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PREVIEW: NARENDRA MODI: #RUSSIA: #VLADIMIR PUTIN: Conversation with colleague Sadanand Dhume of the WSJ and AEI re: the Modi hug of Putin and the links between Delhi and Moscow. More tonight.

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 24 July 2024

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PREVIEW: NARENDRA MODI: #RUSSIA: #VLADIMIR PUTIN: Conversation with colleague Sadanand Dhume of the WSJ and AEI re: the Modi hug of Putin and the links between Delhi and Moscow. More tonight.

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0:00.0

Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

0:10.0

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

0:15.0

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

0:19.0

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

0:26.0

Piando Ferries, there is another way.

0:29.0

This is John Bachelor.

0:31.0

Conversation with my colleague Sadanand Dumé of the Wall Street Journal editorial page.

0:36.0

He writes a column on the subcontinent on Asia.

0:40.8

And the column deals with the most recent moment puzzling where Norengramody

0:48.4

on a embassy to Moscow hugged Vladimir Putin. This led to alarms and contrary remarks around the world.

0:57.0

I asked Soutenon about it and here's his explanation. The hugging of Vladimir Putin by the three times elected prime minister of the

1:08.4

Republic of India, Norendra Modi. More of this tonight. Well I think that the I think the official

1:16.6

statements have been circumspect. You're right. You know because people

1:20.9

rec have first of all they recognize what India is trying to achieve over here and the US recognizes that it's better to have India on site than not but I do think privately

1:31.4

both in the in the administration and elsewhere there is a certain amount of

1:36.2

you know dismay about this and I think that you could certainly make the case that even if India

1:42.4

needs to maintain some kind of

1:44.1

relationship with Russia that's pretty understandable if you sort of you know put

1:47.9

yourself in their shoes it wasn't exactly necessary to go about it in this way that was almost seen as a public

1:55.8

humiliation of the US administration. So I do think some of the criticism of

2:00.0

India on this is quite valid. Oh, he's cute.

2:05.0

Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

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