Sanjay Kumar Pandey

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“I see it mainly with respect to India's longstanding ties with Russia and the fact of our dependence on military supplies and partially we believe that Russia has some genuine concerns which could have been taken into consideration. India's statements, focused on the need for diplomacy, make it very difficult to derive a clear-cut meaning. India has […] not supported Russia's actions, Russia's recognition of breakaway republics [in eastern Ukraine], or Russia's military intervention in Ukraine. But at the same time, if we say diplomacy was not given a chance, it can be construed mainly against Russia, but also partially Ukraine and NATO.”

Aljazeera

Professor of Russian foreign policy at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University