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India and Russia have entered “advanced negotiations” over a free trade agreement that aims to build closer economic ties as most western governments push to isolate Moscow over the war in Ukraine. In a development likely to add to tensions in Washington, London and EU capitals, Russia and India’s trade ministers said on Monday the two countries were in talks to strike a free trade deal. Speaking on a visit to Delhi, the Russian deputy prime minister Denis Manturov, who is also the trade minister, said: “Together with the Eurasian Economic Commission, we are looking forward to intensifying negotiations on...