Overview

• Speaking in the Oval Office on Oct. 15, President Trump said Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him India would stop buying oil from Russia.
• Indian officials did not immediately confirm Trump's account, with the Ministry of External Affairs and the embassy declining to comment so far.
• Trump said the change would not be immediate and described it as a process that would conclude within a short period of time.
• The administration has raised tariffs on Indian imports to 50 percent in response to New Delhi’s continued purchases of Russian crude.
• Russia supplied roughly 1.62 million barrels per day to India in September, about one third of India’s imports, and Trump said he will now try to secure a similar move from China.