‘India will be buying Russian oil’: Sitharaman hits back hard at ‘Kremlin’s laundromat’ jibes

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made it clear that India ‘will undoubtedly be buying Russian oil,’ amid trade tensions and 50 per cent tariffs on Indian imports into the US.

“Whether it is Russian oil or anything else, we will take a call based on what suits our needs in terms of rates, logistics or whatever. Where we buy our oil from, especially it being a big-ticket foreign exchange-related item, is a call we will take based on what suits us best. So, we will undoubtedly be buying Russian oil,” Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday, during an interview with News18.