Russian oil accounts for less than 2% of India's energy imports; US takes issue

India's import of Russian energy represents only 1 to 2 percent of the country's total energy imports, the White House said in its latest remarks as the purchase of Russian oil remains a hotly debated issue amid the Ukraine war. "Daleep Singh, our deputy national security adviser was just there (India). Energy payments are not sanctioned, that's a decision made by each individual country.