India assures US of a bigger role in its energy security, with plans to boost trade in energy and nuclear cooperation, while avoiding mention of Russian oil imports amid tariff tensions
The White House has imposed a cumulative 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods, including a 25 per cent penalty for New Delhi buying Russian oil
The EU has already passed a ban that will prohibit importing petroleum products refined from Russia crude starting next year
US officials have sought India to include Russian oil purchases in trade talks, even as New Delhi's refiners boost imports
A sanctioned Russian oil ship headed for Adani's Mundra port has changed course to Vadinar after the group barred blacklisted vessels, putting India's crude imports under fresh scrutiny
Since India has none of China's bargaining chips, Trump has found it easy to target it for buying discounted Russian oil, a threat of further punishment, however, could backfire
Nayara Energy - part-owned by Russian oil giant Rosneft PJSC and blacklisted by the European Union in July - is facing difficulties in securing non-Russian crude supplies for a second month in a row as western shipping companies refused to ferry oil for it, ship tracking data showed. Nayara, which has already cut down the run rate of its 4,00,000 barrels a day oil refinery at Vadinar in Gujarat, remains heavily reliant on Russian barrels since August. The company got about 2,42,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Russian oil, possibly in ships arranged by Moscow, in August, and another 3,32,000 bpd in the first half of September, preliminary data by global trade analytics firm Kpler showed. It did not get any crude oil, which is converted into fuels like petrol and diesel at the refinery, from other key sources, such as Iraq and Saudi Arabia, in both August and September. Iraq and Saudi Arabia had supplied about 1,20,000 bpd of crude to Nayara in July. "Nayara's situation remains challeng
"I am ready to do major sanctions on Russia when all Nato nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO nations stop buying oil from Russia," Trump said
Kyiv says it aims to cut Russia's fuel and oil revenues, while Western allies warn such moves could disrupt global energy supplies
With the US imposing steep tariffs on Indian exports, New Delhi must support affected firms while pursuing new markets, as trade talks with Washington remain uncertain
The trade deal, when finalised, will help narrow high trade deficit with Russia by opening up new export markets in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and will also push connectivity plans
In first nine days of Sep, loadings for India stood at 1.55 million bpd, as against August loadings of 1.49 million bpd
If adopted, Trump's proposal would mark a significant shift for the EU, which has so far relied on sanctions rather than tariffs to isolate Russia
Peter Navarro, Senior Counsellor for Trade and Manufacturing for US President Donald Trump, on Monday yet again attacked India after being continuously fact-checked for his false claims on X.Instead of facing facts about Indian oil purchases from Russia, he alleged Indians of twisting the results of a poll he had posted on X.He wrote on X, "India has largest population in the world & all it can do is manage few hundred thousand X propagandists to jerk around a poll? Too funny. America: look at how foreign interests use our social media to advance their agenda."Navarro's reaction came to his previously challenged X's content moderation policies on which he had launched a poll to gauge user opinions, escalating his feud with the social media platform after being corrected on his earlier post."Indian special interests trying to interfere with domestic dialogue with lies about India buying Russian oil. Should X present this crap as comments from "diverse viewpoints"?, he wrote on
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has once again criticised India for continuing to procure Russian oil. In the last few weeks, Navarro has made a series of attacks on New Delhi for its energy ties with Russia. "Wow. @elonmusk is letting propaganda into people's posts. That crap note below is just that. Crap. India buys Russia oil solely to profiteer. It didn't buy any before Russia invaded Ukraine. Indian govt spin machine moving high tilt. Stop killing Ukrainians. Stop taking American jobs," Navarro said in a post on X on Saturday. India has been maintaining that its energy procurement is driven by national interest and market dynamics. Navarro was responding to a community note on his earlier post in which he had claimed that India's purchase of Russian oil "feeds" the Russian "war machine". "India highest tariffs costs US jobs. India buys Russian oil purely to profit/Revenues feed Russia war machine. Ukrainians/Russians die. US taxpayers shell out more. India can't hand
Company's Russian crude imports give it cost advantage, according to analysts
India will be at negotiating table 'in a month or two', says Lutnick
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India will keep buying Russian oil, stressing that the country's energy decisions are guided by national interest and citizens' needs
In a 'Coalition of the Willing' call, US President Donald Trump urged European leaders to stop buying Russian oil that funds the war in Ukraine and called for stronger security support
Analysts credited the surge in Europe's demand to multiple factors, including an unexpected early maintenance at a major refinery and projected winter demand