I try watching those Times of India youtube stories about the Ukraine conflict and they seem very pro Russia...imho..nt

[wcmagumba]

[Blue_Tires]

1. That's no great surprise...

[Inkey]

2. BRICS membership

Has its price. Toe the line.

[moondust]

3. Oil.

India has become the biggest buyer of Russia's seaborne crude after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with purchases near record highs at 1.8 million to 2.0 million barrels per day, or more than a third of its crude imports.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/rising-costs-squeeze-intermediaries-out-thriving-russian-oil-trade-with-india-2024-12-05/

[LeftInTX]

4. India and Russia have been allies since the 1940s

I saw a very old documentary about Jawaharlal Nehru, there was lots of support for Russia in the documentary.
The word socialist was added to the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by the 42nd amendment act of 1976

India bought most of their military craft from the USSR and probably still buy from them.

During the Vietnam War, they sided with N Vietnam and the USSR, whereas Pakistan sided with the US.

[Igel]

7. Not sure about the acquistion of military tech these days. They have their doubts.

But the sunken-cost fallacy is a nice idea, but has a real-world impact.

For India to convert over to Western tech might mean losing out on support for their Russian (incl. Soviet) tech.

Oopsie.

The sunk cost has tentacles.

[wcmagumba]

5. Out of touch old guy here, I should have realized they were "buds". Next door neighbor and all.

Just was thinking the two systems of gov. were so different but I guess India is sort of a dictatorship too? Thanks for the information all of youse...

[newdeal2]

6. Somewhat more complicated

And a consequence of the Cold War: Pakistan and India are enemies. America chose Pakistan to support and Russia picked India.