NEW DELHI, Aug. 22 -- In February the White House announced that India had committed to stop importing Russian oil, directly or indirectly, and cut its tariffs on Indian goods from 50 percent to 18 percent as the reward. India has never confirmed agreeing to any such thing. In June its refiners bought more Russian crude than in any month on record.

Into that gap walks Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. India's foreign ministry said on Saturday that its external affairs minister will make an official visit to Russia on August 23 and 24, at the invitation of First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, to co-chair the 27th session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation....