US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that India has “substantially” curtailed its oil imports from Russia are yet to be borne out by data. India remained the second-largest buyer of Russian fossil fuels in October, importing these goods worth 3.1 billion euros, though the inward shipments were down from 3.6 billion euros in the previous month. Moreover, crude oil dominated India’s fossil fuel purchases from the sanctions-hit country with a 81% share (2.5 billion euro), followed by coal at 11% (351 million euro) and oil products at 7% (222 million euro), according to latest data by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). Crude imports from Russia recorded a 11% month-on-month increase, which corresponds closely to an 8% month-on-month increase in total imports, the think tank said. While private refiners’ imports constituted over two-thirds of India’s total imports, state owned refineries almost doubled their Russian volumes month-on-month in October.