India is now Russia’s second-largest supplier of restricted technology.
US and European officials said India has become the second largest supplier of restricted critical technologies to Russia.
It highlights the challenge to efforts to curb exports that fuel President Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
Indian exports of restricted items such as microchips, circuits and machine tools exceeded $60 million in both April and May, nearly double from the first months of the year, and reached $95 million in July.
The latest figures imply that nearly a fifth of the sensitive technology going to Russia’s military-industrial complex has made its way through India.
India has emerged as the top buyer of Russian oil despite allied efforts to restrict sales.
In July, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo wrote a letter to senior officials of the Confederation of Indian Industry, warning of the sanctions risk faced by Indian companies and banks doing business with Russia’s military industrial base.
