Jeanette Rodrigues

Bloomberg’s South Asia Executive Editor in Mumbai. A journalist and political economist, she leads regional coverage and has contributed commentary on India’s economic and geopolitical ties, including its relationship with Russia.

Russian Arms and Oil Keep India From Breaking With Moscow

India cannot make a clean break with Russia while Russian equipment underpins much of its military and Russian oil remains a major import, even as the US is its indispensable export market. Bloomberg shows how that bind grew from a Soviet-era relationship built on technology transfer and licensed arms production, then deepened after the Ukraine invasion as discounted crude made Russia India’s leading seaborne oil supplier.

Bloomberg OriginalsSep 11, 20265 min read