CHENNAI: An India-bound tanker carrying Russian crude oil has abruptly reversed course in the Baltic Sea, raising concerns over possible disruptions in oil trade between India and Russia, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The move follows fresh US sanctions on Russian oil majors, which have prompted growing uncertainty among Indian refiners that rely heavily on discounted Russian supplies.

According to the report, the vessel, identified as the Furia , had loaded about 730,000 barrels of Urals crude from Russia’s Primorsk port and initially indicated India’s Sikka port in Gujarat as its destination. However, after reaching the Fehmarn Belt between Denmark and Germany, the tanker turned around and later updated its destination to Port Said in Egypt. Industry trackers say the reversal lik

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