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Posted on 02/25/2026 6:26:50 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
India will likely continue buying Russian oil as the U.S. Supreme Court's verdict outlawing President Donald Trump's import tariffs has constrained his trade policy options, analysts said.
"I do expect that India will maintain a healthy relationship with Russia, including on energy," Sarang Shidore, director of the Global South Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft told CNBC's Inside India. He added that India could reduce its Russian oil purchases but is unlikely to stop completely.
According to energy data provider Kpler, India has imported 1.16 million barrel per day (mbd) of Russian oil so far in February, lower than an average intake of 1.71 million barrels per day in 2025.
While it is too early to draw data on March and April arrivals, Muyu Xu, senior research analyst for crude at Kpler, said that "market chatter indicates" Indian refiners have refrained from booking April delivery of Russian oil this month following an interim US-India trade deal reached earlier this month.
But following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Friday that Trump did not have the legal authority to implement sweeping import tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Xu said India now has the room to maintain Russian oil imports between 800,000 and 1 million barrels per day.
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Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu having a nice time with Modi visiting Israel right now.
India should be free to do what it wants IMHO without Trump interference.
Trump is trying to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. As long as the Russians are able to sell oil, Putin is not interested in negotiating.
bobo saddened.
So Roberts and the squish are Putin puffers and Russian collusionistas.
Supreme Court left it open he could stop imports altogether. Start with HB1 pipeline fraud.
Fundamental rule of planet Earth -— oil is everything.
True dat. Oil is called liquid gold.
If Trump admin stops all imports, inflation will be 5 times higher than during Biden, and republicans will lose every seat in congress.
The H1B visa program brought in 4 million foreign tech workers. Costing American tech workers 4 trillion dollars.
And sell to California……
Sorry, I meant to be specific to India, and the HB1 visa system that India exploits.
Is Trump negotiating as a neutral or someone who ultimately wants to defeat Russia after a pause in the fighting to focus on China as ‘the main enemy’?
That's more Lindsey Graham's lane.
It would seem that way but I think out loud consider the possibilities.
H1-B visa cannot be exploited by Indians. Because Indian worker cannot apply for it. H1-B visa is ALWAYS applied by an American corporation. It just happens that India is 5 times bigger than USA by population, so they have 5 times as many workers available, who will work for cheap wages. American companies exploit that situation.
Shut H1B/H4/OPT/CPT/L1 doen & send them back on a chutney-greased rail.
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