"Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting India starting Thursday for the first time since Moscow's war on Ukraine broke out more than four years ago, even as a renewed push by the United States to end the conflict appears to have stalled. Putin's 30-hour speed trip also coincides with a tense turn in relations between Washington and New Delhi, with the US also punishing India with tariffs and a sanctions threat for its strong historic"
"That tension has, in turn, made India's longstanding balancing act between Russia and the West an even more delicate tightrope walk. Since gaining independence from Britain in 1947, India has tried to avoid getting locked into formal alliances with any superpower, leading the non-aligned movement during the Cold War, even though in reality it drifted closer to the Soviet Union from the 1960s."
Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting India for the first time since the war in Ukraine began more than four years ago. The 30-hour trip occurs amid a stalled U.S. push to end the conflict and heightened U.S. pressure on India, including tariffs and threats of sanctions over India’s growing purchases of Russian crude. India maintains a long-standing non-aligned posture while deepening strategic and military ties with the United States and preserving historic relations with Russia. The Ukraine war has strained that balance, and the visit could reveal how Prime Minister Narendra Modi will manage competing relationships. Putin is scheduled for a private dinner with Modi and a Rashtrapati Bhavan guard of honour and meeting.
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