Public sentiment is varied towards US sanctions on Russian oil imports by India, oscillating between skepticism about the sanctions' effectiveness and a strong assertiveness of India's commitment to national interests. Many commenters display defiance against Western influence, emphasizing the importance of energy independence and sovereignty, while expressing concerns about rising oil prices and the potential economic implications for ordinary citizens.

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So, TLDR is Reliance will start buying from intermediaries rather than from Rosenift?

unknown_guest17

No_Zucchini_4389

We can’t buy oil from Venezuela . We can’t buy oil from Iran. We can’t buy oil from Russia. We have to buy it from the countries that tell us where to buy from. We don’t have any kind of leverage. In fact they have us by our balls. Fuck those countries. Fuck our politicians. Fuck the oligarchs who own them. And ultimately a big fuck to us citizens.

dehawu01

PaxSovietica

India :- Europe problems are not the world problems.

And india will do what's good for &gt;!Ambani!&lt; INDIA.

Europe be like:-

https://preview.redd.it/iomg0y4q5uwf1.jpeg?width=1640&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=912ed19a4ea0edc94349d1b32f13e0a27f3e9e93

Seriously man 😒 that went as horrible as one could have imagine.

Lucky-Operation5187

crude oil price already down hae, make sense

Lopsided-Car-4367

Every single day I hear similar news, India to cut russian oil. india to cut russian oil imports, etc etc Yet from what I understand they have not cut russian oil imports and they likely will not be doing so in the future.

Reckless-Savage-6123

Let's wait for the data to come out in the next few months to see if there are any cuts. If India cuts Russian oil imports, where will it import the gap from and at what prices (most probably elevated prices) ?

krazydude22

US sanctions, to be clear.

European sanctions or lack thereof are not mentioned in the article.

nvkylebrown

That could have significant ripple effects on energy markets.

PrincesssMadie

So why do Turkey and China not get sanctioned? Will these sanctions on India mean that Europe does not buy the refined Russian oil from anyone?

Cerealfeeder

"Indian refiners are preparing to shift away from Russian oil, with a drop in purchases possible from December, three sources with knowledge of the matter said"

mugz8391

For many months, Trump has been preventing a vote in Congress on tougher sanctions against Russia, but at the same time he is demanding that China, India, and Europe cease their business dealings with Russia. At the same time, however, America is still buying billions of dollars worth of raw materials from Russia. As of August 2025, the US purchased $3.95 billion worth of goods from Russia in the first half of 2025. And Trump has also eased sanctions against Belarus, allowing them to buy spare parts for Boeing aircraft again. Some of these will surely end up back in Russia. Trump should figure out what he really wants.

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Because it’s cheaper. Unless US offers tangible things, like a defence alliance, material and goods trading, secured economical future for both countries (which the POTUS could have done since the current Indian PM is the most pro-US PM they had in a while but didn’t), they’ll still get Russian oil

IK_0726

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It means that the US doesn't have the influence to impose sanctions that will stick.

Look up BRICS, and see what moves the countries involved are making to supplant the USD as the defacto world reserve currency.

KFredrickson

India buying Russian oil stabilised global oil prices when OPEC refused to increase production in 2022. 

India would have stopped buying if the US (or anyone else) offered cheaper oil. But to order a sovereign nation where they can and cannot buy anything from is unacceptable. India is not and will never be a vassal state. 

Europe surrendered the day they signed into NATO. But civilizational states dont like being ordered around.

heisenberg678

They're part of an economic trading bloc called BRICS. Within this context, it makes sense to trade with each other.

That aside, the USA is an empire in decline. It's the last days of Rome, for them

Specialist-Neat-9502

Because it's cheap, they are three times the size of the US in population, and without them the world's IT development would stall.

And because they are part of BRICS they don't really have to worry about trading partners. The US needs them more than they need the US.

BassesBest

Lot of good responses here. I'd add that bullying no longer works in today's multinational economic order. It's quite surprising yet unsurprising that the current administration took a page from the history instead of coming up with a mutually beneficial deal.

India is one of the most amicable countries to deal with on a global policy scale. It takes a lot of incompetence to screw that up.

alumplum

Because there are this thing called "sovereignity", you should look it up, maybe you would like to have some.

R1donis

Cause its better for their economy. What it means for global politics is that India is a big country with huge population and they dont bend as easy as small European countreis who buy Russian oil through US.

Routine-Visual-1818

Because....Trump!!!

Well voted u guys, well voted!!

CommunicationMuch439

India saw how our closest allies are being punished for being allies.  It just means the US is losing influence over the world, China will fill the void, and there will be high chance that we will start WW3 or pressure someone else to start it for us.  US influence was huge because of USD power backed by military power.  Once financial power is not strong enough or lost, the other option is pretty obvious.  Trump might not start the WW3, but he sure is creating the perfect environment for it.

niemand_oc

India has always balanced between the US and Russia (Soviet Union). They are following their traditional geopolitics

Muleface50

It’s not because India was importing Russian oil, it’s because India was exporting or re-exporting refined products from Russian oil which competes directly with US.

It’s one thing that if you are buying cheap oil like china does, it’s another thing that you are making huge profits from undercutting US exports

academic_partypooper

Financial benefits, and politics.

They could gain more by being in BRICS anf lld aligned with China and Russia than being with the US.

hennabeak

Ukraine buys Diesel from India which is refined from Russian oil

No-Character4636

Modi is out there taunting Trump in public - look up his recent remarks about ‘digital aid’. I don’t think he cares about appeasing Trump.

AfterDarkAsset

He shouldn’t. Trump is not a good faith negotiator. There should never be any compromise unless US are willing to sign a trade treaty that will be ratified by Congress with clauses against any future third party sanctions against India or Indian entities. Any compromises may be made in that treaty.

Sumeru88

Is russian oil really an issue ? 

The oil goes to Europe after refining. That's why sanction made an exception to russian oil as long it comes indirectly,uch as through india. 

Keeping that in mind, it does not matter if india keeps importing russian oil. 

How will a large country like India thst pretty much imports all its oil requirements,get oil from elsewhere without oil pricing going up ?

lukup

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Indian PM Modi's got a big headache - How to square things with Trump and get America off India's back.

America's back at the table for trade deal negotiations. India's willing to compromise on red lines like on GMOs and dairy imports and willing to pony up cash to buy American aircraft, weapons and oil.

But that isn't the problem. The problem is the guy in the White House. Trump's the one holding up the trade deal and officials on both sides say nothing's gonna change until Trump's personal grudge against Modi gets patched up.

What's the problem? Trump wanted Modi to kiss his ass. First he asked for a Nobel peace prize nomination, then for India to announce that it'd stop buying Russian oil. Both times Modi said no.

Modi probably wouldn't mind stopping Russian oil imports. He'd probably have done it if Trump had asked nicely. But Trump doesn't really give a shit about that - He wants to humiliate Modi, show India giving up and kneeling before him. He wants to show his MAGA fanboys a PUBLIC win, Modi's only ready to give him a PRIVATE one. That's the stalemate.

So what's the way out? The ball's in Trump's court. Maybe the new ambassador to India(who's one of his main lackeys) could convince him to just sign the deal. Maybe India could offer another sweetener, like a new defence deal with Boeing(who Trump's tight with).

Either way, the pro-US argument in the Indian diplomatic world are holding their noses and keeping their heads down because they've been eating crow with Trump destroying a lot of what they were hyping about the India-US relationship. That's gonna have long-term consequences.

casualphilosopher1

 No, because the russian oil stuff was a excuse.

Jealous_Land9614

Why does Trump demand things from India he is unwilling to do (add new sanctions to Russia). Trump has no tariffs on Russia. I really seems that it is just the excuse to drive India towards Russia while pretending to want the opposite.

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