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Indian firm says it shipped non-military explosives to Russia

An Indian firm that shipped $1.4 million worth of an explosive compound with military uses to Russia in December said on Saturday it complies with Indian rules and the substance it had shipped was for civilian industrial purposes. Reuters reported on July 24 that Ideal Detonators Private Limited s

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Indian firm says it shipped non-military explosives to Russia

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Published :
Jul 26, 2025 19:02
Updated :
Jul 26, 2025 19:29

An Indian firm that shipped $1.4 million worth of an explosive compound with military uses to Russia in December said on Saturday it complies with Indian rules and the substance it had shipped was for civilian industrial purposes.

Reuters reported on July 24 that Ideal Detonators Private Limited shipped the compound, known as HMX or octogen, to two Russian explosives manufacturers despite U.S. threats to impose sanctions on any entity supporting Russia's Ukraine war effort.

One of the Russian companies listed in Indian customs data as receiving the compound is the explosives manufacturer Promsintez. An official at Ukraine's SBU security service has said the Russian company has ties to the military and that Ukraine launched a drone attack in April against a Promsintez-owned factory.

Promsintez did not respond to a request for comment.

Ideal Detonators said in an emailed response to Reuters that the material it shipped was not military grade. "The shipment ... is for industrial activity and it's a civil explosive," the company said.

The U.S. government has identified HMX as "critical for Russia's war effort" and has warned financial institutions against facilitating any sales of the substance to Moscow.

The U.S. Treasury Department has the authority to sanction those who sell HMX and similar substances to Russia, sanctions lawyers have said.

HMX is widely used in missile and torpedo warheads, rocket motors, exploding projectiles and plastic-bonded explosives for advanced military systems, according to the Pentagon's Defense Technical Information Center and related defense research programs. The compound also has some limited civilian applications in mining and other industrial activities.

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India PM Modi speaks to Russia’s Putin, discusses Ukraine

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone and thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine. The conversation between the two leaders came days after US President Donald Trump announced an additional 25 percent tariff

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India PM Modi speaks to Russia’s Putin, discusses Ukraine

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Aug 08, 2025 20:50
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Aug 08, 2025 20:50

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media on the first day of the monsoon session at Parliament house in New Delhi, India, July 21, 2025. Photo : REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone and thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine.

The conversation between the two leaders came days after US President Donald Trump announced an additional 25 percent tariff on Indian goods to penalise New Delhi for continuing to buy Russian oil.

The penalty took the total levy on Indian goods exported to the US to 50 percent, among the highest levied on any US trading partner.

“Had a very good and detailed conversation with my friend President Putin. I thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine,” Modi said in a post on X.

India’s foreign ministry said Modi invited Putin to New Delhi for the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit later this year.

The two leaders “reaffirmed their commitment to further deepen the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership between India and Russia,” the ministry said in a statement.

Modi also spoke with Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by phone on Thursday, discussing a broad range of topics that included high tariffs imposed by the US.

Trade talks between India and the United States collapsed after five rounds of negotiations over disagreement on opening India’s vast farm and dairy sectors and stopping Russian oil purchases.

Modi’s conversation with Putin also came a day after Russia and India stressed their commitment to a “strategic partnership” in bilateral security talks in Moscow between Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia’s Security Council.​