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Will India’s neutrality on Putin’s aggression backfire?

17 March 2022

9:52 PM

17 March 2022

9:52 PM

As the western world tightens sanctions on Russia, India is opting for a different strategy: sitting on the fence. ‘We are on the side of peace,’ India’s prime minister Narendra Modi insists. In reality, this means keeping shtum when it comes to condemning Putin’s aggression and abstaining at the United Nations General Assembly on a resolution criticising Russia.

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