{"id":635907,"date":"2025-08-05T09:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T04:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/-635907\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:30:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:00:01","slug":"why-india-wont-stop-buying-oil-from-russia-2","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/why-india-wont-stop-buying-oil-from-russia-2-635907\/","title":{"rendered":"Why India Won\u2019t Stop Buying Oil from Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html amp=\"\" lang=\"en\"><head><meta charSet=\"utf-8\"\/><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1\"\/><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0.js\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0\/amp-story-1.0.js\" custom-element=\"amp-story\"><\/script><link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?display=swap&amp;family=Alegreya%3Awght%40700&amp;family=BioRhyme%3Awght%40700\" 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0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.355987em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">India is the third-largest oil consumer in the world. 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Jaishankar: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; color: #fff\">\u201cEurope buys more Russian gas in an afternoon than India does in a month.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">India wants fairness, not hypocrisy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"238b7c05-1373-4307-b838-73467b298a0d\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-8a9a935f-b752-4380-9549-0107f2600d31 [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate(-9.996094266624247%, 0%) scale(1.5)\",\"translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)\",\"fill\":\"forwards\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script 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