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Reliance denies import of Russian crude oil

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January 08, 2026

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has officially announced that ithas notreceived any Russian crudeoilandnoneare expected inJanuary2026,denying reports which appeared ina section of the media recently.

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“Anews reportin Bloomberg claiming that ‘three vessels laden with Russian oil are heading for Reliance Industries Limited’s Jamnagar refinery’ is blatantly untrue,” RIL said in a statement. “Reliance Industries Ltd Jamnagarrefinery has not received any cargo of Russian oil at its refinery in he past three weeks, and it is not expecting any Russian crude oil deliveries in January 2026. We are deeply pained hatthose claiming to beatthe forefront of fair journalism chose to ignore the denial by RIL of buying any Rus

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