Two Indian think-tank experts have claimed they were warned against giving interviews to Russian media outlets like Sputnik and RT. The warnings, they say, came directly or indirectly from the US Embassy, raising concerns about how the US might be influencing public opinion in India.

One of the experts, who works with a New Delhi-based think tank, shared that a US Embassy staffer personally called him and advised him not to speak with Sputnik. He was shocked and asked if it was a serious...