India

The Union of Ukrainian Organizations of Australia (UUAA) has called on the country’s government to stop importing oil products with a Russian footprint.

India’s largest buyer of Russian oil, Reliance Industries Ltd, plans to comply with Western sanctions against Russia.

Washington sees this step as an important signal of Moscow’s international isolation.

Nayara Energy Ltd., an oil refinery in India, partly owned by Russia’s Rosneft, is gradually restarting operations after a crisis caused by sanctions.

The Noble Walker tanker, carrying about a million barrels of Russian oil for HPCL Mittal Energy, changed course and entered the port of Vadinar.

India’s largest refiners, including Reliance Industries, plan to cut Russian oil imports by hundreds of thousands of barrels per day.

The US has announced the super profits of Indian oligarchs from the purchase of Russian oil, which is processed and sold, in particular, to the EU.

India’s sharp increase in purchases of Russian oil after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is “opportunistic and destructive,” White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said.

In recent weeks, Indian state-owned refineries have abandoned Russian oil, affecting Urals flows with October loading.

The United States has begun to openly fight schemes that allow Russian oil to enter the world market despite sanctions.