Russia Asks India to Supply Big List of Needed Products, India is Happy to Boost Trade

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

The Jewish State Department of the United States drastically miscalculated how the sanctions would affect Russia.

It’s really incredible that they didn’t bring in smarter Jews to look at their plan. This was really a much bigger and more humiliating failure than the Afghanistan surrender.

Reuters:

Moscow has sent India a list of more than 500 products for potential delivery including parts for cars, aircraft and trains, four sources familiar with the matter said, as sanctions squeeze Russia’s ability to keep vital industries running.

The list, a version of which has been seen by Reuters in New Delhi, is provisional and it is unclear how many of the items will eventually be exported and in what quantity, but an Indian government source said the request was unusual in its scope.

India is keen to boost trade in this way, said the source, as it tries to narrow a ballooning trade deficit with Russia. Some companies have expressed concern, however, about potentially falling foul of Western sanctions.

An industry source in Moscow, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade asked large companies to supply lists of raw materials and equipment they needed.

The source added that further discussion would be needed to agree specifications and volumes and that the outreach was not limited to India.

Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Indian foreign and commerce ministries and the prime minister’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Russia’s requests were made weeks ahead of Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s visit to Moscow starting Nov. 7, two of the Indian sources said. It was not immediately clear what was conveyed by New Delhi to Russia during the visit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has not joined Western countries in openly criticising Moscow for the war in Ukraine, and has sharply increased purchases of Russian oil that have cushioned it from some of the impact of sanctions.

During the Moscow visit, Jaishankar said India needed to boost exports to Russia to balance bilateral trade that is now tilted towards Russia.

Given the damage that these sanctions have done to Europe and America, Russia has absolutely come out on top. There is no way Putin could have written the sanctions himself and created a better outcome for Russia.

We are reminded of how God says in the Bible that He turns the acts of wicked men into goodness.