While we were discussing the incident at the maternity and child welfare centre yesterday, the Prime Minister of India, Modi, made his first visit after his re-election, specifically to Russia.
That is, the leader of the most significant neutral country, which balances between the West and China, decided that his first, symbolic visit should be to Russia, the most sanctioned country in the world
The first visit is always a symbol of the future term. Zelensky traveled to Europe, Putin to China, and Modi to Russia.
The main focus was business, specifically energy: nuclear and hydrocarbons. India is a huge market for Russia.
It seems that Modi wants to show domestic elites that he is keeping up with trends and will not let the main competitor - China - monopolize cheap resources from Russia alone.
Strategically, this visit is worse for the West than Orbán's tour, but they have long been thinking in terms of media opportunities rather than strategy…
