“From April to December of this (2022. -

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) year, bilateral trade has actually reached almost $35 billion ... This is primarily because we buy a lot of crude oil and, of course, fertilizers from Russia,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Kapoor noted that India's exports to Russia have "unfortunately fallen sharply" and called for bilateral trade to be more balanced.

Earlier, the Rosselkhoznadzor announced that the agency and the department of the Ministry of Fisheries, Livestock and Dairy of the Government of India agreed on veterinary certificates for the export of a number of goods from Russia to India.