Bei historischem Besuch empfängt Modi Selenskyj mit Umarmung und Händedruck inmitten des russisch-ukrainischen Krieges

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-meets-zelensky-in-kyiv-with-hug-and-handshake-amid-russia-ukraine-war-101724404743027.html

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  2. Gives Zelensky a hug and handshake….goes back home to buy billions in discounted gas and weapons from Putin.

  4. Curious about what this will mean. I’m already happy the Modi even decided to visit.

    I hope India realised that the short term gain with the discounted gas, is truly short term and that international stability should come first.

    Their weapons purchases from Russia won’t be upheld if Russia can’t deliver and I wonder if India realises how shit Russia’s weapons are.

  5. Now that a Democratic president is coming Russia is at the losing end of the war. Time for this joker to suck up to the NATO alliance.

  6. Modi on his trip to show Putin that he expects a lowering of Russian oil prices and to show why low Russian oil prices is the right way.

  7. Apparently Hindustan times keep reporting that Russia wasn’t losing the War

  8. As the great powers of the world are aligning into two sides, India is a notable holdout still straddling the line. 

    On the one hand they have long been close trade partners with Russia, both for commodities like oil and also buying military equipment from Russia for decades.

    On the other hand, China is kicking the door down on India’s Northern and Eastern borders and US assistance is surely very appealing. They have also bought a significant amount of US military hardware over the years and have natural cultural alignment with the West thanks to their British history. However they loathe Pakistan and the US maintains relatively close ties with Pakistan.

    Will India ultimately align to one side or remain straddling the line?

  10. Purely for show to continue to receive international support, despite his interests in Russia trade.

  11. Can he meet him with a commitment to stop buying oil from russia?

  12. With so many news about Ukraine attacking Russia oil port, ferry, etc it’s obvious what’s the purpose of modi visit in Ukraine.

  13. its actually very nice of him because back in india nobody even talks or cares about Ukraine at all..so there is 0 political gain for him on the other hand it will significantly damage the indo-russia relationship. As always india is against the ‘war’ but supports the people of the country that are getting affected by it.
    also to the people acting like diplomats in the comments chill down a bit..there a lot of nato leaders that haven’t even landed in Ukraine at all while modi did..so pm of the largest democracy on earth supporting the people of Ukraine is something.
    And yes india will keep buying Russian oil because it has population 39X times of that of Ukraine, Can’t risk it for a war that will cost their own citizens to suffer.
    I really wish Zelensky and Putin talk this out..hate to see lots of young soldiers dying from both the sides..

  15. As an Indian whose primary job is to teach IR to students…India foreign policy has been centred on one goal : Strategic Autonomy.
    Some said India will now suck up to NATO. It won’t. We didn’t do that during the entire cold war and suffered for it. We won’t abandon Russia and we won’t abandon the West no matter how logical or moral it is.
    India foreign policy has a weird tendency to become even more stubborn when the opposite is required as per normal logic. But then this gamble has paid off immensely for India.
    It’s one major power which has friends or at least has deep interlinks with all the poles of the world . From China to the USA, none of the major powers hate India. Africa likes us, the Middle East also likes us. See the kind of preferential treatment we were offered in terms of Nuclear Supply Agreements.
    We hate many but even our worst major power enemy China doesn’t’ down right hate us, it just patronizes us and wants to put us back in our place.

  17. I know it’s a dumb comment, but I always thought both leaders look cool in their own way [Modi being relaxed/wise, Zelensky being practical/determined].

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