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00:00Now remember all eyes are on Vladimir Putin as he arrives in Delhi. Remember the Russia-Ukraine war still shadows this visit to the country. Ahead of this visit, Russia's state Duma has cleared the defense pack which will give India and Russia shared access to ports, airspace and military logistics.
00:21Why is this such an important visit at the time at which it's taking place? That's going to be our top focus for now. Take a look at this report.
00:36A big defense shakeup just hours before Vladimir Putin lands in Delhi.
00:42In a major pre-visit surprise, Russia's lower house, the state Duma, has ratified the reciprocal exchange of logistic support.
00:51Aka the Reloes Pact, giving a fresh push to the India-Russia defense partnership.
00:58Reloes allows the mutual use of airspace and ports by Indian and Russian warships and aircraft and sets rules for logistics.
01:07Reloes is used during joint military exercises and humanitarian missions, disaster relief operations and other coordinated deployments.
01:16And just hours before the ratification, President Vladimir Putin underscored the importance of India in Moscow's global strategy.
01:25We will fulfill our obligations to foreign partners and expand cooperation with those countries that are interested in it.
01:40As I have already said, the vast majority of countries act rationally and pragmatically.
01:45Over the past three years, we have significantly increased our trade volume with them.
01:49First and foremost, I mean our key partners, China and India, with whom we share many years of friendship and strategic cooperation.
02:03Ahead of the visit, Kremlin spokesperson Dimitri Peskov also hinted at big defense conversations,
02:11including renewed discussions around the Su-57 next-generation fighter joint aerospace projects.
02:19So, Su-57s, best plane in the world.
02:28Yes, it's not over-exaggeration. It's the best plane in the world.
02:32And the issue of Su-57s certainly will be on the agenda during the coming visit.
02:41So, let's not speak about the details.
02:43There are lots of competitors in the world.
02:45And some of the competitors are not, let's say, sticking their business to international law.
02:56And this is where the timing matters.
03:01Putin's trip comes as India-U.S. ties face their worst turbulence in nearly 20 years,
03:07with Washington slapping 50% tariffs on Indian goods,
03:11including 25% punitive levies on India's Russian oil imports.
03:15It also comes as Russia and the U.S. negotiate the revised Trump-framed 19-point peace plan for Ukraine,
03:25putting New Delhi right in the middle of a shifting global triangle.
03:29Washington, Moscow and New Delhi.
03:32A surprise ratification in Moscow, strong words from the Kremlin and a hardening U.S. line
03:40are setting the stage for one of the most keenly watched India-Russia summits in years.
03:47Bureau Report, India Today.
03:49And joining me now, our special guests on that big issue with the big questions.
03:58Is India still Russia's all-weather friend?
04:03Should we treat Moscow as an all-weather friend?
04:05Can India really afford at this moment in global conflicts to put all their eggs in Putin's basket?
04:11Does India have any role to play at all in ending the Russia-Ukraine war?
04:17And how can India reduce its massive trade deficit with Russia?
04:21Those are some of the questions we'll put to you.
04:23Joining us are our special guests.
04:25Ajay Malhotra is former Indian ambassador to Russia.
04:29Alexei Zakharov is fellow at the Observer Research Foundation.
04:32Brahma Chalani, strategic affairs expert and former advisor to India's National Security Council.
04:38And Rory Suchet is a presenter with Russia Today.
04:41Remember, RT India will be inaugurated by President Putin on his visit here.
04:46I appreciate all of you joining us here on the show today.
04:49Let me come first to you, Ajay Malhotra.
04:51Ambassador Malhotra, what do you see as really, why is this visit so important coming at a time
04:58when we are not seeing an early end, as of now at least, to the Russia-Ukraine war?
05:04Well, this visit, the timing of this visit is not linked with the Russia-Ukraine war at all.
05:14This is an annual summit planned well in advance.
05:18It traditionally takes place in December.
05:20So to me, there's no surprise at all.
05:24In the past, from the Russian side, they always come in December.
05:28I don't think there have been many exceptions to that.
05:30So I don't see any change in that approach.
05:34If you look at why now...
05:37But Mr. Putin has...
05:38Mr. Putin chose not...
05:40Since the war, since the war, this is his first visit to India.
05:44In that context, does that shadow the visit in any way?
05:48I don't think so.
05:50Because last year, we visited.
05:52It's by rotation.
05:53The previous year, in 2023, there was a miss because days couldn't be worked out.
05:59It might have been mutually agreed to let that pass.
06:04And that's the way it was.
06:06But that is the only occasion when they have missed out, linked also earlier with COVID.
06:11But otherwise, there's been a tradition of these visits,
06:15which I don't think you've had with any other country,
06:18whereas regularly, since the year 2000,
06:21with, as I said, the COVID and one other occasion,
06:24you've had these regular in- and outgoing visits from both sides.
06:32Let me get a Russian perspective for a moment.
06:35Alexei Zakharov,
06:37what is the importance Russia attaches to its relationship with India,
06:42given the fact that Russia has found itself isolated within Europe,
06:46large parts of Europe today,
06:47are questioning Russia for what it's done in Ukraine.
06:51We've even seen three ambassadors write an article in an Indian newspaper just two days ago.
06:57Then the Russian ambassador hits back.
06:59But the truth of the matter is,
07:00does Russia see India also as an all-weather friend,
07:03as India sees Moscow?
07:07Yeah, I think that since the war in Ukraine,
07:10India's significance for Russian foreign policy only increased.
07:13And India has always been a long-standing friend,
07:18a strategic partner.
07:19But after being cut off from the European market
07:23and isolated from the West politically,
07:26I think that Russia started to re-evaluate the partnership
07:30and it started to appreciate more India as the largest market.
07:34So we could see a lot of Russian effort
07:38to boost economic ties,
07:41to explore Indian market.
07:43There have been many Russian businesses making inroads
07:46into the Indian market.
07:48And there have been attempts from the Russian side
07:52to facilitate trade and economic cooperation
07:55through introducing different payment mechanism,
07:59through increasing investment into the Indian economy.
08:01So in that sense, I think that India's importance,
08:05India's alliance has only grown further.
08:07You know, it's interesting,
08:12you're focusing on the trade aspect
08:14because India has a ballooning trade deficit
08:16at the moment with Russia.
08:18Brahma Chalani, do you believe that
08:20is one of India's concerns
08:22or is India looking at Russia primarily,
08:25particularly in this region and Moscow,
08:27as defense partners?
08:28That's where the real focus remains.
08:31Will it expand beyond that?
08:33Do you see actually a stronger relationship building
08:37given also the ties that Russia has with China?
08:41Russia has also been signing defense deals
08:43with Pakistan in the recent time.
08:46How do you see the Russia-India relationship?
08:49Does it go beyond defense cooperation?
08:52The relationship with Russia, Rajdeep,
08:55is very important,
08:56both for India's strategic interests
08:58and for better balance
09:01and greater maneuverability
09:03in Indian foreign policy.
09:05Without damaging the relationship with the U.S.,
09:08which is equally important for India,
09:10India needs to uphold
09:12its special and privileged partnership with Russia.
09:17India needs both the U.S. and Russia
09:19to counter China,
09:20to answer your question on China.
09:22So India needs both the U.S. and Russia
09:24to counter China.
09:25The constant challenge for India
09:27is to carefully balance its foreign policy
09:30between Washington and Moscow
09:33so as to underpin India's independent approach
09:37to international affairs.
09:39The fact that U.S. policy
09:41has pushed Russia closer to China
09:43makes it more impurative for India
09:46to maintain robust ties with Moscow.
09:50But look at the irony today.
09:53India's tried and tested partnership with Russia
09:56stands in stark contrast
09:59to America's erratic
10:01and punitive policy toward India.
10:05The U.S. under Trump
10:06has slapped tariffs on India
10:08that exceed those on China.
10:11It has coated Pakistan
10:12in ways that revive bitter Cold War memories.
10:17And it has singled India out
10:19for secondary sanctions
10:21while sparing other major Russian energy importers
10:25like the EU, Turkey, and Japan.
10:28In effect,
10:30Washington today
10:31is waging a quiet economic war on India.
10:35So against this background, Razeeb,
10:37Putin's visit to India
10:40carries outsized geopolitical significance.
10:43You know, it's interesting
10:49because Rory Suchet,
10:52Vladimir Putin,
10:53you're a presenter with Russian RT TV.
10:56How much importance will this visit be given
10:58in the Russian media itself?
11:01RT India is being launched now
11:02by Russia in this country,
11:04obviously to increase Russia's view of the world.
11:08But how important does Moscow see India?
11:11Is it seen as a strategic partner?
11:15Is it seen as a potential ally?
11:19How do you see,
11:20how does Russia see India
11:22from your vantage point?
11:25Russia sees India
11:27from not just a strategic point of view,
11:30but from a deeply entrusted friendship.
11:34This is something that goes back
11:35not just years, but decades.
11:37It goes back to the Soviet Union
11:39and beyond.
11:40I mean, a perfect example,
11:41the 1972 India War
11:43that really kicked off in 1971
11:45that resulted in the creation of Bangladesh.
11:48The Soviet Union
11:49was militarily supporting India during this.
11:52And we all know that India
11:54was victorious in that war.
11:56But let's take a step away
11:57from that for a moment.
11:58Think about the body language.
12:00Think about the embraces.
12:01But think about the language.
12:03My dear friend,
12:05that is how Putin refers to Modi.
12:08As we saw Modi saying,
12:10our all-weather friend,
12:12our trusted ally,
12:13this is an intrinsic partnership today.
12:16But it's not just about Russia and India.
12:20It's about the new multipolar world order as well.
12:23We're seeing Russia and India
12:25that have forged their position
12:27on the global stage now,
12:29standing upright in front of the world.
12:31When you say that Russia is isolated,
12:33it is not isolated.
12:34You've got the Euro-Atlantic alliance
12:36that represents just 10% of the world.
12:39Let me say that again.
12:41The Euro-Atlantic alliance represents 10% of the world.
12:45So the Western political and media landscape
12:48with a very clear agenda
12:50to demonize Putin and so on and so forth,
12:53they say these kinds of things.
12:55But when you watch the way
12:56that when Putin attends a BRIC summit
12:58or the ASEAN summit,
13:00friends with the SCO,
13:02you see the leaders coming to Moscow.
13:05In no way, shape, or form
13:07is Putin isolated on the global stage.
13:10The partnership between Russia and India
13:13has stood the test of time
13:15and will continue to do so.
13:18The only worry is
13:19when you have someone like Donald Trump
13:20in the White House
13:21that likes to dish out his so-called tariffs
13:24that really are just sanctions,
13:26he is expediting the coagulation
13:28of strategic partnerships in the world.
13:31That is why we're seeing
13:33these new friendships and partnerships
13:35in the BRICS, the SCO, the ASEAN,
13:38and so forth.
13:39He is expediting the development
13:42and the maturation
13:43of this polycentric world order.
13:45And the people who stand on stage
13:47in this polycentric world order
13:49is India, Russia, the Global South, China,
13:54and these countries are now
13:55standing up taller than ever before.
13:57Why?
13:58Because their focus
13:59is on their sovereign interests,
14:02something that Trump doesn't like.
14:04I like the use, Rory, of the word
14:11that you're using,
14:12polycentric world order.
14:13Ajay Malhotra, that in a sense
14:15is the significance also
14:16in a way of what's happening
14:17because we have now,
14:19as described just now,
14:20an erratic relationship
14:22or a relationship
14:24with all the ups and downs
14:26with an erratic US president
14:28who has imposed 25%
14:30extra penalties on India
14:32for buying Russian oil.
14:33And India seemingly
14:34has capitulated and agreed.
14:37Many Indian companies
14:37are reducing their dependence
14:39on Russian oil.
14:39Is it possible to balance
14:42Russia and America?
14:45Is it possible to really do that
14:47in this new world order?
14:50You see, I don't believe
14:53India's role is to balance
14:54anyone against anything.
14:56We are there,
14:57an emerging,
14:58a re-emerging power
14:59in our own right.
15:01And we should be treated
15:02accordingly by everyone.
15:03I think the Russians
15:04treat us with great respect
15:06and so are the Americans
15:07till now.
15:08In fact, Trump,
15:09under his first administration,
15:11that's when we decided
15:12to call it a comprehensive
15:14global strategic partnership
15:15with America
15:16when he came here
15:18in February 2020.
15:20With the Russians,
15:21there's no such problem.
15:22But we find with the Americans,
15:24suddenly you have,
15:25as you pointed out,
15:26the problems with tariffs,
15:28the problems with sanctions,
15:29the problems with H-1B visas,
15:32the problems with Pakistan
15:33and the strong tilt
15:35towards Pakistan,
15:37which is really
15:37a troublesome neighbor of ours,
15:38which it is,
15:39the Americans don't know it,
15:41and which they continue
15:42to regard as a major
15:43non-NATO ally.
15:45So these are all things
15:46of concern.
15:47So we are not here
15:48to kind of provide
15:49a balance between them.
15:51We want good relations
15:52with both USA and Russia.
15:54With Russia,
15:55there's reciprocity,
15:56there's a reciprocal response
15:59from the Russian president,
16:00and therefore we get on
16:02well with them.
16:03And this has been a tradition
16:04now for a long time.
16:05So it's not only
16:06a time-tested,
16:07but a well-trusted relationship.
16:09But with the Americans,
16:10they will have to earn
16:12our friendship once again.
16:15This can't go on much longer.
16:16They themselves are now
16:17talking with Putin,
16:19and it shows that at least
16:21they're trying to head
16:22in the right direction.
16:23And I do hope
16:24that the end result
16:26of all of this
16:26would be
16:27USA and Russia
16:29having a better understanding
16:31and relationship,
16:32and then
16:32it also helping us
16:34move ahead,
16:34because then the tariffs
16:35would become
16:36not so relevant,
16:37the sanctions
16:38would certainly
16:38become irrelevant,
16:39and then
16:40we have to see
16:41what the attitude
16:42is on Pakistan
16:43and what it's up to.
16:48You know,
16:48Pakistan is also
16:50a factor there,
16:51Alexei Zakharov,
16:52because you look
16:53at South Asia
16:53and you see
16:54the relationship
16:55in a way
16:56that America
16:57is building slowly
16:58with Pakistan
16:59and its military leadership.
17:00We've also seen
17:01the Pakistan leadership
17:02go to Moscow.
17:03Does Moscow
17:05see India
17:06very differently
17:07to an Islamabad,
17:09Rawalpindi,
17:10that India,
17:10as we've been saying,
17:11all-weather friend,
17:12we've gone through
17:14good times and bad.
17:15Pakistan more transactional?
17:17Am I right
17:18in saying that?
17:21Well,
17:21I think we can't
17:22even compare
17:23Russia's relationship
17:25with India
17:26and Pakistan,
17:27because the level
17:28of cooperation
17:29with Pakistan
17:30is definitely
17:31not at the same level.
17:34We have never seen
17:36any visit
17:37by Russian leader
17:38neither in Soviet times
17:40nor in the modern
17:41Russia,
17:43and it's also
17:44reflective
17:45of the level
17:46of the relationship
17:47to my mind.
17:48If we take
17:49economic aspect,
17:52then the bilateral trade
17:53is just around
17:54one million dollar.
17:55Yes,
17:56there was a relative
17:57rise over the past
17:58several years.
18:00Russia is exploring
18:01different areas
18:02of economic cooperation
18:03with Pakistan.
18:04of course,
18:06there are regular
18:07talks both
18:08at political level,
18:10there are now
18:10regular parliamentary
18:12exchanges,
18:13there is a regular
18:14exchange at the level
18:16of intergovernmental
18:17commission,
18:18there is some track
18:19of cooperation
18:20in energy,
18:21but when you look
18:22at the cooperation
18:23between Russia
18:24and Pakistan,
18:24then it's always
18:26very good on surface,
18:28they discuss many things,
18:29but I haven't seen
18:30many outcomes.
18:31I think that the situation
18:33within Pakistan itself,
18:35their problematic
18:36economic situation
18:37is a major hinder
18:39for that.
18:40And I think that
18:40if we compare
18:41at the level
18:42of trust,
18:43it's also
18:44not at the same level.
18:47So you're saying
18:47India is at a
18:48completely different
18:49level,
18:49point taken.
18:51Sure,
18:51but you mentioned
18:53earlier the C factor,
18:55China.
18:56You know,
18:57I come back to it,
18:59Brahma,
18:59because China remains
19:01in many ways
19:02India's greatest
19:03challenge,
19:04in many ways,
19:05how to deal with China.
19:06Now,
19:06Russia and China
19:06have a very strong
19:07relationship.
19:09Does India
19:10raise the issue
19:11despite the fact
19:12that we are part
19:13of regional groupings
19:14like BRICS,
19:15like the SCO,
19:16should India
19:17be taking
19:18a firmer stand
19:20to ensure
19:20A,
19:21that Russia
19:22recognizes India's
19:24concerns
19:24vis-a-vis China?
19:25Well,
19:27first,
19:28look at the
19:29symbolism
19:30of Putin's
19:33visit to
19:33India.
19:35The symbolism
19:36of his visit
19:37matters even more
19:38than the deliverables.
19:40This is Putin's
19:41first trip to India
19:41since the Ukraine
19:42war began,
19:43and by showing up
19:44in New Delhi,
19:45he's advertising
19:46that Russia
19:47has options
19:47beyond China.
19:49The U.S.,
19:49as you know,
19:50by isolating Russia
19:52from Western markets,
19:54has effectively
19:55turned China
19:57into Russia's
19:58critical economic
19:59lifeline.
20:01But Putin's
20:02visit to India
20:02shows that
20:04Russia values
20:05its partnership
20:06with India
20:06and will not
20:08allow itself
20:09to become
20:10a junior
20:10partner to
20:11Beijing.
20:13And India,
20:13by hosting Putin,
20:15is making clear
20:15that it rejects
20:17the Western-imposed
20:18binary of
20:19with us
20:20or against us.
20:22India's message
20:23is that it will
20:23chart its own
20:24independent path,
20:26including treating
20:27Russia as a reliable
20:28long-term partner,
20:30especially when
20:31Washington has been
20:32treating India
20:32with a casual
20:34disregard
20:34that borders
20:36on strategic
20:37negligence.
20:39And we should not
20:39forget one thing
20:40that, you know,
20:41that Rory
20:43Suchet
20:44underlined,
20:45which is that
20:46the China factor
20:48has been central
20:49to India's
20:50partnership
20:50with Moscow
20:51and it goes
20:52back to
20:53the 1971
20:54war.
20:56But for that
20:57friendship treaty
20:58that India
20:58signed with
20:59the Soviet Union,
21:03Nixon administration,
21:05President Nixon,
21:06had been egging
21:07on China
21:07to intervene,
21:09to open another
21:09front against India.
21:11It was that
21:11friendship treaty
21:12with Moscow
21:13that prevented
21:14China from opening
21:15a military front
21:16against India
21:17when there was
21:19genocide going
21:20on in East
21:21Pakistan,
21:22which they later
21:23became Bangladesh
21:23through a short
21:26Indian military
21:27intervention.
21:28So the China factor
21:29has been central
21:30to India's
21:31partnership with
21:31Moscow right
21:33since the early
21:331970s.
21:34And even today,
21:35if you look at
21:36the geography,
21:38Russia is to
21:39the north of
21:40China and India
21:41is to the south
21:42of China,
21:42and Russia-India
21:44partnership is
21:45critical to
21:46imposing
21:48discrete checks
21:49on Chinese power.
21:51The only missing
21:52link in this
21:52bigger picture
21:53is that America,
21:55instead of
21:55recognizing Russia's
21:56importance
21:57vis-à-vis China,
21:59has pushed
22:01Russia closer
22:02to China
22:03through
22:04unprecedented
22:04sanctions
22:05against Moscow.
22:10And some
22:11of those sanctions
22:12of course are
22:12hurting India
22:13as well,
22:14Rory,
22:14because here
22:15you've got India
22:16which was doing
22:18oil deals with
22:19Russia,
22:20and Putin imposes
22:2125% additional
22:23penalties.
22:23He doesn't do it
22:24with other parts
22:25of Europe,
22:26which have also
22:26done deals
22:27with Russia.
22:28So the hypocrisy,
22:29the double standards
22:30comes out.
22:31Should a stronger
22:33message therefore
22:34be sent by Russia
22:35and India
22:36at the meeting
22:37that will take
22:37place also to
22:38Washington,
22:39that you cannot
22:40have this global
22:41hypocrisy anymore
22:43in this
22:44multipolar world
22:46order.
22:47It is fascinating.
22:49I think you raise
22:50a very, very good
22:51point.
22:51Let's keep in mind
22:52that a fair amount
22:53of the oil that
22:55goes from Russia
22:55to India
22:56is being sold off
22:58to America's
22:59European allies.
23:00And so when
23:01Trump is trying
23:02to tariff
23:03slash sanction
23:05India for buying
23:07this Russian oil,
23:08he's actually
23:09de facto
23:10sanctioning
23:11his friends
23:13forever
23:13across the
23:14European Union.
23:15Now, let's keep
23:16this in mind.
23:17When the conflict
23:18in Ukraine
23:18kicked off,
23:19the European Union
23:20quickly said,
23:21we're not going to
23:21buy any more
23:22Russian energy.
23:23We're not going
23:23to put so-called
23:24money into Putin's
23:25so-called war
23:26coffers.
23:27Well, what happened?
23:28Exactly what
23:29Vladimir Putin said
23:30would happen.
23:31The sanctioned
23:32boomerang.
23:33Right now,
23:33the European economy
23:34is in stagnation.
23:36It is barely
23:37reaching 1% growth.
23:39The forecast
23:40is atrocious.
23:42Meantime,
23:42the economies
23:43of the BRICS countries
23:44and Russia in particular
23:45doing very well.
23:47Russia is looking
23:48at 3% growth.
23:49Russia is now
23:50the most sanctioned
23:51country in the world
23:52and yet
23:53its economy
23:54is the fourth
23:55largest in the world
23:56in terms of PPP
23:58purchasing power parity.
24:00This is something
24:01that Vladimir Putin
24:02warned the West about.
24:03You sanctioned me,
24:05those sanctions
24:06will boomerang.
24:08Meantime,
24:08as Europe tries
24:09to fund the Kiev regime
24:11with money
24:12it simply doesn't have,
24:14what does the future
24:15hold for Europe?
24:16It looks disastrous
24:18as the multipolar world
24:20now is taking the lead.
24:22We are witnessing
24:23the economic financial
24:24infrastructure
24:25of the world
24:26heading east.
24:28The Euro-Atlantic alliance
24:29is trying to keep
24:30its grip,
24:31but its grip
24:32is watching the world
24:33slide through its hands
24:35like grains
24:36and granules
24:36of sand.
24:37There is a new
24:39world order
24:40in town
24:41and this is one
24:42of the reasons
24:42why Donald Trump
24:44is tariffing
24:45and sanctioning
24:46all these countries
24:47around the world
24:48to stall
24:49their growth
24:50and try to put them
24:52in their place.
24:53It's too little,
24:54too late,
24:55hello new,
24:56polycentric world order.
24:58Can I therefore
25:02ask you in conclusion,
25:04Rory,
25:04there will be those
25:06of course who will say
25:07there is a moral position
25:08that India must take
25:09in support of Ukraine.
25:11I've heard it
25:12from a number
25:13of European nation
25:14ambassadors,
25:15but from others as well.
25:16There is a moral position
25:17that the territorial integrity
25:19and sovereignty
25:20of Ukraine
25:20was invaded by Russia.
25:22What will you tell
25:23those who will say
25:24that Vladimir Putin
25:25will also have to answer
25:27to certain stands
25:28that he's taken
25:29vis-a-vis Ukraine
25:30in terms of
25:31Russian expansionism?
25:32A quick final comment.
25:36Who financed
25:38the Maidan coup
25:39of 2014?
25:40Rory, go ahead.
25:41Who ousted
25:41the democratically
25:43elected leader
25:44of Ukraine?
25:46The United States,
25:47the State Department
25:48admitted
25:48we spent
25:49five billion dollars
25:51ousting
25:52the democratically
25:53elected leadership
25:53of Ukraine
25:54in 2014.
25:55Let me assure you
25:57the conflict
25:57did not start
25:58a few years ago.
26:00The conflict
26:00started in 2014.
26:02When you want
26:03to achieve
26:03regime change
26:04in a country,
26:05what do you do?
26:06You sanction it
26:07and you try,
26:08as Washington said,
26:09to bring it
26:10to its knees.
26:11That has failed.
26:13The only thing
26:14that has worked
26:15for the sanctions
26:15is it's brought
26:17Europe economically
26:18to its knees.
26:20It's a classic play
26:21out of Langley, Virginia
26:23when they want
26:24to achieve
26:24regime change.
26:25Either you do
26:27it physically,
26:28forcibly,
26:28militarily,
26:29or you sanction
26:30a country
26:31to such a level
26:32that the populace
26:33becomes so dissatisfied
26:35that the public
26:36achieves the regime
26:37change for Washington.
26:39They wanted that
26:39to happen in Moscow.
26:41Guess what?
26:41All these sanctions,
26:43all this Russophobia,
26:44all this anti-Russia rhetoric
26:46has only galvanized
26:47the Russian public
26:49around the Russian
26:50President Vladimir Putin.
26:52The support
26:52for the Kremlin
26:53in Russia
26:54to date
26:55has never
26:56been stronger.
27:02Rory Suchet,
27:03I must confess,
27:04I look forward
27:05to listening to you
27:06on RT.
27:06You make some
27:07wonderful observations
27:09from, of course,
27:10a Russian perspective,
27:11but it's good
27:11to have you on the show
27:12and my other guests.
27:14Good to have you all.
27:15We'll have plenty
27:16more of you.
27:16The visit starts tomorrow.
27:17Remember, of course,
27:18India Today
27:19is getting that
27:19world-exclusive interview
27:21with Vladimir Putin.
27:23We will have it on air
27:24same time tomorrow
27:25and excerpts
27:26right through the day
27:27tomorrow along
27:28with special guests.
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