Fact-Check: Did Russia ban Uranium exports to India?? Here are the facts.

Some Pak-based handles took to Social media platform X(formerly Twitter) and claimed that Russia also banned enriched uranium exports to India along with the US, Germany, and France

An account named Ironclad, posted an image of Putin and wrote: #BREAKING: Russia also bans enriched uranium exports to India along with US, Germany and France

The account better known for spreading misinformation against India .

Moreover, several users shared this news and made similar claims. The preview link is here, here, and here.

Fact-Check

In the probe, the DFRAC team found that Russia had restricted Uranium exports to the United States.

A Google keyword search in this regard led us to some latest reports by Reuters, TASS, and Al Arabiya English.
According to reports, Russia has imposed restrictions on the export of enriched uranium to the United States, the government said on Friday, Nov 15 creating supply risks for U.S. nuclear power plants.

Further, the reports stated that this is a tit-for-tat measure against the restriction of Russian uranium products imports introduced by the US for 2024-2027 and the ban to be imposed by it since 2028 onward.
Notably, the reference of India, Germany, and France have not appeared in media reports in this regard.

Conclusion

It is evident from DFRAC’s fact-check that the viral claim entailing Russia has banned uranium exports to India along with the US, Germany, and France is misleading. Originally, Russia imposed temporary restrictions on the export of uranium to the United States only.

Analysis: Misleading