The on-and-off U.S. sanctions on Russian oil and the flipping U.S. position regarding India\u2019s oil purchases from Russia highlight the double standards of the Western nations, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.<\/p>\n
India turned en masse to Russian oil in 2022, when the U.S. and the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow due to the invasion of Ukraine<\/strong>. Four years later, India is a major buyer of Russia\u2019s crude and Russia is India\u2019s single-largest oil supplier. \u201cAt that time, the US specifically asked India to buy Russian oil to stabilize the oil market<\/em>,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Jaishankar was quoted as saying at an event in Finland, referring to the situation on the market in 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s not pretend there\u2019s some great principle involved here. I don\u2019t think making this about sanctimony is really warranted,\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/energy\/india-accuses-west-double-standards-over-us-russia-oil-sanctions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The on-and-off U.S. sanctions on Russian oil and the flipping U.S. position regarding India\u2019s oil purchases from Russia highlight the double standards of the Western nations, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. India turned en masse to Russian … Continue reading