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Although China imports an average of 450,000 barrels of Russian crude oil per day more than India, trade studies suggest that Russia wants to expand the Indian market.
Taking advantage of the embargo on Russia, India and China have been importing cheap crude oil.
While Chinese refineries bring crude oil from Russia through their own ships, crude oil is brought to India through Russian cargo ships.
Russia is trying to strengthen the Indian market as it is more profitable and the travel time to India is less.