Russia on Tuesday commented on the growing dispute between the U.S. and India over purchases of Russian oil. Trump's tariff threats were "attempts to force countries to stop trade relations with Russia,

They're fueling the war machine, and if they're going to do that, then I'm not going to be happy,” Donald Trump told CNBC in an interview.

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to “very substantially” raise tariffs on Indian goods within the next 24 hours on Tuesday, citing New Delhi’s continued imports of Russian oil. India hasn’t been a fair trading partner — they do a lot of business with us, but we don’t get the same in return, added the US President.