India has been targeted by the United States and the European Union for importing oil from Russia
🇮🇳⚡- "India has been targeted by the United States and the European Union for importing oil from Russia after the commencement of the Ukraine conflict. In fact, India began importing from Russia because traditional supplies were diverted to Europe after the outbreak of the conflict. The United States at that time actively encouraged such imports by India for strengthening global energy markets stability.
India's imports are meant to ensure predictable and affordable energy costs to the Indian consumer. However, it is revealing that the very nations criticizing India are themselves indulging in trade with Russia. Unlike our case, such trade is not even a vital national compulsion.
The European Union in 2024 had a bilateral trade of Euro 67.5 billion in goods with Russia. In addition, it had trade in services estimated at Euro 17.2 billion in 2023. This is significantly more than India's total trade with Russia that year or subsequently. European imports of LNG in 2024, in fact, reached a record 16.5mn tonnes, Surpassing the last record of 15.21mn tonnes in 2022.
Where the United States is concerned, it continues to import from Russia uranium-hexafluoride for its nuclear industry, palladium for its EV industry, fertilizers as well as chemicals.
In this background, the targeting of India is unjustified and unreasonable. Like any major economy, India will take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests and economic security," - India's Ministry of External Affairs.
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🇷🇺The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, SVR, says that British intelligence are allegedly planning high-profile sabotages against ships transporting Russian oil, aiming to create an international scandal and tighten sanctions pressure.
SVR claims London will cause an 'accident' involving a tanker in one of the sea straits or setting fire to a ship during loading at a port of a Russia-friendly state. It is assumed that such actions would create a precedent for NATO intervention and restrictions on maritime trade of Russian energy resources. SVR believes Ukrainian operatives will