The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a “doom loop” for the world’s poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

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India, Indonesia and the rest of non alignment countries do not need to enter this war set up by the West.

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I agree with you that India doesn’t need to take sides, but I’m pretty sure Russian/West cooperation had been increasingly positive since the cold war ended, right until Putin decided he wanted to be an imperialist again. The West didn’t make him invade a sovereign, non-threatening country.

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Russia imperalist is akin to someone bombing Iraq, Vietnam and Afghanistan?

LOL

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Pssst, you’re allowed to criticize more than 1 country

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yes, your point being?

Russia is excused because USA is also doing bad stuff? Because that is a weak fucking argument.

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5 points

Well… Yes.

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They’re both bad

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From what I read India and Russia are really old friends, that’s why India isn’t saying anything and they do lot of business.

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Historical and political reasons too. USA keeps arming Pakistan with modern weapons, and they have a single target to use them on. It would be stupid of India to put all it’s weight behind US if that’s a one-sided affair. In an ideal world everyone would side with what is moral, unfortunately we don’t live in that world.

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So true.

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More than old friends. India is heavily reliant on russian arms. Replacing them would be a slow, expensive process. Considering it is surrounded on two sides by aggressors with regular conflicts, jeopardizing relations with Russia is not an option.

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