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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNEW DELHI: Dealing with fuel shortages after Ukrainian attacks damaged its refineries, Russia has started importing gasoline from India.Petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri<\/a>, however, said no Indian refiner \u2013 private or state-run \u2013 has dealt directly with Russian agencies and that the purchases must have been made through a trader.\u201cBecause of damage to its refineries due to the war, Russia has probably started buying gasoline from India. As far as I know, it has not been bought from any of our companies. It is the purchase of Indian-origin products from a trader,\u201d minister said.According to Reuters, at least 60,000 metric tonnes of gasoline were dispatched from India to Russia on Wednesday.India is the world\u2019s fourth-largest refiner and exports petroleum products \u2013 petrol, diesel, aviation turbine fuel, bitumen, naphtha and lubricants \u2013 to a host of countries, including Singapore, South Korea, Japan and the UAE and African nations.Puri said India also purchases crude from other countries through traders, adding that cargo imported from Venezuela was an example of the same.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n