Rising prices cap India's thirst for Russian oil

Since the invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago, India has bought hundreds of millions of barrels of cut-price Russian crude, saving itself billions of dollars while bolstering Moscow's war coffers.

In this picture, a tanker sails in Arabian Sea off the coast in Mumbai. Indian purchases of Russian crude in defiance of Western pressure over the Ukraine war. (Photo by Sebastien BERGER / AFP)