New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that India-Russia collaboration targets no third country and focuses solely on protecting the national interests of both nations amid Washington's confrontational stance toward New Delhi and Moscow.

Putin highlighted that certain "actors" resent India's expanding role in global energy markets due to its ties with Russia and seek to limit its influence through "artificial obstacles" for political gain. He noted that Western sanctions against Moscow have left energy cooperation with India largely unaffected.

Putin arrived in New Delhi on Thursday evening for a two-day summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, amid strained India-US relations marked by a 50% tariff on Indian goods, including 25% levies linked to New Delhi's Russian crude pu

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