The Ailana reached waters off Mumbai on 24 October, and has been nearly stationary since then, with the cargo still aboard. US had sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil PJSC two days before.
MEA spokesperson says ‘our position on larger question of energy sourcing is well known. In this endeavour, we are guided by imperative to secure affordable energy from diverse sources’.
Speaking at ThePrint’s 'Off the Cuff', Alipov said there is enough interest to purchase discounted Russian oil despite latest US sanctions on Russian oil firms Rosneft and Lukoil.
At East Asia Summit, external affairs minister hinted at UK, US and EU sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, saying ‘what is preached is not necessarily practised’.
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.
Senior executives said Washington's latest sanctions on Russian producers Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC would make it all but impossible for crude flows to continue. Imports from Russia have been a major hurdle in India-US trade negotiations after Trump tariffs came into effect.
Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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