New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- Will India stop buying Russian oil, as US President Donald Trump had claimed while announcing the India-US trade deal last week? While the official statement on "interim framework" released by New Delhi and Washington early Saturday makes no mention of Russia, a separate executive order issued by the White House does so.

However, there has been no specific statement by the Indian side on the matter.

The executive order titled "Modifying duties to address threats to the United States by the government of the russian federation", released by the White House, specifically mentioned that the US has lifted 25 tariff which it had imposed on Indian goods as a penalty for buying Russian oil amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine w...