Buyer beware: Could Russian oil weapon be levelled at China and India?

Russia has long used energy as a weapon to pursue its aims: Ask Ukraine, which as far back as 2009 found its pipeline gas supplies cut off in winter

Crude buyers: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (front) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands with leaders at a 2016 BRICS summit in Goa, India.
Crude buyers: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (front) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands with leaders at a 2016 BRICS summit in Goa, India.Photo: AP/SCANPIX
Published 25 May 2023, 01:00Updated 25 May 2023, 01:00