Saralnama
On 27 Aug 2025, the US imposed 50% tariffs on India for buying Russian oil. At the same time, the Trump administration held talks with Russia about joint oil and gas projects. These talks included ExxonMobil possibly rejoining Russia’s Sakhalin-1 project and selling US equipment for Russian gas extraction. The discussions happened during peace talks on Ukraine and involved US envoy Steve Witkoff meeting Russian leaders. Trump accused India of supporting Russia’s war by buying oil but planned similar energy deals with Russia. The US-Russia talks aimed to encourage peace and ease sanctions but came as the US increased tariffs on India for its Russian oil imports. (Updated 27 Aug 2025, 14:57 IST; source: link)