Russia faces a historic fuel crisis as drone strikes left one-third of refining capacity idle and cut June output by 25%. Shortages have hit over 40 regions.
  • SorteKanin@feddit.dkEnglish
    7·
    11 days ago

    To manage the deficit, the Russian government has initiated maritime gasoline imports from India

    Why is India okay with fuelling Putin’s war? Should we be okay with that? Should we sanction India? It just seems like we ought to get India to be on the better side of history here, but not sure how to achieve that. It is a real shame that they don’t seem to care.

    • Humanius@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      10 days ago

      India has always embraced their third world status (in the original meaning of the word) by trading with both the Western and Eastern block.

      They’ll work with whomever benefits them the most at that moment. If they can buy cheap Russian oil, or in this case sell oil back to a desperate Russian president, they’re going to jump on that.

      Just keep in mind that India is not an ally to the West. They merely are a partner as long as it benefits them, and they won’t let it keep them from trading with countries who you might not want them to trade with.

    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 days ago

      India has always been good at setting its own independent foreign policy without retaliation from other powers by virtue of its size, both geographically and population.