India cut U.S. and Russian oil imports in September 2026, pivoting to the UAE as tariffs and sanctions reshaped the market.
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos In what looks like a direct response to the ‘Russia Sanctions Act’ being signed into law that month, India in September 2026 slashed its oil imports from the U.S. to zero, and drastically cut down its imports of Russian oil, the latest official data shows. Instead, India turned…