Both state-run and private refiners in India are allowed to buy from their preferred sources, and crude purchases remain a commercial decision.

President Trump says India buys military equipment and oil from Russia, which enables Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump's India tariffs have shown Moscow's allies that he will follow through with his threat to impose secondary tariffs on countries that purchase Russian oil, though doubts remain about the practicalities of implementing them,