“Watch: Putin praises India, says PM Modi ‘guarantor’ of stronger Moscow-Delhi ties”, Wion, December 7, 2023:
“In yet another show of bilateral bonhomie between Moscow and New Delhi amid war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Putin, who had visited India in December 2021 just a few weeks before he announced an offensive on Ukraine in February 2022, said that the relations between Russia and India are “consistently developing in all areas”.
“I cannot imagine His Excellency Modi getting intimidated or being forced to take any steps or actions that would go against the national interests of India and the people of India,” Putin said, in an indirect reference to India buying Russian oil despite war in Ukraine….”
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