 50 days, we will put very strict tariffs- up to 100%. You can call them secondary tariffs. He further said, we are very angry with Russia. When asked about Putin, Trump said, I do not want to say that he is a killer, but he is a ‘tough man’.

Ukraine’s loss so far in war
According to the Reuters report, the US says that 12 lakh people have been injured or killed in the Ukraine War so far. However, none of Russia and Ukraine have given official numbers.

Russia’s retaliation- Ultimateum rejected
Russian Deputy Minister Ryabkov said on Tuesday, “We first want to clarify that any kind of threat or ultimatum is not acceptable for us.” Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov said, the recent statement of the US President is very serious. Some of these things are directly related to President Vladimir Putin. He also said that we need some time to analyze the rhetoric coming from Washington.

US Foreign Secretary (Minister) Marco Rubio met on Thursday (July 10, 2025) with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Foreign ministers of both superpower countries have met on the occasion of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.

However, the meeting took place a few days after the US President Donald Trump expressed objections when Russian President Vladimir Putin did not attend the peace talks over the Ukraine dispute.

Both foreign ministers did not comment before the meeting

At the same time, according to CNN report, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Lavarov did not make any kind of comment before this meeting. However, after the meeting, when Marco Rubio was asked about Lavrov’s message, he answered it with an eye.

At the same time, this Kuala Lumpur visit by Marco Rubio also included several meetings with its counterparts of ASEAN countries. Before the beginning, US President Donald Trump announced that if there are no business agreements as soon as possible, many ASEAN countries would have to face the tariffs imposed by the US from August 1.

A senior administrative officer told CNN, “The Trump administration has made it completely clear that trade and economics are the main focal points of America’s foreign policy. However, Rubio is not its main mediator, but still they may face questions and disappointments standing about tariffs during these meetings.”

Marco Rubio spoke on the importance of Indo-Pacific region for America

At the same time, during the meeting with his ASEAN equivalent and Russian foreign Sergei Lavarov, Rubio stressed, “America cannot ignore any kind in the Indo-Pacific region. When I hear any news that is said that perhaps America or the whole world can be confused with any incident in any part of the world, I would say that it is completely impossible.”

He said, “This is our view, our strong view and our reality, which will be written more than this century and any other part of the world for the next 50 years.”

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