Modi’s Russia Visit Dents West’s Efforts to Cast Putin as Pariah
- Russia trip is Modi’s first since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
- India has been a major buyer of Russian oil since war started
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Worried by deepening China-Russia relations, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading to Moscow next week for talks with President Vladimir Putin, his first visit to the country since the Kremlin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The meeting, which will help Putin to counter Western efforts to cast him as a pariah, comes two months after Putin went to China for the first foreign visit of his new term. That trip underlined Moscow’s increasing dependence on Beijing, which India has eyed warily.