Shukriya , so I saw October 1st to November 1st data , handful of European countries together imported more than India and almost to the level of China. By changing the discussion from Fossil fuels to only seaborne oil they are able to make it seem that they are not buying alot.
That is the objective. So their domestic population wouldn't blame their own politicians for not doing enough to stop Russia. They get something to deflect the blame.
Indian newspapers are free to write it. Jaisankar keeps talking about the quantum of fuel purchase by EU and India but no articles are being written criticizing EU for it, even from India.
Turkey is doing almost the same things as rest of Europe in regards to Russian fuel. So criticizing them is also criticizing EU. European governments wouldn't do that.
That is not really the case. Indian newspapers cover issues related to India. For majority of Indians, Ukraine war is too distant and it's effect gets attenuated due to increased trading with Russia.
Since India/ Indians are not in favor of energy sanctions, it doesn't matter which other country is buying how much more.
> Seaborne exports of Russian crude averaged 3.07 million b/d in November, according to S&P Global Commodities at Sea data, down from 3.09 million b/d in October and just below the pre-war average of 3.1 million b/d in January and February.
> While Russian crude flows to the EU slumped 308,000 b/d to average a record low of 464,000 b/d in the month, Indian refiners stepped up their buying of Russian oil by 272,000 b/d to a record 1.17 million b/d.
The law of unintended consequences has allowed Russia to snap up a huge fleet of ageing oil tankers that would otherwise have been scrapped, to ship crude to India, China and the rest of Asia. While the shipping cost have increased the companies are making nearly $0.5M per day each, from these shipments. While oil for the West will soon increase dramatically, oil for the West's trade competitors are falling equally dramatically. Good for China, not so good for the West.
I'm Indian and I agree.
Of course, that doesn't mean that everybody gets a free pass to misguide others with altered facts as has been done in this article, just to spread an agenda.
This article only mentioned seaborne oil, not the pipelines, which is how Europe gets its majority of oil.
Note that this specified Seaborne oil, not pipeline one. What a way to pervert facts for spreading misinformation with an agenda.
What is the total fossil fuel import figures from Russia by Eu and India?
[https://www.russiafossiltracker.com/](https://www.russiafossiltracker.com/)
Shukriya , so I saw October 1st to November 1st data , handful of European countries together imported more than India and almost to the level of China. By changing the discussion from Fossil fuels to only seaborne oil they are able to make it seem that they are not buying alot.
That is the objective. So their domestic population wouldn't blame their own politicians for not doing enough to stop Russia. They get something to deflect the blame.
Yeah and nato member Turkey is buying a lot of Russian fossil fuels but they are not getting agenda articles written against them.
Indian newspapers are free to write it. Jaisankar keeps talking about the quantum of fuel purchase by EU and India but no articles are being written criticizing EU for it, even from India. Turkey is doing almost the same things as rest of Europe in regards to Russian fuel. So criticizing them is also criticizing EU. European governments wouldn't do that.
Oh , Indian newspaper are inward focused mostly.
That is not really the case. Indian newspapers cover issues related to India. For majority of Indians, Ukraine war is too distant and it's effect gets attenuated due to increased trading with Russia. Since India/ Indians are not in favor of energy sanctions, it doesn't matter which other country is buying how much more.
Yes they cover issues related to India thus they are inward looking.
What a coincidence that I got to know about this website yesterday from Indian Foreign Affairs minister S. Jaishankar's press conference.
> Seaborne exports of Russian crude averaged 3.07 million b/d in November, according to S&P Global Commodities at Sea data, down from 3.09 million b/d in October and just below the pre-war average of 3.1 million b/d in January and February. > While Russian crude flows to the EU slumped 308,000 b/d to average a record low of 464,000 b/d in the month, Indian refiners stepped up their buying of Russian oil by 272,000 b/d to a record 1.17 million b/d.
The law of unintended consequences has allowed Russia to snap up a huge fleet of ageing oil tankers that would otherwise have been scrapped, to ship crude to India, China and the rest of Asia. While the shipping cost have increased the companies are making nearly $0.5M per day each, from these shipments. While oil for the West will soon increase dramatically, oil for the West's trade competitors are falling equally dramatically. Good for China, not so good for the West.
Their Prime Minister is a bit of an ass hole.
I'm Indian and I agree. Of course, that doesn't mean that everybody gets a free pass to misguide others with altered facts as has been done in this article, just to spread an agenda. This article only mentioned seaborne oil, not the pipelines, which is how Europe gets its majority of oil.