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OCTOBER 2024

US Wants India To Imitate Europe’s Self-Sabotaging Energy Policy

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US Wants India To Imitate Europe’s Self-Sabotaging Energy Policy

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India continues long and fruitful relationship with Russia despite Western pressure.

Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher

Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar confidently boasted recently that the world has accepted India’s energy policy and bilateral relations with Russia. Jaishankar’s statement prompted US State Department spokesperson Ned Price to say that it is going to be a long-term proposition for New Delhi to reorient foreign policy away from Moscow – but despite the QUAD alliance, India is unlikely to abandon its relations with Russia.

When asked about India increasing its imports of Russian oil and fertilisers and potentially buying the Russian S-400 air defence systems, Price said on August 24: “It is not for me to speak about another country’s foreign policy. But what I can do is point out what we have heard from India. We have seen countries around the world speak clearly, including with their votes in the UN General Assembly against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.”

“But we also recognise, as I was saying just a moment ago, that this is not flipping a light switch. This is something that, especially for countries that have historical relationships with Russia. Relationships that, as is the case with India, extend back decades, it is going to be a long-term proposition to re-orient foreign policy away from Russia,” he added.

Although the US and European Union have imposed heavy sanctions on Russia since the military operation in Ukraine began on February 24, India took the opportunity to instead raise oil imports from Russia, ignoring criticism from the West and refusing to go down the path of European self-sabotage.

Berlin recently approved a set of energy-saving measures for the winter which will limit the use of lighting and heating. Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck told reporters that his country wanted to free itself “as quickly as possible from the grip of Russian energy imports.” Instead, Germany finds itself in a position of needing to lower energy use instead of behaving as the EU’s leading country.

Starting from September, public buildings, apart from hospitals and the like, will have heating at a maximum of 19C; public monuments and buildings will also not be lit up for aesthetic reasons; businesses could be banned from keeping their shops illuminated at night; private swimming pool heating could also be banned; and, coal and oil cargo will be given priority over passenger travel on railways.

“We have a shortage situation on the rails right now,” German Transport Minister Volker Wissing said. “That means that if additional fuel transports are temporarily necessary, we would have to prioritize them.”

This European self-sabotage, all for the sake of pretending to defend liberalism in the form of Kiev’s authoritarian regime and on instructions from Washington, is a situation that India wants to completely avoid as it continues to progress and develop into a major power.

In May, Russia overtook Saudi Arabia to become India’s second-biggest supplier of oil, behind Iraq, as refiners snapped up Russian crude available at major discounts. Indian refiners bought about 25 million barrels of Russian oil in May, ignoring all condemnation from the West and refusing to abandon its decades-old relationship with Moscow, especially as Indians do not forget the West’s endless support and backing of Pakistan.

Jaishankar stressed on August 23 that India had not been defensive about its purchases of Russian oil but made the US and others realize instead that the government had the “moral duty” to ensure that the people got the “best deal” – something that European governments do not concern themselves with.

Rather than capitulating to the endless pressures from the West, India has unapologetically steamed ahead with its bilateral relations with Russia. Cards based on Russia’s Mir payment system will soon be accepted at ATMs and Point-of-Sale terminals in India as discussions to construct a new financial system independent of the West, that can bypass sanctions on Russia, continue.

Russia also announced its intentions to build the next generation armoured vehicles and submarines in joint collaboration with India. This comes as the delivery of the second regiment of the S-400 missile defence system is already underway.

With India pushing ahead in strengthening relations with Russia in the energy, financial and military sector, the West is forced to exaggerate minor events as if it were a major shift in New Delhi’s foreign policy. Western media exaggerated the significance of India voting for the first time against Russia during a “procedural vote” at the United Nations Security Council on Ukraine. The 15-member UN body invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address a meeting through a video tele-conference on August 24, something that was only opposed by Moscow and abstained by Beijing.

So far, New Delhi has abstained at the UNSC on Ukraine, with the recent vote being the only exception. This has annoyed the Western powers, led by the US, but this has not stopped them from making a big deal out of India voting to allow Zelensky to speak at the UNSC meeting. This of course does not reflect or signify any Indian foreign policy shift, but is rather a desperate attempt to portray non-existent cracks in New Delhi-Moscow ties. Instead, New Delhi will continue its decades-long cooperation with Moscow, one that has been long and fruitful.

It is recalled that Jaishankar said in June that “Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe’s problems are the world’s problems, but the world’s problems are not Europe’s problems.” Soon Europe will realize, especially Germany, that its energy and financial crisis, spurred on by an ill-thought out Russophobic policy, will certainly not be India’s problem, especially with winter just around the corner.

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Vanya

The US is pouring big money into Indian elections. They are going to buy the government they want just like they did in Pakistan.

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Dicksonrp

You gotta watch those racist treasonous Hindu coolies

Ashok Varma

That is true. Modi is an extremist uneducated tea stall criminal installed by the CIA, but Indian public is very pro-Russia due to historical ties. In the Eurasian century, it is insane to tie our horses to a broken US cart. India is already landlocked to Eurasia and our only access in Iranian port of Chah bahar for trade with Russia. Alienating either Russia or Iran is suicide as China is already hostile and so is Pakistan which is under US terrorist occupation and the CIA overthrew Imran Khan for being friendly to Russia and improving relations with India. JAI RUS!

S Balu

Ashok Varma Soon you will be shouting Jai USA ,Jai Britain

Abraham Lincoln

If India wants to commit suicide, I say let them. Once they have a mass die off the people will overthrow their Shabbas goy puppets of Jews.

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Arch Bungle

You don’t know Indians, man. You think you can buy an Indian? An Indian will take your money until you’re broke. Then he’ll take whatever you have left.

No American (Jew) can hustle an Indian.

Matt

India really could have helped itself when it came time to refuse “Let’s Make a Deal – http://www.911research.wtc7.net/wtc/groundzero/cleanup.html with $atan” looking away from their obligation(s) under the UN charter that ignored the systematic demolition of Afghanistan… Iraq… Libya… Syria… Yemen… and Ukraine… along with their partner in crime China that got them looted oil and gas from those Nation(s) along with the U.$.’s manufacturing as long as they kept purchasing it in $USD!…

And then there is Russia… And Putin’s disregard for what was to come out of that pretext when he ignored Maidan and said THIS in 2017 – https://theduran.com/putin-911-not-inside-job/ After the murder of his chauffer… Mikhail Lesin… Ambasador Andrei Karlov… and UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin?….

If you had to do it over again… Tell the United States Devil to “FUCK OFF” and call them on the mat for a war crimes tribunal and the investigation of the date in infamy that murdered 2977 innocent people at Ground Zero instead of allowing it to make them rich at all of those victims expense in it’s wake!???….

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Tommy Jensen

Shit happens all the time and has happened since Ruder King was Knight. We are now on chapter 22 and we turn on the next page to chapter 23. Thats how it is and thats how it always will be, and we cant do a shit about it! We can only hope it will be better!! We can hope it.

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Matt

“We can only hope it will be better!! We can hope it.”…

I understand what you are saying TJ. But in addition to that “hope”. It sure would have been nice if those 3 most important players that comprise the largest number of consumers on the planet had government(s) that considered their duties to the rule of law when it mattered most instead of drinking from $atan’s Punch Bowl!…

Not only hoping but praying at this point considering how lunatic fringe $atan has been allowed to become over those last 20 years.

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S Balu

Matt Absolutely correct

Tommy Jensen

India should remember their historical and ancient roots, that they culturally belong to the British Commonwealth, their British roots and that they are second British in their bloodlines as America. India cant run away from Cricket and betray their own roots.

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Dicksonrp

Are you one areshole or a truckload 9f Jew shit? You ain’t know one fuck about the British rule of India and the atrocious things done to them

S Balu

Dicksonrp Indians love atrocities done Britain during their rule and they love it And they can be hyped up to do same to their own people classic example RISHI Sunak Priti Patel etc so the hell you are talking about See what Indians are doing to their minorities

S Balu

Tommy Jensen Indians are very CHEAP PEOPLE THEY WORSHIP WHITE SKIN AND MONEY THEY WOULD KILL MOTHERS TO PLEASE WHITEMAN CLASSIC EXAMPLE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BRITISH POLITICS AT THIS MINUTE IE RISHI SUNAK ,PRITI PATEL SEE HOW HYPED THEY ARE AGAINST THEIR OWN COLOR AND IF THEY WERE GIVEN AUTHORITY THEY WOULD NOT MIND CONSTRUCTION OF GAS CHAMBERS FOR FINAL SOLUTION FOR THEM AND THEY WOULD FEEL VERY PROUD

Hello

India can either be on our side (the superior west) or be destroyed

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S Balu

Hello Indians will be your Babus and babies for ever See what is happening in Britain

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Jul

Uk sent diplomats in India following the start of the SMO. They had no appearant impact on India’s policy.

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Yuri

as Russia thrives EU anglos enjoy hyperinflation and—worse predicted; India has reduced poverty by half in past 2 decades—in culturally dead west poverty increasing—in USA record crime ugliness—in 2022 Russia has 3.1 million legal immigrants ready to enjoy culture opportunity. since senile prez Blinken USA 4.9 million drug dealers addicts dishwashers from central amerika

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