Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:13am on 21 Aug 2025,Thursday India Global
Russia anticipates India will keep purchasing its oil despite escalating U.S. sanctions and tariffs, citing profitability driven by a special payment mechanism in rupees and a 5–7% discount . Russian officials highlight that Russian crude now constitutes approximately 35% of India’s oil imports—a sharp rise from 0.2% pre-Ukraine war . Simultaneously, Russia wants to revive trilateral talks with India and China in pursuit of a “greater Eurasian partnership” and confirms plans for President Putin to visit India by year-end. (PC: Reuters)
