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Sure fund the rockets landing on civilians in Ukraine if the price is right. I mean money is money.
So...
India is saying they can't afford to not buy the cheapest option? >

That’s capitalism + globalisation for you >

The end of sanctions on Russia will be hard on India. >

India doesn't appear to me to think about the future, always claiming to be too poor to act strategically. It's largely why they're still poor, if you ask me. >

Ironical coming from an armchair reddit diplomat >

So you think I should find another armchair diplomat forum? >

WE’LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
unless it inconveniences us in any way whatsoever >

Corrupt country that still burns witches says they’ll do something ethically questionable. 
That tracks >

Funny thing how this comment applies to many other countries around the globe who pretend to be on a moral high ground. >

There’s corruption, and there’s India level corruption. The whole country is a human rights and environmental nightmare. You couldn’t pay me to visit, 75% of the population surveyed would leave if given the opportunity. >

Wonder if the US will remember this when it comes time to parcel out visas.
Probably not. US companies can't even touch caste discrimination without these chucklefucks getting butthurt. >

Okay whichever country has problems with it can match Russian price and sell it to India. India continues to get oil and Putler loses. >

It's not other states work to finance Indias morals. Several states have massively restructured their energy imports in response to the invasion, moving from in some cases >50% of oil, gas, and/or coal imports coming from Russia to very little or none at all.
Meanwhile Indias stance appears to be that it's fine with financing the Russian war machine so long as it saves them a few bucks. >

So you don’t want Putin to be defeated by starving of cash. How cruel. But it is India’s work to prevent European wars >

In Europe, those who relied on cheap energy imports from Russia took their part of the burden in shifting off of that onto themselves. India likewise profited from russian prices, and now ought to use some of that saved money to shift away, the same way everyone else has done.

But it is India’s work to prevent European wars

It's not about the war, in principle. It's about the deaths. Continuing to buy stuff, especially energy resources, from Russia means funneling money into the russian war machine. Every rupie India gives to Russia is one more they can spend on the mass murder of Ukranians than they otherwise could. The choice is quite simple - either you sacrifice some money, or you sacrifice some peoples lives. Everyone else has chosen the only correct option. >

You are comparing very wealthy West European nations with smaller population with a per capita poor country and huge country population wise. Again your sacrifice would be beneficial because you’re in an alliance >

No, looking purely at the good of the EU and its states, shifting away from Russian imports is just throwing away money. It only becomes a relevant option because the other option would be to continue subsidizing Russias murders in Ukraine, and in that the option becomes the imperative.
Also, no "would" about it. Many EU states have sacrificed a lot of money to make this switch - but if it saves lives, then that's worth it.
India has the money, mind you. It's a giant economy, which has the very-well-backed-up balls to do stuff like confront China and demand a permanent seat at the UNSC. The people might not be rich, but the state is. You're just trying to excuse the fact that you're supporting valuing money higher than literal lives. >

Defending against China is not a per capita activity nor its military strength. But buying huge quantity of oil with increased prices will definitely leave it vulnerable. European countries have been outbidding India when it goes for spot buying in natural gas and oil. Would any European country let India to buy those non Russian supplies without outbidding? Meet us half way?           
It wouldn’t happen >

Right, but you will lose access to lots of other markets you needed much more and then realize your a bunch of idiots who tried to save pennies on the dollar and lost dollars instead.
Oil is a simple product and not actually rare and getting it for slightly more or less doesn't have as much impact on an economy as refined goods. It's a high volume product and as such it's both simple and rather cheaper per unit.. or else it would have went out of business long ago.
Soo you don't get much saving a little bit here and there on energy while sacrificing your more advanced markets as you get cut out of the global cooperative more and more for being troublemakers.
There is also the fact that such a huge population in such a bad geography is little more than a ticking timebomb and automated labor means India's long term economic prospects are not great because cheap foreign labor is also on the chopping block.
India wants to be the next China, but China is already the next China and after that robotic automation is the next China. India missed the boat and their GDP per capita is WAY too low to think they will catch up anytime before automation completely re-shaped the global economy.
I think they are going to be a giant population stuck in a drought prone geography with few options. China will have similar problem, but at least they developed a lot more before cheap labor started to decline. >

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