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Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday, aiming to boost trade with the top buyer of Russia's arms and seaborne oil as Western sanctions squeeze their decades-old ties.

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Putin Basks in Praise From Modi on India Visit https://www.europesays.com/2615768/ The article describes Vladimir Putin's visit to India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly showered him with praise ...

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-- Europe Politics non-official (@eupolitics.bsky.social) Dec 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM

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... Putin is on his first visit to India in four years at a time when New Delhi is engaged in talks with the U.S. for a trade deal to cut punitive tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on its goods over India's Russian oil purchases.

Moscow has been India's top arms supplier for decades and has said that it wants to import more Indian goods in an effort to grow trade to $100 billion by 2030 that so far has been skewed in its favour due to New Delhi's energy imports.

Since European countries cut back their reliance on Russian energy after Russia invaded Ukraine nearly four years ago, India has ramped up its purchases of discounted Russian crude.

"India faces a conundrum; by taking steps to strengthen ties with Moscow or Washington, New Delhi risks setting back ties with the other," Michael Kugelman, senior fellow at Washington's Atlantic Council think tank, wrote in Foreign Policy magazine this week. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-05 12:36 AM | Reply

imo, PM Modi is threading a fine needle here.

There seems to be a decades-old, let's say, cooperation between India and Russia.

Will that cooperation survive Pres Trump's attempts to destroy it?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-05 12:39 AM | Reply

Will that cooperation survive Pres Trump's attempts to destroy it?

LOL. Lewzer would be sent to bed. Lewzer is the Joffrey to Putin's Tywin.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-05 12:46 AM | Reply

@#3 ... Lewzer is the Joffrey to Putin's Tywin. ..

Game of Thrones citations aside ...

Found this ...
www.google.com

... AI Overview

The statement that "Lewzer is the Joffrey to Putin's Tywin" is a political analogy, likely made in a social or commentary context, using characters from George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones series to describe a perceived power dynamic between an individual named "Lewzer" and Vladimir Putin.

In this analogy:


Tywin Lannister is a powerful, ruthless, and calculating patriarch who seeks to control the levers of power and secure his family's legacy by any means necessary. He is the true power behind the throne, operating with strategic foresight and a complete lack of sentimentality.

Joffrey Baratheon (or Lannister by blood) is a young, petulant, and cruel king who is the nominal ruler but lacks the intelligence, discipline, and respect of his subjects and even his own family. Joffrey constantly challenges Tywin's authority in an attempt to assert his own power, often making rash, shortsighted decisions that threaten the family's stability.

Therefore, the analogy suggests that:

- - - Vladimir Putin is the powerful, controlling figure (Tywin), the de facto leader who operates with cold strategy and ruthlessness to maintain his power and influence.

- - - "Lewzer" is the unstable, less effective, and potentially reckless figure (Joffrey), who holds some official position but is seen as an embarrassing, weak, or easily manipulable puppet or subordinate who might ultimately undermine the "Tywin" figure's control. ...


Hey, that is what AI suggests, so it cannot be wrong.

Right?

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-05 01:22 AM | Reply

Right?

Pretty close.

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-05 01:40 AM | Reply

**** Drones Spotted Near Ukraine President Zelensky's Aircraft Enroute to Ireland ****

The other day Vladimir Putin barked that although he doesn't want war with Europe, Russia is ready for conflict as he sees hostile attitudes from the EU.

Gosh, I wonder why Putin sees hostility from the EU and NATO.

Link: www.irishtimes.com

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-05 11:52 AM | Reply

@#6 ... The other day Vladimir Putin barked that although he doesn't want war with Europe, Russia is ready for conflict as he sees hostile attitudes from the EU. ...

Hostile attitudes?

Is not Pres Putin's unprovoked invasion of a sovereign Ukraine a hostile attitude?


An now that Europe wants to start building a defense against possible (likely?) further unprovoked aggression by Pres Putin, Europe is suddenly the problem?



#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-06 10:44 PM | Reply

Europe is suddenly the problem?

Vlad is using the Zimmerman/Rittenhouse defense.

#8 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-06 10:58 PM | Reply

Will that cooperation survive Pres Trump's attempts to destroy it?
#2 | Posted by LampLighter

Trump is trying his best to align America with populists like Putin and Modi, so your question doesn't make much sense to me.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-06 11:02 PM | Reply

@#9 ... so your question doesn't make much sense to me. ...

OK, let me phrase it differently, with a question ...

Will Pres Trump, via tariffs, be successful in preventing PM Modi from buying Russian oil?

Or will those tariffs just drive PM Modi closer to Pres Putin?

OK, that was two questions, but ... that's for starters ...


#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-06 11:25 PM | Reply

"Will Pres Trump, via tariffs, be successful in preventing PM Modi from buying Russian oil?"

Probably not.

#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-06 11:29 PM | Reply

@#11 ... Probably not. ...

Time will tell. But I do not envy PM Modi's position that he finds himself in. (but I guess that is why he is a PM, and I am just some random person with a keyboard ...)

Putin says Russia ready to supply 'uninterrupted' fuel to India
www.bbc.com

... Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow is ready to provide "uninterrupted shipments" of fuel to India, as Delhi faces pressure from the US to stop buying Russian oil.

Putin, speaking alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, questioned earlier why India should be punished for buying oil when the US itself buys nuclear fuel from Moscow. ...

On Thursday, Putin told India Today that Russia was working on a "peaceful solution" to ending the war - warning that Ukraine must withdraw from the Donbas or Russia would seize it.

"Either we liberate these territories by force, or Ukrainian troops will leave these territories," he said.

Modi repeated India's stance that it was not neutral on the war in Ukraine and stood on "the side of peace", welcoming efforts to find a "lasting" solution to end the war.

He highlighted that increasing the "connectivity" of Russia and India was a "major priority" for India.

In recent months, India-US ties have hit an all-time low as the two countries have failed to resolve the tariff deadlock. ...


#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-06 11:42 PM | Reply

"Modi repeated India's stance that it was not neutral on the war in Ukraine"

Yeah that's a picture perfect example of:

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
--Desmond Tutu

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-07 12:08 AM | Reply

@#13

Agree.

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-07 12:32 AM | Reply

Curious tune that just popped up on a playlist here ...

Folk Implosion - Insinuation (1997)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1: John Davis]
Commit an act of memory
Knuckle down or buckle under
Sing part of the scream, believe
Cut it down in the mouth of drama

[Verse 2: John Davis]
Another break in the pattern
Another fight for the flashlight
Tick tock on a broken clock
I'll be headed for midnight

[Chorus 1: Lou Barlow]
Insinuation really makes it happen
And your opinion is a nice surprise

[Verse 3: John Davis]
Tongue-tied, get dignified
Open my pride, find a map inside
Find a break in the pattern
Take your time to relax

[Verse 4: John Davis]
Commit this act to memory
Sing part of the scream, believe
Knuckle down, don't buckle under
Cut it down in the mouth of drama

[Chorus 1: Lou Barlow]
Insinuation really makes it happen
And your opinion is a nice surprise
But you're early for the Armageddon
If all we know and ever memorize lives on, lives on

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5: John Davis]
This battle magnified
Perfect sized
There's no problem
Offer you a ride, but the engine died
Another break in the pattern

[Chorus 2: Lou Barlow]
Insinuation really makes it happen
And your opinion opened up my eyes
It kept me itchin' with the contradiction
That all we know and ever memorize lives on

[Outro: John Davis, Lou Barlow]
Insinuation really makes it happen (Lives on, lives on)
And your opinion opened up my eyes (Lives on, lives on)
It kept me itchin' with the contradiction (Lives on, lives on)
That all we know and ever memorize lives on (Lives on)

Insinuation really makes it happen (Like a childhood memory, lives on, like a childhood memory, lives on)

And your opinion is a nice surprise (Like a childhood memory, lives on, like a childhood memory, lives on)
But you're early for the Armageddon (Like a childhood memory, lives on, like a childhood memory, lives on)
If all we know and ever memorize lives on (Like a childhood memory, lives on, like a childhood memory, lives on)
Lives on (Like a childhood memory, lives on, like a childhood memory)
...



#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-07 01:34 AM | Reply

Play the India game!

-Open Google maps of India
-Drop street-view anywhere at random
-Spin around and see the trash!

#16 | Posted by sit_goodboy at 2025-12-07 08:38 AM | Reply

Also, Indian factories have low iPhone yield rates (only about 50%) and hygiene issues, including high E. coli levels. These problems hurt product exports to Europe and mainland China, impacting sales. Due to these issues, Apple cut prices and promoted sales to lessen the impact.

This is where dumpf thinks we can source intellect from...

#17 | Posted by sit_goodboy at 2025-12-07 08:47 AM | Reply

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