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Jaishankar met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and discussed bilateral issues as well as cooperation in the BRICS grouping.

India’s Russian crude imports dropped 16.5% in August to roughly 2.1 million bpd and may slip to 1.9 million bpd in September, even before new U.S. sanctions law took effect. Refiners are weighing cheaper Russian barrels against potential 100% tariffs under the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, while India’s April-August crude import bill jumped 48.4% to $74.8 billion.