India, Sept. 19 -- Critisizing US demands on tariffs, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that these pressure will not succeed and countries like India and China will not yield to ultimatums.

Speaking at 'The Great Game' programme of Russia's main Channel 1 TV, Lavrov explained how the 'demands' that US has put forth for countries like China and India to stop purchasing Russian energy are pushing the countries further away.

"It forces them to look for new energy markets, new resources, and forces them to pay more," the Russian minister said.

For the past few weeks, US has been criticizing India for purchasing oil from Russia and claimed that India has been funding Ukraine war.

Recently, the US government has pushed additional ...