Modi’s Embrace of Putin Irks Biden Team Pushing Support for Kyiv

US prosecutors are also investigating an alleged murder-for-hire plot on American soil that they say involved senior Indian officials. India has said it’s probing the matter.

“The timing of the visit demonstrates an apparent disregard toward US interests that is somewhat jarring, considering how much progress had been made in US-India relations over the last year,” said Lisa Curtis, a former White House official and senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank in Washington. “India is performing a balancing act between Russia and the US, but this time the balance seemed to tip too far in Russia’s direction.”

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