Public sentiment reveals a complex relationship with India's oil imports from Russia, primarily characterized by strong support for the government's decision to maintain these imports despite US pressure. Many comments express national pride and a firm belief in India's sovereignty, emphasizing defiance against perceived US bullying. However, there are also voices of caution regarding potential geopolitical repercussions and the need for balancing immediate economic benefits with long-term diplomatic relations.

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And then China cuts off rare earth in retaliation and then what?

Tajetert

When you threaten and fight every single country on the planet there is a chance things won't end well

Mimirovitch

Remember when the US was considering lifting sanctions on Russian oil and people where pissed? 

Now the US is moving to cut off Russian oil and people are still pissed.

TheoryOfDevolution

mertseger67

They should take him seriously, if there is a thing republicans, esp trump crew who know how to crash an economy - they’re are the phds of crashing

mariuszmie

cardboardunderwear

This sub cannot make up its mind. If the US goes easy on Russia, this sub goes into hysterics and calls Trump a Russian asset and Putin bootlicker. If the US really tries to hit at the Russian economy like it’s proposing to in this statement, now it’s a tirade about mean this is and how everyone should stand up against the US.

Literally what the fuck do you want the US to do? Or are you just going to be angry at it no matter what?

Haunting-Detail2025

So the US can "crush" the combined economies of China, India &amp; Brazil hey ? They cant even crush the Russian economy. The only economies the the US are crushing are the EU.

The guy is a certifiable mental retard.

2GR-AURION

Sorry, we’re a bit busy crushing our own economy. 
They’ll have to wait their turn.

andrewa42

&gt;“China, India, and Brazil they’re about to face a choice between the American economy or helping Putin. And **I think they’re going to come pick the American economy**,” he said.


Of course everything is possible. If I had to bet my life, that would not be my bet though.

anders_hansson

Graham is a douche, but he's a strong anti-Russian aspect of the US government and Trump listens to him...most of the time.

WhatsRatingsPrecious

If America wanted to ensure that BRICS will fast track an alternative to the dollar, this is exactly the way to do it. Turn India against us, and push them right into Chinas hands.

Other than the Iraq war, this is probably the dumbest fucking idea Washington has had in decades.

Of course, these politicians don't care about the fall out, they'll be dead before the real consequences start.

I support Ukraine and wish we would send them every weapon in our arsenal, but I do not support nuking our financial system.

EbolaaPancakes

This is not necessarily a big deal. Russian oil will first flow to a third country (one which does not export much to USA so will not be affected by Tariffs) and then from there flow to India. In fact, this already happens a lot. UAE is the middleman with the advantage that UAE themselves export oil, so you can blend Russian oil with UAE oil so its not very clear what is being sold (Indian refineries can refine all sort of oil, so this doesn't matter). This also allows India to bypass the dollar and trade with Russia in UAE Dirhams so its out of US sanctions regime.

China won't even bother with doing this. They will just impose a reciprocal tariff against US and US will eventually back down just like it did back in March.

Sumeru88

what's up with this weird anti-US sentiment in European subs. Every post no matter what, shit on America. Even on posts of America threatening Russia, comments section mostly shit on America. 

You'd think America was the one invading Europe, murdering, raping, and kidnapping Europeans and not Russia from the reactions from this sub.

wizgset27

Have t we said to every country in the world since he took over? The only economy that is going to tank is ours.  I thought it was America first not his family business first.  Release the damn list pervert.

slurricaneX

FriezaDeezNuts

pakeco

India is not supporting this Russia-Ukraine war anymore than any other European nation. India is supporting the world’s largest population and largest democracy and most diverse country in terms of religions and cultures with its population having avg median income of around 2.5k-3k USD annually. It’s not the matter of buying oil from “who”, it is the matter of buying from whoever is supplying cheaper at any given moment. If India is made to buy highly expensive US oil(which these lowlly politicians are trying to do) it might just be a suicide for this country. So before you judge this tricky situation, keep in mind that India is still a developing country dependent on affordable energy supplies and how many factors are involved in this. Fun Fact: A big portion of the said russian oil is refined and thus sold to fellow Europeans which they very happily buy because it’s now Indian. See how the world works!

Melodic-Newt8686

Its about finding trustworthy partners now and move on.

Rectonic92

if you don't believe they can do it, just look at USA.

CalligrapherLife2576

r/europe is apparently anti-Ukraine now. It’s truly pathetic how little moral backbone some people have. Actively opposing sanctions on Russia simply to take shots at the USA.

ID3293

we need to band up to let them know hungary and slovakia are getting russian energy as well

Herooo31

the united states' current collapse as a world power is like watching a petulant toddler scream and cry while being dragged out of a cinema

SenpaiBunss

It’s hilarious how this sub acts whenever the U.S is involved. They lower sanctions on Russia? Trump is clearly some Russian asset and the U.S needs to toughen their stance. They raise sanctions of Russia? How dare the U.S meddle in the market using economic warfare. To that I say how that 5 billion euros worth of Russian gas doing for you Europe? Make up your minds

Orange-skittles

Let me guess, 69,420% tariffs on Dear Mr. India, China and Brazil?

Ezio-Auditore-1459-

“Don’t believe us? Take a look at what we are doing to our’s.”

Either-Community-220

These fuckers are trying to get the EU to go along with this shit and there are actually some crazy people in Europe who would do it. Lindsey Graham is a hardcore MAGA loyalist who doesn't give a shit about Ukraine or Russia.

While the US is trying to hurt the European economy from their side with tariffs, they want us to start a trade war against our other biggest trading partner at the same time like complete fools.

Imagine what would happen to our economy when Trump hit us with high tariffs and at the same time China, India and Brazil did the same. We would be screwed.

And Ukraine would also be completely screwed if our economy went down the drain. We know that the USA will no longer supply anything and Europe could no longer afford it. You could almost think that's the real plan of the MAGA people, with their leader Krasnov...

Schnorch

Europe should help in this. Targeting the people funding Russia would help ease the war sooner than later.

Little_Drive_6042

The_BunnyMan_Woods

"Freedom™ means buying oil only from approved countries

_TranslucentSoul_

These comments prove that Europeans hate the US way more than they hate Russia, and its been that way for a long time. Trump is just a convenient excuse for them to openly say what they've always thought. 

And Democrats should make no mistake: these people hate you as much as they claim to hate only Trump voters/Republicans. All Americans are the same to them.

"Unreliable ally" my ass. It doesn't matter what America does, we'll be despised anyway, so why bother anymore? Time to salvage what's left of our own country and let Europe / Russia fight amongst themselves.

Trick_star

USA can't crush anyone

If anything is proven in the last 6 months, it's that the USA is pathetic and relied on long standing status quo agreements, rather than any active relationship building, management.

We are all adjusting to the new normal

The USA can't be trusted

BlueDotty

Lonely-Leg7969

The same people in this thread making fun of this were upset when Trump was talking about lifting sanctions on Russia to encourage a ceasefire. You guys are clearly hypocrites

TheGreatestOrator

The type of aggression of a dying empire.
How about you leave the world alone for once. 
Only thing that happens if they try that is the rest of the world having closer ties, the US are isolating themselves instead of Russia or China.

SpicysaucedHD

This is good, you russian bots in the comments need to chill out.

PleaseBePatient99

-Havery-

The current USA is only a threat to itself.

japakapalapa

Isn’t European buying Russian oil through India?

Green_Space729

It’s so crazy how all of this stupid shit amounts to nothing

Own-Opinion-2494

People in brics are unable to survive without the west? Who you think you are? Colonisers.

Inside-Till3391

I’m confused, Brazil is almost oil independent, and has big exporters as neighbors, I don’t think they import from a place as far as Russia

Secret_Jackfruit256

If you don't watch your mouth they might decide to crush your economy.  Who do you think you are?

Hrevak

rather rich coming from a state which heavily relies on federal funding to keep afloat.

zubairhamed

Graham says a lot of shit.

But what he does is constantly bend the knee to Trump.

Turioturen

He really needs to get off his knees and wipe his mouth.

IllSurprise3049

he has no clue what he’s talking about lmfao

NoviceAxeMan

When asked about his opinion on Graham's threat, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi asked the US reporter. "Wait does your God finally come over and gift you the tech and infrastructure for refining rare earths?" When notified by his staff that it's not true, Wang Yi looked at the reporter incredulously and said. "Is Senator Graham high? That's why we ban weed in China."

Significant_Slip_883

Beyllionaire

Imagine being the people who made Russia rich enough to start this war. Who’s the people you ask? Well the Europeans yet you read this sub we do all things wrong. I hope we don’t hurt relationships with India we need them so we can focus on Asia.

Kinda_Bummy

GrayRubiconDeath

RutherfordRevelation

Oh yes, I am sure China, India and Brazil, who account for 37.8% of the worlds population between them, are veeeery scared about the musings of an aging politician from a dying empire accounting for 4.2 percent.

Big_Combination9890

There is still some trade in oil between EU and Russia but it's down by more than 90% compared to before 2022, while India keeps increasing theirs.

generic_redditor_71

Because Europe in general is buying less and less over time, while India is buying more and more. If this trend keeps going, that statement will be reversed very soon.

_MusicJunkie

Entitlement.

Europeans can recognise their own need for oil, but won’t recognise India’s need for oil. India remaining undeveloped is an acceptable price to pay to squeeze the Russian economy. 

AsterKando

MiraaDrift

The EU has set a below-market price cap of $47.60 per barrel that any EU country is allowed to pay for Russian oil. This cuts Russia’s revenues from sales to Europe.

India is still happy to pay Russia close to market price for oil, which is around $67 at the time of writing.

mhfp545

Remarkable_Battle614

This is the only way to enforce sanctions

Deedogg11

Should just board the tankers and take the oil for free, make it a 100% profit loss

konnichi1wa

In before the tankers get unloaded for use in India. Sanctions are not a first for India. The UK just signed an FTA as well. The EU purchases 51% of Russian LNG and is also the largest buyer of Russian pipeline gas. Still they like to act holier than thou.

Zyphergiest

India should quickly start sourcing oil from countries other than Russia for the sake of the Indian people and economy.

Somnambu

Only took him 8 months to do anything. How many people had to die for this?

753951321654987

India don't care about US sanctions. At the end, US is the looser by missing billions of military hardware.

LovesNatureMost

Good.  Russia's economy needs to be dismantled to force it to withdraw from Ukraine.

The-M0untain

For all the bluster Modi does in India he caves very easily to TACO

Scholastic_nobody

roosterfareye

True that India imports a large chunk of oil from Russia but this isn't because of any love towards Russia. It's simply cheaper. Because of the American and European Sanctions, Russian oil trades at a discount. It's simply business.

If push comes to shove (with the "sledgehammer" secondary tariffs), India will simply buy from other countries pushing oil prices globally a bit higher. Before the Invasion of Ukraine, India's largest oil suppliers were Iraq, Saudi and the UAE. I'd assume, they would increase purchasing from them once again.

UnoptimizedStudent

If Trump really wants to end the war, this is how

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