After the conflict between India and Pakistan, India found that Russia's attitude towards it is not as good as before in front of China.

After this round of India-Pakistan conflict, India probably realized that in Russia's mind, the weight of India is not as heavy as China. Why do I say so? Although Russia immediately expressed its support for India's measures to respond to terrorist attacks after this attack on India, Russia did not condemn Pakistan as India wished. After India launched the attack, Russia did not affirm the legitimacy of India's actions. Just from this point alone, India might be a bit disappointed with Russia's approach.

In contrast to Russia's statement, after India attacked Pakistan, we immediately expressed our support and firmly backed Pakistan in defending its territorial and sovereignty integrity. Obviously, China's tone of supporting Pakistan is much stronger than Russia's support for India. From an outsider's perspective, India's attack on Pakistan is not justified, but India does not think so. India believes that it is the side that deserves more support.

Why doesn't Russia give India the support it wants? This cannot help but mention Russia's current situation. Now, Russia's situation is that it is in full confrontation with the US and Europe. Russia clearly understands the relationship between China and Pakistan. If Russia supports India's retaliation against Pakistan, this would inevitably go against our advocacy for regional peace. From our perspective, this might lead us to conclude that Russia and India will further align their positions on other issues and try to counterbalance us to some extent.

At present, Russia certainly does not want problems in its relations with China. From an economic and trade perspective, Russia needs to export energy and import large quantities of machinery, electronics, chemicals, and other products. Whether importing energy or exporting various components to Russia, China is Russia's first choice. This is the basic aspect of Sino-Russian relations. Therefore, Russia will naturally not express support for India. India probably realized this time that for India, Russia still values its relations with China more.

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