Rubio's visit to India: Russia's Foreign Ministry hopes it will not affect energy cooperation; independent media say Russian oil remains a US lever of pressure
Place: Mumbai, JamnagarRegion: Ukraine-wide and the front lineautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
The Russian source frames the visit through Foreign Ministry assurances that India sets its own policy and through Rubio's words of frustration at the lack of progress on Ukraine. Independent outlets describe the visit as part of US pressure on buyers of Russian oil and recall possible punitive measures. Ukrainian outlets in the selection do not cover the visit.
What Russia reports
automatic summary Interfax quotes Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko: Moscow does not intend to comment on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to India, since India pursues a sovereign policy, and hopes it will not affect the two countries' energy cooperation. Later the agency relayed Rubio's words to reporters in India: the US is frustrated by the lack of progress in talks on Ukraine, contacts with both sides are needed, and the risk of escalation and of the conflict spreading remains.
“Индия - независимая страна и проводит свою суверенную внешнюю политику, поэтому мы никоим образом не собираемся комментировать визит Рубио в Индию.”
“Нас расстраивает отсутствие прогресса на переговорах”
- В Москве надеются, что визит Рубио в Индию не повлияет на сотрудничество Индии и России — Interfax, 20 October, 08:35
- Рубио заявил, что Вашингтон недоволен отсутствием прогресса по Украине — Interfax, 20 October, 12:49
What Ukraine reports
no reports found
What independent sources report
automatic summary DW writes that Rubio's visit, which began in Mumbai and continues with a visit to the Reliance refinery in Jamnagar, comes amid protracted trade talks and uncertainty over possible US punitive measures for India's purchases of Russian oil; Reliance actively buys Russian Urals crude. Al Jazeera calls the company central to Washington's efforts to punish buyers of Russian energy while also containing fuel prices amid the war on Iran.
“Кроме того, предприятие активно закупает российскую нефть сорта Urals, играя тем самым значимую роль в энергетических отношениях Индии с Россией.”
“The conglomerate is central to Washington’s efforts to punish Russian energy buyers”
- Рубио в Индии: нефть РФ остается рычагом давления США — DW (RU), 20 October, 17:06
- Why Rubio is visiting Reliance’s oil refinery in India, the world’s largest — Al Jazeera, 20 October, 14:37
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