The Russian Ambassador to India has said that as per estimates for the month of October 2025, that Russian feedstock purchases by India stand at approximately the same level of 1.75 million barrels daily
Russian ambassador to India, Denis Alipov, has said that India continues to buy “huge quantities” of feedstock from the country despite US sanctions on two of Moscow’s biggest oil companies.
In an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel, Alipov said, as per estimates for the month of October 2025, that Russian feedstock purchases by India stand at approximately the same level of 1.75 million barrels daily.
“This figure, it bounced before, it is still bouncing now, higher in certain months and lower in others – approximately at the same level on average,” Alipov added.
Last month, US President Donald Trump announced sanctions on Moscow’s biggest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, over the Russia-Ukraine war.
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sanctions on the oil giants are the first imposed against Russia since Trump returned to the White House and aim to cut key revenues from oil sales for Russia. “Now is the time to stop the killing and for an immediate ceasefire,” Scott Bessent said at the time of announcing the sanctions.
Sunflower oil imports up
Russian sunflower oil has trumped Ukraine’s supplies to India by twelve times in the last four years.
Since the war between Russia and Ukraine broke out in 2022, Kyiv’s sunflower oil exports have been largely diverted to Europe, therefore giving Russia a chance to tap into India’s large market. Industry insiders toldThe Economic Timesthat Russia’s easier and assured access to seaports made it a more likely seller for India’s sunflower oil needs.
Sunflower oil is the most consumed oil in India, with only 5 per cent of it sourced locally. Sanjeev Asthana, CEO ofPatanjali Foods and president of industry body Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA), toldET, “Russia is the largest and most reliable source of sunflower oil in the world. We get the advantage of supply chain reliability.”
Russia’s share of India’s total sunflower oil imports has surged from around 10 per cent in 2021 to 56 per cent in 2024. During 2024, India imported 2.09 million tonnes of sunflower oil from Russia, a twelvefold increase from roughly 175,000 tonnes in 2021.
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