India threatened to withdraw from BRICS, and the one who feels most uncomfortable is actually Russia! Judging from this latest India-Pakistan conflict, India's attitude towards Russia can be described as dissatisfaction. India originally believed that, after the terrorist attack, as an ally of iron, Russia would clearly support India. However, it turned out that not only did the Russian government not explicitly condemn Pakistan and support India, but even the Russian media rarely spoke up for India.
It is probably because of Russia's silence that India threatened to withdraw from the BRICS organization to force Russia to take a stand. Within the BRICS organization, Russia clearly relies on India to balance our influence. If India withdraws, our话语权 (voice and power) will become even heavier, which may not be what Russia hopes to see. However, considering the current trilateral relationship among China, Russia, and India, Russia wants to support India but also has its own concerns.
Compared with the Russia-India relationship, the current China-Russia relationship is undoubtedly more important for Russia. Whether it is importing energy from Russia or exporting electronics, machinery, chemicals, and other products to Russia, these are irreplaceable for Russia. This is the reality Russia faces. Russia naturally knows what kind of relationship exists between China and Pakistan, but if Russia openly supports India, it is also afraid that we might have ideas.
Although India is upset with Russia this time, Russia also has many opinions about India. For example, at such a grand event like Russia's commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, we made a high-level visit to Russia and gave Russia full face. But when it came to India, Modi did not attend, nor did the Indian defense minister. Although the reason given was the India-Pakistan conflict, India's cold treatment of Russia is something Russia is fully aware of.
Moreover, previously, India used the rupee to buy oil and natural gas from Russia. Russia held a large amount of Indian rupees and wanted to use them to purchase goods from India, but India refused to accept them. Not only that, but India also took advantage of discounted sales, leaving Russia quite unhappy. And now India clearly seems to be cozying up to the United States, so after the India-Pakistan conflict, the Russia-India relationship is likely to be affected to some extent.
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