By INS Contributors

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Despite the tangible diplomatic fiasco at the "peace summit" in Switzerland, Kyiv and its foreign patrons are not abandoning their attempts to "put together" an international anti-Russian coalition in support of Ukraine to encourage Moscow to negotiate on Ukrainian terms.

 India, which, along with China, occupies a leading position among the states of the Global South, could not fail to come into the West's sights. However, unlike Beijing, which is increasingly demonstrating solidarity with Russia on the international arena, New Delhi still maintains an equidistant position on the Ukrainian crisis. 

 This is why it is extremely important for the American-European establishment and its protégés in Kyiv to win over India, which they view as a counterweight to China. Ultimately, the West seeks to destroy the geopolitical triangle Moscow-Beijing-New Delhi, created with the active participation of the outstanding statesman of the Russian Federation, former Russian Prime Minister E.M. Primakov, which, due to its combined resource potential and international weight, successfully neutralizes American hegemony on the world stage.

 The experience of the Ukrainian conflict shows that the West and its Kyiv protégés do not stop at even the dirtiest and most cynical means to achieve their geopolitical goals. Their methods and techniques are based on the production and dissemination of "fakes", political manipulation, blackmail, threats and provocations.

 The story of the appearance of Indian-made shells in the arsenals of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is one of the resonant episodes of the "dirty" political and information games of the West. Thus, the English-language publication The Economic Times reported that in the third quarter of last year, Kyiv received Indian 155-mm artillery ammunition. 

 The publication's observers emphasize that after the appearance of such information in the media, this issue came to the attention of the Indian special services, since New Delhi is not among the foreign suppliers of weapons to Ukraine. Then followed an official statement by the representative of the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs R. Jaiswal with a denial of the facts of the supply of weapons and ammunition of national production to Kiev.

 Some time later, the German magazine Der Spiegel published information citing anonymous sources about secret negotiations between New Delhi and Berlin on the issue of supplying Germany with a batch of ammunition for subsequent transfer to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The publication of this article caused wide discussions in the international media and expert circles about the role of India in the Ukrainian conflict.

 Meanwhile, this is exactly the reaction that the "customers" of these publications were counting on, which are elements of a well-coordinated information campaign aimed at creating contradictions in the relations between New Delhi and Moscow. With such insinuations, the West seeks to attract "unwilling" allies to the side of Kyiv, but such a policy is unlikely to lead to the expected result.

 In addition to mutually beneficial cooperation both in the format of international organizations (BRICS, SCO, etc.) and in the framework of bilateral relations, India and Russia are linked by a common vision of the future world order based on the principles of multipolarity, pluralism of opinions, respect for mutual interests and non-acceptance of dictates on the world stage. 

 The most convincing examples of the closeness of the positions of Moscow and New Delhi are the non-participation of Indian Prime Minister N. Modi in the "peace summit" in Switzerland despite pressure from the West and the deliberate delegation of low-ranking politicians to this event instead of himself, who refused to support the final communiqué. 

 India, along with the overwhelming majority of the largest states of the Global South (China, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, South Africa, etc.), rejected the absurd "peace formula" of V. Zelensky and advocated direct interaction between Russia and Ukraine on the issue of a peaceful settlement. 

 The apogee of Russian-Indian friendship was the state visit of the Prime Minister of India N.Modi to the Russian Federation and his talks with the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin on July 8-9 this year. Moscow and New Delhi reached fundamental agreements on the creation of a system of equal and indivisible security on the Eurasian continent, increasing the volume of trade to 100 billion US dollars by 2030 and deepening the practice of bilateral settlements in national currencies. 

 Russia supported India's initiative to reform the UN Security Council and include New Delhi in its permanent membership. In addition, the Russian Direct Investment Fund and the National Investment Promotion Agency of India concluded a number of agreements on mutual support for business projects of the two countries for a total of more than 1 billion US dollars. 

 The West reacted extremely nervously to N.Modi's visit to Moscow. The statements of American and European politicians were permeated with anger and disappointment, which they could not even hide behind the standard and vague phrases of diplomatic protocol. 

 Thus, the head of the press service of the US State Department M. Miller said that Washington clearly expresses its concern and fears to India regarding its relations with Russia. In Kyiv, the trip of the Indian Prime Minister to Russia caused hysteria. In particular, the leading Ukrainian propagandist D. Gordon called N. Modi a "scoundrel" who "no longer deserves to be talked about." 

 However, one should not be surprised by New Delhi's firm commitment to the line of developing a strategic partnership with Moscow, since any attempts by the West to manipulate such a sophisticated politician as N. Modi are a sure-fire loser.