Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting India this week. It’s his first trip to the country Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine. It is taking place at an extremely sensitive time when India’s relations with America are tense and its relations with China are on the mend. Russia and India have been turning to each other because of their current difficulties with America since President Donald Trump returned to office in January. Putin’s summit with Trump in August in Alaska yielded very little. Peace in Ukraine is still elusive and Putin is pushing ahead with his battlefield advantage. n18oc_crux | n18oc_world
