Ukraine can’t believe Indian leader met “bloody criminal” Russian ruler on day of children’s hospital bombing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday criticized Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for embracing Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow on the day the Kremlin’s forces bombed a children’s hospital in Kyiv.
“It is a huge disappointment and a devastating blow to peace efforts to see the leader of the world’s largest democracy hug the world’s most bloody criminal in Moscow on such a day,” Zelenskyy wrote, referring to the deadly Russian attacks.
Modi arrived in Moscow on Monday for a two-day state visit, marking his first trip to Russia since it began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
In a video clip that went viral Monday evening, Modi climbed out of a car, walked up some steps to meet Putin, and gave the Russian president a warm hug.
Americans when they’re doing Realpolitik with China: “Haha! Yay! What fun!”
Americans when they see India do Realpolitik with Russia: “Oh no! Aw man! This sucks!”
I don’t understand this comment. What example are you using for America and China? What “Realpolitik” is happening between Modi and Putin hugging?
What example are you using for America and China?
A secret trip by Henry Kissinger grew into a half-century-long relationship with China
What “Realpolitik” is happening between Modi and Putin hugging?
India and Russia are forming a long term mutually beneficial economic relationship that parallels the relationship Nixon’s America and Mao’s China formed in the 1970s.
I don’t know much about Kissinger but, from the AP article you sent gives me the idea China saw him as the “Giant Panda”. I hardly see this relationship as a “yay” from Americans.
I thought Modi was significantly weakened with the last vote in India. Is this not him aligning with other authoritarian leaders? Thats the only politics I see.