Hardeep Puri, India's Petroleum Minister, asserts that India's continued Russian oil imports have stabilized global energy prices. Discontinuing this trade would have caused prices to surge past $120 per barrel. Despite Western restrictions, India increased Russian oil procurement, preventing a significant global supply disruption, he has said.
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