India is caught up in the wake of Western sanctions directed at Russia that should have considered how other countries feel about them. It seems that Delhi is left out and other nations who have a stake in Russian energy that the west ignores.
This is why the shortening of patience with the US and her allies who think everything they do is correct, despite the effects felt by nations concerned.
Western Powers Dominates
Last Wednesday, the purchase of 3 million barrels of oil from Russia's Rosneft Oil Co by the Indian Oil corporation got a 20 percent discount from the global price. But it is not enough for the Indian requirement of 4.5 barrels a day,
Through an arrangement to use rupees as payment to bypass economic penalties will have purchase more, reported Business Standard.
But the US is quick to call out Indian leaders for looking out for energy security; it wants New Delhi to follow unconditionally.
It becomes a question of Washington and allies not agreeing on how the Indian government acts on it, sanctioning Russia, or you're with us or against us.
Global Effects of Economic Penalties
This attitude has caused Delhi to rethink its relationship with the west because the US-led western alliance is busy high-fiving the penalties taking a bite on Putin.
Even if the rest of the world reels from inadvertent actions like high oil prices. Inequality in doing out funds by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund
It and a host of nations see inequality in how the west and institutions in their pockets consider the Ukraine conflict more important. War-infested nations are ignored by the World Bank but have a $700 million package for Kyiv ready in record time; while doling out western sanctions that are more damaging, cites NDTV.
The fast-tracking of the International Monetary Fund for Ukraine is not normal and is not fair to others.
America and its western allies have failed in the eyes of Delhi; they weaponized the SWIFT financial messaging system to isolate Russian banks. Inter-banking is for global use, not just for dominant nations to unfairly add it to their means to control Vladimir Putin, noted the Japan Times.
SWIFT is controlled by the US, Japan, and Europe, whose actions to unanimously sanction Russia; caused problems for the Indian government using it for fertilizer and oil payments, causing fallout.
India now is the bad guy because it wants a way to pay for goods without the swift.
India on Western Hypocrisy
The west denounces the government to buy Russian energy; when the US and EU are still getting from Putin's Russia. Delhi cannot get more than $70 a barrel, which will cause an energy crisis that should be avoided.
How the west could forget the disruption in 1991 and 2012 is unthinkable. China and Russia cozying up together
Indian leaders fret the west has made Moscow and Beijing closer to global consequences and are more concerned if New Delhi will join the gang.
Indian leaders cannot do without western help since China is aggressive and needs capital and technological support for its military. But the west should be more careful about its decision; it affects other nations.
India needs to steer carefully in the face of western sanctions against Russia and be neutral as it always has, but always put its interests first.
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