US Worried Over Routing Of Russian Oil Through India

The import of energy goods from Russia, such as crude oil, refined fuels, distillates, coal, and gas, into the United States is prohibited. Now, the US is worried over routing of Russian oil through India.

According to a top official from the Indian central bank on Saturday, the United States has informed India that it is concerned that it is being used to export fuel manufactured from Russian oil to New York through high-seas transfers to conceal its origin.

According to Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Michael Patra, the U.S. Treasury Department informed India that an Indian ship had taken oil from a Russian tanker on the high seas and transported it to a port on Gujarat's west coast where it had been processed and transported elsewhere.

The import of energy goods from Russia, including crude oil, refined fuels, distillates, coal, and gas, are prohibited in the United States due to sanctions imposed by the United States on Moscow for its intervention in Ukraine in ...

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