Narendra Modi reinforced a stable partnership with strategic autonomy

By T N Ashok

At a moment when Moscow is staring at a fresh barrage of Western sanctions on its energy giants, when NATO is threatening secondary measures against countries buying discounted Russian crude, and when Europe is again pushing an unpalatable ceasefire formula for Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin landed in New Delhi to embrace the one major power still willing to stand by Russia without flinching: India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Putin at the airport with a warmth that suggested this was more than a routine summit. It was an unmistakable affirmation that India intends to chart its own geopolitical course — one in which Russian energy, Russian arms, and a centuries-deep strategic trust still m

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