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Zelenskyy: Modi is a ‘huge disappointment’ for hugging Putin (www.politico.eu)

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Ukraine can’t believe Indian leader met “bloody criminal” Russian ruler on day of children’s hospital bombing.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday criticized Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for embracing Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow on the day the Kremlin’s forces bombed a children’s hospital in Kyiv.

“It is a huge disappointment and a devastating blow to peace efforts to see the leader of the world’s largest democracy hug the world’s most bloody criminal in Moscow on such a day,” Zelenskyy wrote, referring to the deadly Russian attacks.

Modi arrived in Moscow on Monday for a two-day state visit, marking his first trip to Russia since it began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

In a video clip that went viral Monday evening, Modi climbed out of a car, walked up some steps to meet Putin, and gave the Russian president a warm hug.

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[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 175 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

India is showing a terrible double standard, they are hesitant towards the west, because India was once a British colony.
That is understandable.
But to support and "embrace" Russia when they are doing the same even worse to Ukraine is a disgusting double standard.

Shame on you India, for not changing with the times. Russia is obviously the evil empire today, even threatening nuclear war that could destroy life on earth.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 93 points 1 month ago

You forget that India wants to be an evil empire today.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I was not aware of that, in what sense?

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 100 points 1 month ago

Well Modi’s ruling a wannabe fascist genocidal party.

Hindu nationalists dream of expanding into neighbouring states because historical borders at some period or whatever.

Ruthless capitalists like Adani who fuck over countries around the world to extract their wealth.

Etc.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Also they seem unwilling to crack down on scammers and hackers preying on the west, so they should pair well with their Russian counterparts who do the same but are much more sophisticated.

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[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

John Oliver talks about it on this episode of Last Week Tonight.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Thanks, although that was a bit depressing, I was not aware he is this bad, and I checked other sources too.

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Probably just wants to be a scamming empire

[-] eskimofry@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

Blame the conservatives... same as... checks notes everywhere?

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Yes unfortunately it seems the right is getting more extreme almost everywhere.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 month ago

As we enter late stage capitalism, with wages stagnating and cost of living going way out of control, people are looking for someone to blame.

And for conservatives, if there is anyone to blame it's always immigrants, gays, and liberals. In that order.

Never the capital class.

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[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A lot of irony going on. Like the Jewish state doing what was done to them throughout out history to others now.

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[-] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

doing the same even worse to Ukraine is a disgusting double standard

This is grossly understating how terrible British colonial rule was. Britain committed multiple genocides including by starvation, up until even the 40s in its colonies, including areas that are now India.

Events like the Bucha massacre were basically just another Tuesday under British colonial rule.

Lets not revise the history of one imperialist genocidal shithole to criticize another imperialist genocidal shithole

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

Lets also not use past problems to justify fascists making problems right now.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

OK AFAIK UK did not cause evacuation of more than 10% of the population, they didn't bomb schools and kindergartens, or destroy infrastructure to a point to make areas unlivable, and bomb cities until there is nothing left, or explode dams flooding large inhabited areas and risking nuclear incidents. Or cause half a generation of young men to be lost.

But I admit my knowledge of the occupation of India is limited. And I 100% grant it was bad. But were conditions honestly worse than they would have been under the former rulers? I suppose there was a reason India was relatively easy for UK to take.
India had lots of problems before UK invaded, way more than Ukraine, and most Ukraines problems was from hostilities from Russia that preceded the war.

Fortunately UK ended up leaving India voluntarily, which is the opposite of what Russia is doing, Russia left Ukraine in 1991, but then turned around and invaded, despite Ukraine had done nothing to provoke this.

[-] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/worst-atrocities-british-empire-amritsar-boer-war-concentration-camp-mau-mau-a6821756.html

British rule in India was objectively worse. Much more people displaced, much more people killed. And "was easy to take" is a quite shit argument to create "perspective" on these kind of atrocities.

The British empire got away without facing any real consequences and is fairly effective at controlling the cultural and societal narrative about it. But it is in one league with Maos China or Stalins Sovjet Union.

Also considering Holodomor, what Russia is currently doing is not as devastating in humanitarian terms like what Stalins reign brought.

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[-] oce@jlai.lu 7 points 1 month ago

A big reason is India is getting cheaper Russian gas and oil since Europe has stopped or lowered its imports.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Modi doesn't have to embrace Putin for that, Putin is desperate and has to take what he can get.

[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I am not sure what you mean by double standards. India has always been playing both sides since the Cold War. India is a military ally to Russia while keeping close economic ties to the West. But in the context under Modi, he is basically of the same feather as Putin, both are authoritarians, which explains the hugging.

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[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 85 points 1 month ago

He's a disappointment for lots of reasons.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 month ago

Bro, did you just learn about Modi?

[-] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah like how is this a disappointment? I get what he means of course, but it's like being disappointed in Stalin if he hugged Hitler. Disappointment sounds like he was expecting something better of Modi

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

It’ll get interesting for India when their conflict with china really heats up.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 29 points 1 month ago

It’s okay Russia will have their back, I’m sure China will send them the weapons to send to Indi… wait a minute.

[-] juice702@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Two douchebags embracing one another

[-] hark@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Huge disappointment? Does that mean he had high hopes for a nationalist? That's just silly.

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[-] skozzii@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

India tries to play both sides so they always win...

[-] st33lb0ne@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Understatement of the century

[-] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Damn, Modi can redeem himself by just doing it again, but this time, stick a dagger in Putin's back!

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 1 month ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Modi arrived in Moscow on Monday for a two-day state visit, marking his first trip to Russia since it began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

In a video clip that went viral Monday evening, Modi climbed out of a car, walked up some steps to meet Putin, and gave the Russian president a warm hug.

Earlier the same day, Russia launched a mass missile attack against Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih and other cities in Ukraine, killing at least 42 people and injuring at least 206.

Modi did not address the strikes while speaking to the Indian diaspora in Moscow on Tuesday, but praised relations between the two countries, calling Russia a “reliable friend.”

He also announced the opening of two new Indian consulates in Russia and hailed his “friend” Putin for working toward developing the partnership between the two countries.

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Ain’t it the truth

[-] Gsus4@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Meanwhile, in China:

Chinese are angry that West isn’t outraged enough by Modi meeting Putin 🤣

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/opinion/chinese-are-angry-that-west-isn-t-outraged-enough-by-modi-meeting-putin/ar-BB1pI80U

Cold war II is going to be 10x more confusing than cold war I

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