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Re:India considers buying discounted Russian oil, commodities by wpasc on Monday March 14, 2022 @11:26AM (#30673522)
Wow, pardon my ignorance. There's a whole wikipedia article on India Russia relations [1]. (I then checked how many bilateral relation articles there are, turns out a lot but clearly not exhaustive). there's a lot to the India Russia relationship dating back to the cold war and it's a close tie.

Pardon my silly US lack of knowledge

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations

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Re:India considers buying discounted Russian oil, commodities by hermannj314 on Monday March 14, 2022 @11:42AM (#30673756)
On a work trip to India, I had a chance to visit the HAL aerospace museum in Bangalore. It was interesting as a museum of aircraft history but also told a story of diplomatic relations over time as well.

I, as an American, was unaware of Russian-Indian relations until that visit.

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Re:India considers buying discounted Russian oil, commodities by manojlds on Monday March 14, 2022 @11:50AM (#30673894)
Curious, are Americans also unaware of America's close relationship and propping up of Pakistan?
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Re:India considers buying discounted Russian oil, commodities by clearcoat on Monday March 14, 2022 @12:03PM (#30674073)
Yes. I'd say the average American when asked which nation the US has had closer relations with (once you screen out the ones who don't even know Pakistan exists) would say "India" 9 times out of 10.
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