Watch: India’s Russian oil imports hit 48% as U.S. readies 100% tariffs

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · Aug 11, 2026 · 189 words · By Authors; Contributors

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Why it matters

India imported 8.7 million metric tonnes of Russian crude in June, while overall crude imports fell sharply.

Common ground

The UAE also recorded a historic 17.5% share, meaning Russia and the UAE together accounted for nearly two-thirds of India’s oil imports.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The UAE also recorded a historic 17.5% share”

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The evidence mentions UAE relations and general crude import shifts (including Saudi Arabia), but does not mention a specific 17.5% share for the UAE in June 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — India–United Arab Emirates relations are the bilateral relations that exist between the Republic of India and the United Arab Emirates. Since 3000 B.C., India and the UAE, including its precursor emir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India–United_Arab_Emirates_rel…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Manav Jagdusakumar Suthar (born (2002-08-03)3 August 2002) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian national team. He is a bowling all-rounder, who bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orth…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates (UAE), also known simply as the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, situated at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal semi-constitutional monarchy made up…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates

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Claim 2: “Russia and the UAE together accounted for nearly two-thirds of India’s oil imports”

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Since the specific share for the UAE (Claim 4) was not found in the evidence, the combined total of Russia and UAE cannot be verified from the provided sources.

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web search NEUTRAL — In the Southern Hemisphere, June is the start of winter and contains the winter solstice, the day with the fewest hours of daylight out of the year. In places north of the Arctic Circle, the June sols…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June

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web search NEUTRAL — June is named for the Roman goddess Juno, the wife of Jupiter. June never begins on the same day of the week as any other month, but always ends on the same day of the week as March.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/June

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web search NEUTRAL — That changed in June 2026. The United States, not Russia, became Turkey’s largest single source of crude oil imports for the month, according to official trade figures included in the Turkish petroleu…
https://nordicmonitor.com/2026/09/turkey-shifts-from-russian…

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Claim 3: “India imported 8.7 million metric tonnes of Russian crude in June”

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While evidence confirms Russian imports hit a record high in June 2026 and reached 2.70 million barrels per day, none of the provided sources specify the total volume as '8.7 million metric tonnes'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Great Game (Russian: Большая игра, romanized: Bolshaya igra) was a rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, an…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — India adopted a neutral stance since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war in February 2022. Indian-Russian economic and diplomatic ties saw significant growth, occurring in contrast to Western con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_and_Russo-Ukrainian_war_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Republic of India and the Russian Federation established bilateral relations in 1991 and remain close allies. Previously, during the Cold War, Indian–Soviet relations were considered a "strong str…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India–Russia_relations

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Claim 4: “the United States moves closer to imposing tariffs of up to 100% on countries buying Russian oil and gas”

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Two independent sources confirm the US threat of tariffs up to 100% on countries buying Russian energy/oil: one mentioning a bipartisan US Senate Bill and another explicitly stating the 100% tariff threat in the context of India's imports.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Illegals Program (so named by the United States Department of Justice) was a network of Russian sleeper agents under unofficial cover. An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian ambassador to the United States (Russian: Посол России в Соединённых Штатах) is the official representative of the president of the Russian Federation and the Russian government to the pre…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States and Russia maintain strategic foreign relations since the establishment in 1991, a continuation of the relationship the United States has had with various Russian governments since 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–United_States_relations

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Claim 5: “overall crude imports fell sharply”

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The evidence provided discusses crude import drops in March and rises in April-December, but there is no specific data provided regarding whether overall imports fell sharply in June 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — India's Got Latent is an Indian Hindi comedy talent show hosted by Samay Raina on YouTube since 2024. Inspired by the international Got Talent franchise and Kill Tony, it features a wide variety of ac…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The second season of the Indian reality talent-comedy web television series India's Got Latent was created, produced, and hosted by Indian stand-up comedian and internet personality Samay Raina. Follo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars—the latter the most widely used calendar in the world. Its length is 30 days. June succeeds May and precedes July. This month …
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Claim 6: “Russia’s share of India’s crude oil imports hit an all-time high of 48% in June 2026”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Russian oil imports hit an all-time high in June 2026. One source specifically mentions it accounted for more than half of imports, and another source explicitly links the 48% figure to the context of US tariff threats.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 United States–India diplomatic and trade crisis started in August 2025, when U.S.–India relations entered a period of acute tension following a sharp escalation in trade and diplomatic dis…
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