Oil infra hit by Ukraine, Russia gets 70% of its fuel from India
August marked a milestone for Russia as it imported record levels of oil products, with Indian exports accounting for nearly seventy percent. The gasoline supplied by India was produced from Russian crude at a shared refinery. While India remains the second-largest importer of crude oil from Russia, its overall imports have seen a decline compared to recent months, with China still leading the…
Russia's energy infrastructure has been significantly impacted by the conflict in Ukraine, with attacks on Russian refineries reducing domestic fuel supplies. In August 2026, Moscow imported a record 172,000 tonnes of oil products, with nearly 70% of the fuel coming from India, according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
India was the second-largest importer of crude oil from Russia in August, behind only China, though its imports decreased compared to the previous two months. India exported 120,000 tonnes of gasoline to Russia, which was refined at a refinery partly owned by Russia's Rosneft in Gujarat. This gasoline was then shipped back to Russia via a ship-to-ship operation off Egypt before being unloaded at Russia's Arctic port of Beloe More.
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