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Can India stay out of it? While West sanctions Russia, Delhi maintains historic ties

Is India's lack of opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine tantamount to support? © FRANCE 24

It's that old adage: your friends' friends are not always your friends. Over the years, India has drifted towards the United States, partly due to its border tensions with China. But even the invasion of Ukraine cannot break the historic ties binding Delhi to Moscow – from arms and oil imports to the non-aligned strategic autonomy that steered India through the Cold War. So can India stay out of it? Can anyone? If nations don't actively oppose an invasion, do they enable it?

Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Léopoldine Iribarren, and Antonia Kerrigan.

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