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Posted on 12/06/2025 7:23:32 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Vladimir Putin has told the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, that Russia is ready to continue “uninterrupted” shipments of oil to India, signalling a defiant stance to the US as the two leaders met in Delhi and affirmed that their ties were “resilient to external pressure”.
The statement, made on Friday after the annual India-Russia summit, appeared to be directed at western countries – particularly the US – that have attempted to pressure New Delhi into scaling back its ties to Moscow.
The US president, Donald Trump, in August imposed an additional 25% import tariff on India over its purchase of cheap Russian oil, arguing it was undermining US sanctions and helping Putin bankroll the invasion of Ukraine.
The punitive tariffs were met with anger in New Delhi and described by the Indian government as unreasonable and unjustified. India’s relationship with Russia goes back decades and is seen as one of the country’s most important defence and geopolitical alliances.
In his statement, Putin made it clear that Russia did not intend to back down faced with US pressure over its energy cooperation with India.
“Russia is a reliable supplier of energy resources and everything necessary for the development of India’s energy sector,” Putin said. “We are ready to continue ensuring the uninterrupted supply of fuel for the rapidly growing Indian economy.”
Modi did not mention oil directly in his statement, but said that “energy security has been a strong and important pillar of the India-Russia partnership”.
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Putler Defies Trumo! Trump Fumes!
India is lot closer distance wise to Russia than United States. They could build a pipeline for cheapest oil transportation cost. India has ample refining capacity.
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Su-57s better than F-35s? Yeah right.
Lol. India has backbone with every leader that stands beside them.
Stop taking their brain trust....leave them in India to get pissed and fix themselves. Employ our own.
Some prominent Indian‑origin CEOs:
Sundar Pichai – CEO, Alphabet & Google.
Satya Nadella – CEO, Microsoft.
Shantanu Narayen – CEO, Adobe.
Arvind Krishna – CEO, IBM.
Sanjay Mehrotra – CEO, Micron Technology.
Nikesh Arora – CEO, Palo Alto Networks.
Vasant (Vas) Narasimhan – CEO, Novartis.
George Kurian – CEO, NetApp.
Jayshree Ullal – CEO, Arista Networks.
Raj Subramaniam – CEO, FedEx.
Leena Nair – CEO, Chanel.
Shailesh Jejurikar – announced CEO, Procter & Gamble (from 2026).
PepsiCo did have a very prominent Indian‑origin CEO: Indra Nooyi, she eventually retired.
These are only a selection; current estimates suggest dozens of Indian‑origin CEOs across the Fortune 500 and other global blue‑chips.
Karl, why didn’t you provide a link to the article you referenced? No matter, I was able to track it down. It’s from a site called “Defense Security Asia” and the comment referenced in the headline was made to Russian news outlet “Sputnik India” by “retired U.S. Air Force Lt Col Karen Kwiatkowski” - details which hardly inspire confidence in the headline’s claims.
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/su57-vs-f35-pentagon-analyst-india-putin-visit/
Uncle Vovo needs to tell us how he’s going to do this without his shadow fleet of oil tankers.
In addition to driving India closer to China, Trump’s tariff war on India is raising the world price of oil — by restricting oil production from Russia, a nation that’s not our enemy.
I'm not even sure if that is true.
Even if it's true, the Russians have not been able to mass produce advanced weapons because they no longer have the industrial base for it.
All of the equipment they're using in Ukraine was manufactured during the Soviet Union and many of their tanks came from factories in Ukraine.
Lots of tech companies in USA were started by Indians. You can do Google search. Google is making big bucks now since the Indian was made CEO. Ditto with Microsoft, making bigger profits with Indian CEO at helm.
>>”In addition to driving India closer to China, Trump’s tariff war on India is raising the world price of oil —”
India is not being driven closer to China. The two countries are natural rivals whose suspicions of one another have frequently erupted into border skirmishes, most recently in 2022. That’s not going to change because of the Trump administration pressuring India not to buy oil from Russia.
And the world price of oil is currently the lowest it’s been in the past 4 years.
What does India sell us that we can’t make better and cheaper? Ghee?
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