India's Modi assails Putin over Ukraine war

[EarlG]

Source: Reuters

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that now was not the time for war, directly assailing the Kremlin chief in public over the nearly seven-month-long conflict in Ukraine.

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...at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), concerns spilled out into the open.

"I know that today's era is not an era of war, and I have spoken to you on the phone about this," Modi told Putin at a televised meeting in the ancient Uzbek Silk Road city of Samarkand.

As Modi made the remark, Russia's paramount leader since 1999 pursed his lips, glanced at Modi and then looked down before touching the hair on the back of his head.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/putin-xi-speak-summit-uzbekistan-2022-09-16/

[4Q2u2]

1. Kind of like Betting After the game is over

Taking his victory lap for his moral stand against the War, now that Russia has lost it.
How was that cheap gas BTW?

[onetexan]

4. This!! Real good time to kick another dictator while he's down, to make himself look better.

[Tetrachloride]

2. This gives cover for closed mouth countries to speak up

India’s Modi changes course, not as often as Lyndsey Graham, but a change nonetheless.

[Jose Garcia]

7. Is he actually changing course?

Is India finally going to start imposing financial sanctions?

[Tetrachloride]

8. You are right. He's probably not changing course.

[LymphocyteLover]

3. Good! Though on twitter he just seemed happy to meet Putin and promoted their friendship.

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=bOFShAI5Lg8g0SHValRfpg

[oldsoftie]

5. Then quit sending them money jackass.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Wait...

Whaddayou doin' here?????



As a note about Modi - India has managed to flip much of their oil sources from the Middle East, to bargain basement Russian Oil.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142923926



https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/indias-imports-cheap-russian-crude-surge-since-ukraine-invasion-2022-05-30/



https://fortune.com/2022/04/07/russia-ukraine-oil-gas-sales-deals-ruble-rebound-china-india/

I suppose they filled up all their reserves and can now start finger wagging.

[yaesu]

9. words don't mean shit as long as your buying russia crap, fuck india, fuck china. nt

[Joe Nation]

10. Waiting for Putin to fail before criticizing him, eh?

What a brave, brave leader India has.

[LiberalLovinLug]

11. Reading the article, it seems its not so much an opposition to the war

Not in any moral sense. But rather Modi's admonishment was an expression of frustration that "this is not the time for war" by one of those in our anti-West pan Asian alliance to be making a fool of himself, further antagonizing the West, and giving us all a bad name by osmosis. And how it will delay or diminish their trade status etc (money) in dealing with the rest of the world.

[sarge43]

12. When there's doubt, follow the money. n/t

[Strelnikov_]

13. It is significant, though. Cracks are starting to form in the alliance

Russia is looking like facist Italy circa 1940.

And Russia was supposed to be BRIC's superpower.

[LiberalLovinLug]

15. May be cracks but it has nothing to do with Putin's ambitions or nationalistic expansionist desires.

All the BRIC members are authoritarian governments. They respect that in other leaders too. And I am positive that if Russia had succeeded in the first few days to take Kiev, and replace the government, and have a successful quiet coup, they would not be the ones criticizing.

It is only because Putin is failing, and how that impacts BRIC's reputation, that is Modi's concern.

[artemisia1]

14. Meanwhile India will continue buying cheap Russian oil and crap Russian weapons, both of

which help finance Putin's wars of aggression.

[orangecrush]

16. Stay away

From windows and light aircraft