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Top Ally Ditches Russian Weapons in Latest Blow to Putin's Arms Sales
Newsweek ^ | 1/29/2024 | Isabel van Brugen

Posted on 01/29/2024 4:56:25 AM PST by marcusmaximus

India has signaled it will distance itself from Russian weapons, threatening further Russia's role as a major global arms supplier amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

The development was reported by Reuters on Monday, citing four government sources, including a recently retired senior security official, who all spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive subject. The sources said India is gradually pivoting away from Russia and shifting toward the West for its arms supplies.

Russia is the second-largest global arms exporter behind the United States. Over the last two decades, Russia supplied India with 65 percent of its weapons purchases of more than $60 billion

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: brazil; brics; ccp; china; india; russia; sco; southafrica
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To: marcusmaximus

Newsweek quoting Reuters. Smells like bullshit.


21 posted on 01/29/2024 7:11:11 AM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: marcusmaximus

India notices Putin’s Ukraine war is benefitting China.


22 posted on 01/29/2024 9:19:39 AM PST by Wuli
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To: dfwgator

“All the Indians moved here to Frisco.”

I know that is tongue in cheek but I went to the Wikipedia article on San Francisco. Here’s their population breakdown. I’m surprised at the proportion of Chinese:

24% Northern Euripenan
22% Chinese
7.5% Jewish
5.7% Mexican
5.0% African American
3.5% Italian
3.4% Indian


23 posted on 01/29/2024 9:21:03 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: cymbeline

I meant Frisco Texas, a DFW suburb.


24 posted on 01/29/2024 9:22:14 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: marcusmaximus; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; ...
The boilerplate troll response:

25 posted on 01/29/2024 10:43:51 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: cymbeline

I’ve read that many are culturally resistant to the government’s efforts to switch them to toilets, for one thing, some think defecating in the home is repellant.

Toilets are great though and in time they will accept them.


26 posted on 01/29/2024 11:32:01 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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