BusinessQuiet 74d · day 81
India becomes top petrol supplier to Russia as Ukrainian strikes cripple refineries
Drone attacks on Russian refineries have flipped trade flows, with India now shipping record gasoline volumes to Moscow even as it faces US tariff threats over Russian crude purchases.
What to know
- Russian refineries damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes have caused domestic petrol shortages and rationing at Russian filling stations.
- India has become a central supplier of finished gasoline to Russia, with August imports reaching record levels, often moved via sanctioned ships.
- The reverse flow — India importing Russian crude then exporting refined petrol back to Russia — highlights the gap between Russia's crude output and its refining capacity.
- India's reliance on Russian crude (over 50% of its import basket) is under pressure from US threats of up to 100% tariffs tied to sanctions on Russia and Iran.
India Crude importer and petrol exporterRussia Crude producer facing refining shortfallUkraine Conducts drone strikes on Russian refineriesDonald Trump / US administration Source of tariff and sanctions threat
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- Aug 30
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less inefficient than having to build new refineries from having them blown up. It's pretty efficient if you consider the size of the tankers.
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Western countries led by the United States can't even solve the problem of India helping Russia, and they want to sanction China.