Oil infra hit by Ukraine, Russia gets 70% of its fuel from India
India has become a primary supplier of refined fuel to Russia, which is struggling with domestic shortages following Ukrainian attacks on its refineries. Despite international sanctions, Russian-owned refineries in India are processing Russian crude and shipping the finished gasoline back to Russia.
Why it matters
This highlights the complex, circular nature of global energy trade under sanctions and the strategic role India plays in maintaining Russian domestic fuel stability.
NEW DELHI: As Russian refineries came under attack from Ukraine, damaging energy infrastructure and crippling domestic fuel supplies, Moscow imported a record 172,000 tonnes of oil products in Aug, with nearly 70% of it coming from India, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) has said in its monthly report.India, however, remained the second-largest importer of crude oil from Russia in Aug, behind only China, though its imports decreased compared with the previous two months.According to the report, India's exports to Moscow included 1,20,000 tonnes of gasoline (petrol) worth 78 million euros, refined from Russian crude at a refinery in India partly owned by Russia's Rosneft."Russia's import volumes in Aug 2026 were more than seven times the previous monthly high recorded since the full-scale invasion (of Ukraine) and three times the total import volume for the whole of 2025," CREA said in its analysis of Russian fossil fuel…
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