<h1>Russia-India energy trade remains ongoing amid payment shifts and India diversifying oil imports despite external pressure.</h1> Russia affirms continuity of energy cooperation with India, emphasising economic viability of its supplies and confidence partners will choose independent policies. India is diversifying sourcing and guiding imports by national interest while shifting payments from roubles toward yuan. Russian crude accounted for 87.5 million tonnes or 36.4% of India's imports in the first seven months of 2025. An executive instruction to mitigate the bilateral trade imbalance is also recorded, highlighting issues of commercial contract continuity, cross-currency payment mechanisms, and trade-policy effects of sanctions and discounted pricing.