India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin amid surging U.S.–India tensions over steep tariffs and secondary sanctions. As the U.S. penalizes India for buying Russian oil during the Ukraine war, Jaishankar emphasized that China and the European Union were far bigger buyers—calling out the imbalance in American trade policies. The meeting, held after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, reinforced deep India-Russia ties and set the stage for the upcoming Annual Leaders Summit.