As Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov lobbies India to defy Western sanctions, emissaries for London and Washington have asked Delhi to reduce ties with Moscow. Delhi must assert its interests without becoming entangled in a superpower brawl. There’s no prize for standing tall in the middle of someone else’s firefight.
Russia-Ukraine war started a superpower brawl. India must not get entangled
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