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Is india not hyphenating russia with china , as U.S. did by hyphenating india with pakistan. India Russia relations should not be seen through the prism of china.
Well, the world knows that all major policy decisions are taken by the Gujarathis – Modi & Shah. Jaishankar, like his predecessor Ms Sushma Swaraj (RIP) only gets to decide on the low level tactical issues of visas or evacuations and the like, not the issues that are strategic. Foreign capitals know this and simply bypass Jaishankar when it comes to the serious issues that matter. They go directly to the Gujarathis !
I guess, even Jaishankar knows by now that we are living in an autocracy.
jaishanker was doing well..but for a while he has been slipping his time in wrong places . maybe bjp should hand over even foreign ministry to sitaraman with here finance already held or to raviparshad .
Mr King: This game of musical chairs does not matter in the end. Whether Jaishankar is in Ministry X or in Ministry Y is of little consequence. Most countries know that decisions are taken by the Gujarathi gang and prepare themselves accordingly.
We shouldn’t fret about Lavrov’s visit to Pakistan – it was merely optics. Pakistan and by extension Taliban have nothing substantial to offer to Russia except for a falsified belief of being active in the grand designs of geopolitics.
Pakistan/Taliban can only provide nuisance value to anybody, much like Shiv Sena – either you give us money or we’ll make sure you find trouble in a little corner of the world which we traverse.
The author of this article lives in the paradise of fools. Why a senior russian diplomat visits Pakistan after 9 years. Why russia offered blank cheque to Pakistan.
You guys only know how to make headlines to demean the country. I can bet a lakh that this author will be having zero knowledge of foreign affairs but only of foreign funding and that’s the only reason she is writing all this.
Mr Mahesh Bhupati: When you read things that are critical of India and its inept, crony capitalist driven, Hindutva ideology based Gujarathi government, it does not necessarily mean that the journalists are paid to do that. And if you insinuate that, it behoves you to prove that you too are not paid to sing praises to the Gujarathis.
I think nonetheless that you have no arguments whatsoever to counter the author and the message of the author hits home hard. And to counter the author, you need brains, not the lathi you play around with in your Hindu Yuva Vahini shaka.
Fine interview. Dr Nikonov’s uncharacteristic candour, like FM Lavrov’s twin visits, may have been meant to convey a message. 2. The fact that the United States is so much more important to India’s security and well being today should not lead to a monochromatic foreign policy. Absolutely no reason for India to have stopped buying Iranian oil. At a time when they were dealing with an economic / humanitarian crisis, later accentuated by the pandemic. For that matter, no need to plead or justify the purchase of the S 400. The Pentagon would have a complete list of every single weapon India has bought from the Soviet Union / Russia since the time President Biden went to school in shorts. 3. India and Russia have several convergences of interest, a residue of a once larger relationship, that are worth preserving. Insulated from a legitimate warming up to the US. Russia can sometimes help a little when things get very ugly with China as well.
I think US sanctioned iran and india was given 1 year more time to shift.
I think India has partially addressed with a approval for SPUTNIK… In present geo political scenario if Russia could control China , things would have been different , coupled with US failure in Af Pak region India does have a huge problem on hand , delays in delivery of Defence equipment another concern for India…
Is india not hyphenating russia with china , as U.S. did by hyphenating india with pakistan. India Russia relations should not be seen through the prism of china.
Well, the world knows that all major policy decisions are taken by the Gujarathis – Modi & Shah. Jaishankar, like his predecessor Ms Sushma Swaraj (RIP) only gets to decide on the low level tactical issues of visas or evacuations and the like, not the issues that are strategic. Foreign capitals know this and simply bypass Jaishankar when it comes to the serious issues that matter. They go directly to the Gujarathis !
I guess, even Jaishankar knows by now that we are living in an autocracy.
jaishanker was doing well..but for a while he has been slipping his time in wrong places . maybe bjp should hand over even foreign ministry to sitaraman with here finance already held or to raviparshad .
Mr King: This game of musical chairs does not matter in the end. Whether Jaishankar is in Ministry X or in Ministry Y is of little consequence. Most countries know that decisions are taken by the Gujarathi gang and prepare themselves accordingly.
We shouldn’t fret about Lavrov’s visit to Pakistan – it was merely optics. Pakistan and by extension Taliban have nothing substantial to offer to Russia except for a falsified belief of being active in the grand designs of geopolitics.
Pakistan/Taliban can only provide nuisance value to anybody, much like Shiv Sena – either you give us money or we’ll make sure you find trouble in a little corner of the world which we traverse.
The author of this article lives in the paradise of fools. Why a senior russian diplomat visits Pakistan after 9 years. Why russia offered blank cheque to Pakistan.
You guys only know how to make headlines to demean the country. I can bet a lakh that this author will be having zero knowledge of foreign affairs but only of foreign funding and that’s the only reason she is writing all this.
Mr Mahesh Bhupati: When you read things that are critical of India and its inept, crony capitalist driven, Hindutva ideology based Gujarathi government, it does not necessarily mean that the journalists are paid to do that. And if you insinuate that, it behoves you to prove that you too are not paid to sing praises to the Gujarathis.
I think nonetheless that you have no arguments whatsoever to counter the author and the message of the author hits home hard. And to counter the author, you need brains, not the lathi you play around with in your Hindu Yuva Vahini shaka.
Fine interview. Dr Nikonov’s uncharacteristic candour, like FM Lavrov’s twin visits, may have been meant to convey a message. 2. The fact that the United States is so much more important to India’s security and well being today should not lead to a monochromatic foreign policy. Absolutely no reason for India to have stopped buying Iranian oil. At a time when they were dealing with an economic / humanitarian crisis, later accentuated by the pandemic. For that matter, no need to plead or justify the purchase of the S 400. The Pentagon would have a complete list of every single weapon India has bought from the Soviet Union / Russia since the time President Biden went to school in shorts. 3. India and Russia have several convergences of interest, a residue of a once larger relationship, that are worth preserving. Insulated from a legitimate warming up to the US. Russia can sometimes help a little when things get very ugly with China as well.
I think US sanctioned iran and india was given 1 year more time to shift.
I think India has partially addressed with a approval for SPUTNIK… In present geo political scenario if Russia could control China , things would have been different , coupled with US failure in Af Pak region India does have a huge problem on hand , delays in delivery of Defence equipment another concern for India…