Correspondent for The Hindu; author, India's China Challenge (2020), The Comrades and the Mullahs (2022); I write The India China Newsletter on Substack

Ananth Krishnan

BRICS Beijing declaration doesn't criticise the West over Ukraine, something that Russia and China may have wanted to see. 

India's moderating influence? No China references in Quad statements, and no NATO references in BRICS... https://t.co/EPTfRZiUm4

From The Hindu Data team - China the biggest buyer of Russian crude oil since Ukraine invasion; Netherlands, Italy, Germany all imported more than India; but India's imports fastest rising, past 4 months alone half of what was imported in past 5 years https://t.co/bHmbIHuBJE https://t.co/hR2lea4IMb

From The Hindu Data team - China the biggest buyer of Russian crude oil since Ukraine invasion; Netherlands, Italy, Germany all imported more than India; but India's imports risen to record $3.7 billion in 4 months compared to $7.2 billion in past 5 years https://t.co/bHmbIHuBJE https://t.co/oCNh75FVf8

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