India, Jan. 14 -- India fell to third place among buyers of Russian fossil fuels in December 2025 after Reliance Industries and State-owned refiners sharply cut crude oil imports, a European think tank said on Tuesday.

The total Russian hydrocarbon imports by India stood at 2.3 billion euros in December, down from 3.3 billion euros in the preceding month, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA)."Turkiye displaced India as the second largest importer, purchasing Euro 2.6 billion of Russian hydrocarbons in December," it said.

China remained the top buyer, accounting for 48 per cent (Euro 6 billion) of Russia's export revenues from the top five importers."India was the third highest buyer of Russian fossil fuels...