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Is India's strategic autonomy on Russian oil becoming a liability under Western sanctions pressure?
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What happened
The EU and UK imposed sanctions on Nayara Energy, an Indian refiner with Russian ownership links, as part of broader measures tied to India's continued discounted Russian oil imports. This exposed India to secondary sanctions risk despite its longstanding claims of strategic autonomy in foreign policy. How India navigates further sanctions pressure, without either abandoning discounted energy access or further straining ties with Western partners, remains an unresolved balancing act.
What the evidence says
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The EU and UK imposed sanctions on Nayara Energy, an Indian refiner with Russian ownership ties.
What's unclear
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India has continued to maintain discounted Russian energy imports as a matter of stated policy despite this pressure.
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