President Donald Trump said Monday that he plans to lower tariffs on goods from India to 18%, from 25%, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to stop buying Russian oil.

After President Trump claimed India would stop buying Russian oil under the India‑US trade deal, the Kremlin responded that India is “free to buy oil from any country” and that diversification of crud...

Russia has publicly contradicted that assertion, saying India is free to choose its energy partners and that there is nothing new in Delhi diversifying oil sources.