Can India trust the West? UK must answer
India will not abandon Russia simply to please western partners. It will not accept moral lectures that ignore western hypocrisy.
Updated At : 02:09 AM Dec 12, 2025 IST
Statecraft: A routine complaint is that India refuses to distance itself from Russian defence hardware. PTI
WHEN The Telegraph splashed its recent headline, "Can the West trust India?", it captured a sentiment now rippling through much of the British press. Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi has triggered the familiar chorus of western anxiety: India is "hedging", India is "in Moscow's orbit", India is "unreliable". Commentators warn about discounted Russian oil, defence purchases and diplomatic signalling — as though a sovereign nation pursuing its strategic interests were committing an ideological betrayal.
