As an Indian i can say many Indians know where to draw the line between geopolitics and entertainment. When its entertainment they are open to west but when its Geopolitics they know whom to backup for their Interest.
Russia always helped India even when India was nothing. During Pak vs Ind entire western countries backed Pak and Ind was left alone. Only one country came to our rescue which made west turn back and we won against Pak, can you guess the name of that country. Yes non other than Russia. India and Russia share a deep bond which goes beyond profit making. Even in the case of various issues, like when the asia's gets affected by the war the entire west just ignores it like nothings happening, be it somalia, be it afghanistan, be it syria, israel, etc. But when it came to Ukraine they are just throwing away money to fund the war against Russia. This is the western hypocrisy that we see here in India. That's the reason despite of many downs still I thing Trump's is a good choice for American president for global peace, can't say anything about American interest cause I'm not aware of that much.
@@thegamerdoc1 India has specifically said they are not allies with anyone and work just for the betterment of its people, which is valid. That being said, while the GOI says that it's clear that Russia is the exception.
Russia will only help when china is not involved. During Indo-china war Russia didn't come to help India, instead the US came for our help. USA helped India the same way Russia had helped India during Indo-Pak war. If India ever locks heads again with China, "brother" Russia won't come to our help. Don't be delusional.
The thing is Russia has never manipulated India and never acted which could hamper India. While the US does the opposite. US has helped India in many things, which are of course recent events, but also acts very weirdly against India. To sum up, Russia is reliable while the US and the west are not.
That is not totally true. Although they have helped India previously but you can't say they never manipulated India. Heck they even got Indra Gandhi to change the preamble of the constitution and add term socialist in it. Just search "Ideological subversion" to know how much manipulation was done by Russia. We were just one of the pawns between the cold war of USSR and USA.
While the world was trying to pin the "War Profiteer" tag on India, Zelensky called the US a war profiteer when he said the US military aid is a US investment! And he said that in the US congress!
Ukraine War is just a fiasco for Biden, To protect BIDEN FAMILY's corruption in Ukraine. There was treaty about to happen between Ukraine and Russia, But, Biden sent Borris Johnson to intervene, and sway/threaten Zelensky to do the opposite. You have to understand current Russia- Ukraine scenario, isn't what it looks like on the surface. There are multiple cob-webs linking major and key players from all around the world, who have vested interest in it.
22:10 That's the thing. Russia is ruthless but every time India had a war or crisis, Russia has been of help more than US or EU. They ask India to take a stance (ruining it's relation with Russia) but they never took any stances or cared about these issues in this side of the world. Funnily enough, you mentioned Venezuela but the US is the reason why Iranian oil and Venezuelan oil can't enter the market. Even if India forgoes it's relation with Russia, the per capita income of the people isn't enough to afford crazy oil prices and there just aren't other options available.
This video does not explain why India still continues to buy from Russia, it paints a picture as if just because it is cheap India is buying from Russia, it does not talk about how much is the domestic demand what options India has, what challenges India has if it buys from middle east...I think our FM explains it properly in his interview, it is not that India doesn't care..it is more like India doesn't have the luxury to follow the trend at the cost of making its citizens life difficult.
So well said👏we HAVE to buy Russian oil, not like we enjoy buying it and teasing these western nations. We're just looking out for our own best interests.
Plus if we don't buy from Russia.... Russia will have to shut down their production and oil prices will out of roof for everyone... which is a recipe for disaster. ..
As someone who has lived in Russia for a lot of years and has seen this war, i can say one thing about Putin, This man knows how to protect Russian citizens and not let them pay the cost of his decisions. While this war was going on Me (an India) as well as other international friends of mine (US, UK and many more) saw this firsthand. All of them chose to stay in Russia because they will be much safer there than their own country.
As an Indian I can tell one thing Jaby Russia is way way more reliable than the west and especially USA so we are getting discounted oil as long as west tries to limit Russian oil exports
USA refused to help when in need and India choose Soviet Union as a partner which lasts till date as INDIA RUSSIA Special strategic partner and friend in all aspects of Military and Weapons, geopolitics, and geoeconomics.
Forget about not helping India, in 1971 when Pakistani Army murdered 3 million Bangladeshis(mainly Hindus), India entered Bangladesh to liberate Bangladeshi people, both US and UK entered Indian Ocean to stop India, USSR also entered Indian Ocean and stopped US and UK. Then US president said "Indians are bastards" and also called our then PM Indira Gandhi a bi*ch.
USA didn't refused to help it was a era of cold war between USA and USSR it was a time when if you will alline yourself with USA you will be the enemy of USSR and if you chose USSR so you will be enemy of USA And we chose USSR because of many circumstances and pakistan chose USA Every one works for thier own interest and we like RUSSIA because thier interest doesn't collide with ours and we stood shoulder to shoulder And USA is also important they support pakistan to keep india in check and control Afghanistan region if Pakistan failed it will be disaster for the world as we know it's a nuclear country There is a lot more complex mess going on so just chill and enjoy without any subscription 👍 Everyone is right on thier own place but I hate racist geopolitics what EU , UK and USA plays they should play it fair
@@satyamrathor3860 exuactly India ask US not to send help to Pakistan before the 1971 war but they help Pakistan again an again, the reason of that war is to free Bangladesh, we have to go against UK USA and Pakistan all alone so we ask help from Russia
Atleast for India, Russia and before that USSR have been highly reliable. Be it any natural calamity, terrorist attack ,any wars , food grains , Russia has helped us whenever we required. To be fair, West played Putin in Minsk accords,rather than him not keeping his promise
High russian propoganda does that to you. Why do you think russian neighbour want to join NATO defence pact and after russian invasion of Ukraine, why do you think Sweden and Finland want to join NATO?
@@SafavidAfsharid3197 russian propoganda working on Indians! what a joke. We Indians just remember how russia came to our help when USA sided with Pakistan always and choose to back a dictator instead of world's largest democracy.
@@SafavidAfsharid3197 For India though, only fact we have is that west has always backstabbed us unlike Russia who always back us up in wars or in geopolitics. So we have to play the cards we are dealt!
India's experience with Russia and the erstwhile USSR has been very different than that of East European countries. The relationship is time tested. During the 1971 India Pakistan war, Russian submarine fleet defended India from the US and UK naval fleets who were coming to attack India. Secondly, 85% of Indian defence purchases are from Russia. India is the biggest defence importer in the world. Russia needs India more than India needs Russia, particularly after the Ukraine war. So, India has no threat from Russia.
USA is that friend who calls only if it benefits him or has some work, Russia is a friend who is always there in tough times. it's all about friendship and trust. Russian helped us in important situations and at the same time usa funded Pakistan for war against us so that makes our bond with Russia stronger and sometimes questions the real intention of usa. If India and china work out their differences and become best friends we both can become the biggest business man in the world.
The ending part, I would say as India is taking oil from Russia, Russia is also importing automobiles, medicines, the list is loooong. So it’s a mutual business, so there is no chance of monopoly, like your internet provider, as both countries depends on each other for their respected businesses and growth, where the world is dancing in the inflation. We Indians are very fortunate, that we gave the responsibility to run our nation to the right person at the right time.
But They doesn't go into details like Think School Videos. Some Titles on Newspaper Articles doesn't tell the whole story in details & jaby is not a Geopolitical reaction type channel. I think Think School is better for him.
@@darknebula455 yep... I agree... Yet there is not any video on Prashant Sir's eng channel that can be called triggering the discussion... But yeah if there is any video like such in future, then may be it is possible to suggest Jaby about it..
@@darknebula455 sometime TS goes to the details which are not even needed for the context on the other hand PD Sir's videos are on point and no beating around the bush
The reason you may find India apathetic is because of India’s need to serve its citizen. But not just that, we have many issues with Pakistan. But no western country comes to aid. But they expect us to back them when they have concerns. As Jaishankar said, Europe should stop thinking that European problems are world’s problems but world’s problems are not theirs. India has huge military dependence on Russia because US provided military support to Pakistan instead of India during Cold War. That dependence is not because India chose Russia.
23:00 That is actually a valid point that India had considered as well. From the cursory knowledge I have, those oil offers were not agreed upon from the get go and it was initially rejected. They had to go through a lot of negotiations to agree upon India's terms and conditions about it. Think School did gloss over most of that since that topic by itself is also a very interesting one about SWIFT systems and other considerations about transactions. TLDR, India is sort of doing "safe trading" where if needed it can benefit from both sides since it is both a diplomatic "friend" of Russia all the while being a part of the G20 and the Quad, between which it has to delicately maintain the balance.
@@Anonymous.96 many times after recognition the channel improves, just like slay point or even Think School started adding subtitles everywhere instead of select videos.
Jaby just for context even before war , in India the taxes on Fuel were so high we were paying 5$ per gallon already and after the war Oil price rising it increased to 6$ and even now we pay 5$ . For our Indian Incomes 5$ per gallon or aprox ₹100 per litre way high. Our Inflation calculation different and many items are not included . If we don't buy Russian cheap (pre war price of 73$) then impact would be catastrophic.
India has good relationship with Saudi and Venezuela. Alternatives, India always keeps alternatives. Meanwhile, India can't afford going against Russia.
In 1971 USA and UK sent their Navy to attack India as India was in war with Pakistan which Pakistan was loosing (this war gave birth to Bangladesh) It was Russia who came to India's support and pushed both UK and US back singlehandedly Besides US only supported Pakistan for arms supply and never agreed to supply arms to India. This is one of the reasons India will always be friends with Russia
Glad to see think school video here. I have watched entire video again! In my view as an Indian, Russia is our BFF and Israel is our new best friend. We also help out countries who needs help because we believe that world is a one family.
India has invested in guana and brazil. And for lithium we have invested in argentina. And for oil we have invested in ethonal blending. It means by 2030 we will be free from oil market monopoly.
World affairs English, short, well researched information on geopolitics But only few videos on English channel bcz it's just launched, it's Hindi version is great
"Europe thinks it's problems are world's problems but world's problems are not it's problems". FM's this phrase dilutes all the summary of EU's current state and Inflation.
The biggest reason why India still buys from Russia is because Europe has started buying from Middle East switching from Russia and it will increase prices if India and China also buy from Middle East. To balance out prices and keep prices cheap we buy from Russia.
that does not make sense. prices are not going to increase because of the cap. India will buy from where it is cheapest. russia will have to stay competitive.
I believe it will be worse for US from February as China 🇨🇳 India 🇮🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 have decided to do business in respective local currency 💱 completely bypassing dollar 💲 monopoly.
About what you're talking at 22:00 being locked in, I don't think that'll happen. Like the video said, although India increased its oil import from Russia, Iraq and Saudi Arabia are still miles ahead in the sheer volume of Oil export to India. So if that time does come where Putin turns his back, we can always fall back on our regular suppliers.
Plus with the investment India brings into Russia, there is no chance in long time that Putin will turn his back on their one of the biggest buyers 😅 India is the closest democratic ally Russia has and Russia knows that fact that keeping good ties with India will always be helpful at world stage
22:46 India didn’t wanted a relationship with Russia but the West arming Pakistan with Missiles,aircrafts and funding Billions of Dollars during the Kargil War is what forced India to establish a relation with Russia. News of the Day : USA just became the largest buyer of Russian Oil from India🤣😂
Indo Russian relationships are strong since the Soviet era & 1st country to recognise Russia as a country after the dissolution of the USSR. Trivia: Raj Kapoor had such great fanbase in russia that his movies were co-produced by the USSR
India can afford high priced oil in future as it's a growing economy..and their culture is strong where dying for your friends is concerned..whether the oil price sky rockets for India they will still respect Russia for it as prices change according to the need of the people..plus Indians are highly educated and works like ants to stock pile before rainy season hits..they are always way ahead with their plans for future and never limit themselves to the present..so yeah I guess it will not turn the relationship sour between the two countries..India is already generating bio fuel and have other oil producing countries as allies... Fiji 🇫🇯
India gets cheap oil as long as it wants as it's one of the largest buyers and rest of the world too wants India as their customer because India is a friend to everyone. Saudi and Iranian are already trying to woo India and Iraq is also one of our biggest supplier plus we are investing in African oil too. So we got an unique kind of leverage too.
The matter of fact is, india and Russia are so gigantic that nothing will work 😂😅 EU and usa can combine to stop oil purchase but china and India can alone fund Russia and help them to earn profits at an unprecedented rate
India will not be locked in as Russia knows the importance of China and india and if they stopped buying oil than who will Russia sell their oil. Moreover, Middle East was india's traditional buyer and now europe is buying from middle East that means they are squeezing our market share so we have to go to Russia which is not our traditional supplier
So that's the power of Indian diplomacy. India is great with every country and we can still maintain good relations with everyone so the aspect of lock in is not possible from Indian perspective!
You have to agree Indians are prudent businessmen..God says be prudent in your ways right...I read Bible a lot..it's awesome to learn what life is all about.. Fiji 🇫🇯
@@loveIzuku7878 What you learn in bible is how to be religious or more so a good person. What we learn in Geeta is how to live life and become successful with presence of mind and tackling barrier. More phylosophies🖤
Love from India. From my prospective this is a Russian vs Europe and USA war, Whereas India has nothing to do with other’s ideologies and above mentioned counties have their own interests and geopolitical stands. India has maintained a neutral and respectful approach for every other country. On the other hand India have always emphasised both countries for a rational and peace talks that should benefit both the nations. India has fought many wars without the help of west and we have and still neutralising terrorists, Only we know the damage and repercussions of a war. India may be a stronger nation now but we have fought harder for the peace. Now is the time for Indian rulers to help its own people (Indians) with the necessities specially in energy sector. PS if my words offend anyone.
Dude, India is master of managing things. We will get the Energy in the form & money we want it😅😅 But creating a Syndicate like what G7 has done to blackmail and then doesn't allow Venezuela to sell oil to India, that's cheap and tells the story, what so called Developed nation mindset is !
I think russia was not only responsible for the war it ukraine pm mistake also he can stop or delay it for some time and if anyone expect from india then all have to know if in 1971 russia was not there no one can see india today so how can we refuse them in this difficult time
Jaby asked valid question about India purchasing Russia oil and how long will it go like that, I'll explain So what i understand from the news our government learned from Europe that never rely on one source and that's why Indian government buys all from all the sources available not only Russia. You see our oil purchase is diversified to Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, Kuwait, Colombia, Egypt, Angola, Norway, Oman, Malaysia, Russia and US This gives us advantage if someone of these listed countries decide to block the supply, still it will not hurt India because we can increase oil import from other countries to fill the gap I hope this will help you understand how India overcome all this 💩 😊
India is dealing with Russia for decades - Maybe scary to you Americans but ask any common Indians from cities to rural villagers about how they feel about trusting Russia and the US.. Guess what their answers will be..
Intresting fact "usa and eu want Indian refine petroleum products by private companies nayra and reliance 😀" And nayra, reliance buy crude oil from Russia 😂😂😂 ualalala 😂😂
India has very smartly managed the Ukraine situation to its interest. Russia, China, and India are countering and rebalancing US and EU monopolistic mindset.
It is a Catch 22 situation for the US. They have sided for so long with Pakistan and they never really got anywhere. Now the US is backing India but the Russia-Ukraine puts them at opposite sides of the spectrum. Ideally, the US will keep India out of the Russia-Ukraine conflict but would try to gain upper hand in the other areas of cooperation between India and the US!
If you ask me As a global citizen who do i Trust, US or Russia, I'd say US 9-10 times. As an Indian citizen I'd say Russia 10-10 times. Russia is not a friend, but a time tested ally, whereas we associate US with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and in general a patronizing country who doesn't walk the talk. We became close with Russia because of US in the first place, because they chose Pakistan over India as an ally to get a pathway to Afghanistan and central Asia. They only went away from Pakistan after 9/11.
Russia helped India in 71’ war period . But New India knows diplomacy better b/w Russia & US . So balance will be maintained I believe. This new Indian era of External Ministry & Diplomacy was so long required . Though internally we don’t see any price drop in Petroleum Industry in the country. Jai Hind 🇮🇳✨
Meanwhile USA is now India's top purchaser of oil products followed by other European countries. West is still buying Russian oil through India now🤣😂 they know it but now they can't ignore cheap rates.
May be it was always the plan of the west. To buy through other countries but cause nuisance to russia along the way. Also, they are getting all the fertile refugees men and women from Russia and Ukrain to work for their labour force at the bottom of the work force
Great to see you guys reacting to this video.. Under rated channels and everyone must be aware of geopolitics as they are about local politics. Remember guys every thing happens around will directly or indirectly have an impact on our daily life
India is never about "It's either my way or the highway" concept.. We will not be "locked in", because even though India has increased its oil imports from Russia, our major source is still Iraq and Saudi Arabia. If at all in the future Russia turns its back on India (I highly doubt that, because of the sort of relationship we have) India will simply fall back on its regular sources. Russia helped India when India had nothing much to offer back. They stood by us time and again on various issues. Russia has used its veto power in favor of India when the other veto countries sided with Pakistan and now it is India's turn to help Russia. India does not burn its bridges when it comes to diplomacy. Russia is trustworthy compared to the backstabbing western countries. We have many instances throughout history and in geopolitics. A lesson well learned.
8:00 One cannot just switch to electric vehicles just to reduce oil consumption . Need to also consider the fact where does the electricity eventually comes from - how electricity is generated and the byproducts arising from oil and gas. This is a more complicated issue as we are more dependent on oil and gas than we think we know.
in 1971 war USSR was on INDIA'S side and USA was on pak's side , INDIA & RUSSIA hold a very old relation , INDIA use RUSSIA'S vito power in UN whenever needed and well USA has always funded pakistan which they still do despite of pakistan's back stabbing in osma bin laden's case , as far USA will keep supporting pakistan their will always be issues in INDIA and USA relation's
On a short note Venezuela is also been sanctioned by USA and if oil prices goes upto 380 then electric cars will not be cheap because your friend China who supply world 98%. Rare earth elements will also increase there price and there goes the EV
Bro as you describe that for how long can India rely on Russia for oil...you can look at the diversification we have done in oil imports,approx we are importing oil from approx 14 countries.. Moreover why we believe much in USSR now Russia on every aspect u can read Indian History. We never forget our friends.Its our time to help Russia and India is simply doing it well... Long live friendship of India and Russia ❤️👍
I am no expert but when Jaby asked that for how long india will get oil at a discounted price , what immediately came to my mind was, definitely longer than europe will be able to sustain their economy with sky rocketing crude oil prices from the middle east. I may be wrong and I am open to being corrected .
Hey Jaby, Thanks for taking this up :) Appreciate it ❤
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Big fan sir
Really thanks for making such Knowledgeable content
Hi broo. Thanks for the documentary.
Where is a podcast between Jaby and Think school???
As an Indian i can say many Indians know where to draw the line between geopolitics and entertainment. When its entertainment they are open to west but when its Geopolitics they know whom to backup for their Interest.
Well said
And American made worst decision by choosing Biden instead of Trump.. It will take decades to understand why Trump was good over Biden
Yes bro..
Yes , absolutely .
Very meaningful comment bhai. Commendable.
Russia always helped India even when India was nothing. During Pak vs Ind entire western countries backed Pak and Ind was left alone. Only one country came to our rescue which made west turn back and we won against Pak, can you guess the name of that country. Yes non other than Russia. India and Russia share a deep bond which goes beyond profit making. Even in the case of various issues, like when the asia's gets affected by the war the entire west just ignores it like nothings happening, be it somalia, be it afghanistan, be it syria, israel, etc. But when it came to Ukraine they are just throwing away money to fund the war against Russia. This is the western hypocrisy that we see here in India. That's the reason despite of many downs still I thing Trump's is a good choice for American president for global peace, can't say anything about American interest cause I'm not aware of that much.
Rightly said...
India and Russia are friends and we Indians know how to be friends. Unlike west who play with the world as they see fit. 🤠
@@thegamerdoc1 India has specifically said they are not allies with anyone and work just for the betterment of its people, which is valid. That being said, while the GOI says that it's clear that Russia is the exception.
@@panjabipandit no, India doesn't mean that, India just ignores alliance (group based allys)
Russia will only help when china is not involved. During Indo-china war Russia didn't come to help India, instead the US came for our help. USA helped India the same way Russia had helped India during Indo-Pak war. If India ever locks heads again with China, "brother" Russia won't come to our help. Don't be delusional.
The thing is Russia has never manipulated India and never acted which could hamper India. While the US does the opposite. US has helped India in many things, which are of course recent events, but also acts very weirdly against India. To sum up, Russia is reliable while the US and the west are not.
Well Russia tried to manipulate India during Soviet times
@@abps9947 how?
@@longlivehumanity9485u should check the history of India with Russia. And history of US with all Asian countries
That is not totally true. Although they have helped India previously but you can't say they never manipulated India. Heck they even got Indra Gandhi to change the preamble of the constitution and add term socialist in it. Just search "Ideological subversion" to know how much manipulation was done by Russia. We were just one of the pawns between the cold war of USSR and USA.
While the world was trying to pin the "War Profiteer" tag on India, Zelensky called the US a war profiteer when he said the US military aid is a US investment! And he said that in the US congress!
Ukraine War is just a fiasco for Biden,
To protect BIDEN FAMILY's corruption in Ukraine.
There was treaty about to happen between Ukraine and Russia,
But, Biden sent Borris Johnson to intervene, and sway/threaten Zelensky to do the opposite.
You have to understand current Russia- Ukraine scenario, isn't what it looks like on the surface.
There are multiple cob-webs linking major and key players from all around the world, who have vested interest in it.
Wars are profitable for every country except the one who loses
@@hsakaardnetih7898 for some countries*
Not for the people who are paying too much taxes on arms,war,energy etc etc
lmao that’s exactly what the US did with ww1 and ww2
22:10 That's the thing. Russia is ruthless but every time India had a war or crisis, Russia has been of help more than US or EU. They ask India to take a stance (ruining it's relation with Russia) but they never took any stances or cared about these issues in this side of the world.
Funnily enough, you mentioned Venezuela but the US is the reason why Iranian oil and Venezuelan oil can't enter the market. Even if India forgoes it's relation with Russia, the per capita income of the people isn't enough to afford crazy oil prices and there just aren't other options available.
This video does not explain why India still continues to buy from Russia, it paints a picture as if just because it is cheap India is buying from Russia, it does not talk about how much is the domestic demand what options India has, what challenges India has if it buys from middle east...I think our FM explains it properly in his interview, it is not that India doesn't care..it is more like India doesn't have the luxury to follow the trend at the cost of making its citizens life difficult.
So well said👏we HAVE to buy Russian oil, not like we enjoy buying it and teasing these western nations. We're just looking out for our own best interests.
Thank God someone said this ... Great job sneha 👍
Plus if we don't buy from Russia.... Russia will have to shut down their production and oil prices will out of roof for everyone... which is a recipe for disaster. ..
Truth said👍
PD sir
As someone who has lived in Russia for a lot of years and has seen this war, i can say one thing about Putin, This man knows how to protect Russian citizens and not let them pay the cost of his decisions. While this war was going on Me (an India) as well as other international friends of mine (US, UK and many more) saw this firsthand. All of them chose to stay in Russia because they will be much safer there than their own country.
As an Indian I can tell one thing Jaby Russia is way way more reliable than the west and especially USA so we are getting discounted oil as long as west tries to limit Russian oil exports
Damn. Wish we could say the same about their technology.
@@ashishhembrom3905what is your experience with their technology?
Indian people Love and respect Russia 🇷🇺.
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USA refused to help when in need and India choose Soviet Union as a partner which lasts till date as INDIA RUSSIA Special strategic partner and friend in all aspects of Military and Weapons, geopolitics, and geoeconomics.
So you really think india gets more benefits/funds from Russia than western countries/organizations huh ?
Yup 👍
Forget about not helping India, in 1971 when Pakistani Army murdered 3 million Bangladeshis(mainly Hindus), India entered Bangladesh to liberate Bangladeshi people, both US and UK entered Indian Ocean to stop India, USSR also entered Indian Ocean and stopped US and UK.
Then US president said "Indians are bastards" and also called our then PM Indira Gandhi a bi*ch.
USA didn't refused to help it was a era of cold war between USA and USSR it was a time when if you will alline yourself with USA you will be the enemy of USSR and if you chose USSR so you will be enemy of USA
And we chose USSR because of many circumstances and pakistan chose USA
Every one works for thier own interest and we like RUSSIA because thier interest doesn't collide with ours and we stood shoulder to shoulder
And USA is also important they support pakistan to keep india in check and control Afghanistan region if Pakistan failed it will be disaster for the world as we know it's a nuclear country
There is a lot more complex mess going on so just chill and enjoy without any subscription 👍
Everyone is right on thier own place but I hate racist geopolitics what EU , UK and USA plays they should play it fair
@@satyamrathor3860 exuactly India ask US not to send help to Pakistan before the 1971 war but they help Pakistan again an again, the reason of that war is to free Bangladesh, we have to go against UK USA and Pakistan all alone so we ask help from Russia
"A Friend in need is a friend indeed" - India and Russia know this well.
Atleast for India, Russia and before that USSR have been highly reliable. Be it any natural calamity, terrorist attack ,any wars , food grains , Russia has helped us whenever we required.
To be fair, West played Putin in Minsk accords,rather than him not keeping his promise
High russian propoganda does that to you. Why do you think russian neighbour want to join NATO defence pact and after russian invasion of Ukraine, why do you think Sweden and Finland want to join NATO?
@@SafavidAfsharid3197 russian propoganda working on Indians! what a joke. We Indians just remember how russia came to our help when USA sided with Pakistan always and choose to back a dictator instead of world's largest democracy.
@@SafavidAfsharid3197 For India though, only fact we have is that west has always backstabbed us unlike Russia who always back us up in wars or in geopolitics. So we have to play the cards we are dealt!
India's experience with Russia and the erstwhile USSR has been very different than that of East European countries. The relationship is time tested.
During the 1971 India Pakistan war, Russian submarine fleet defended India from the US and UK naval fleets who were coming to attack India.
Secondly, 85% of Indian defence purchases are from Russia. India is the biggest defence importer in the world.
Russia needs India more than India needs Russia, particularly after the Ukraine war.
So, India has no threat from Russia.
Exactly
USA is that friend who calls only if it benefits him or has some work, Russia is a friend who is always there in tough times. it's all about friendship and trust.
Russian helped us in important situations and at the same time usa funded Pakistan for war against us so that makes our bond with Russia stronger and sometimes questions the real intention of usa.
If India and china work out their differences and become best friends we both can become the biggest business man in the world.
WORLD AFFAIRS ENGLISH is a must watch channel! Highly recommended
PD sir 🥰
It's for daily affairs not for detailed videos
It just got started ....think school is better right now
Yes right ✅️
Prashant Dawan Sir! 🙌
The ending part, I would say as India is taking oil from Russia, Russia is also importing automobiles, medicines, the list is loooong. So it’s a mutual business, so there is no chance of monopoly, like your internet provider, as both countries depends on each other for their respected businesses and growth, where the world is dancing in the inflation. We Indians are very fortunate, that we gave the responsibility to run our nation to the right person at the right time.
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Sab bhagwan ki kripa hai brother
Right person...that's the operative word.
Make that the right UNCORRUPTIBLE person
'World affairs' channel is one of the best to understand geopolitics and now they have an ENGLISH channel too ❤️❤️❤️
Yup, best available on UA-cam.
But They doesn't go into details like Think School Videos. Some Titles on Newspaper Articles doesn't tell the whole story in details & jaby is not a Geopolitical reaction type channel. I think Think School is better for him.
@@darknebula455 yep... I agree... Yet there is not any video on Prashant Sir's eng channel that can be called triggering the discussion...
But yeah if there is any video like such in future, then may be it is possible to suggest Jaby about it..
@@Clean09 well it's just beginning....
They will do something soon
@@darknebula455 sometime TS goes to the details which are not even needed for the context on the other hand PD Sir's videos are on point and no beating around the bush
The reason you may find India apathetic is because of India’s need to serve its citizen. But not just that, we have many issues with Pakistan. But no western country comes to aid. But they expect us to back them when they have concerns. As Jaishankar said, Europe should stop thinking that European problems are world’s problems but world’s problems are not theirs. India has huge military dependence on Russia because US provided military support to Pakistan instead of India during Cold War. That dependence is not because India chose Russia.
Guess what US is the largest buyer of Russian oil now through India…there is no limit to their hypocrisy 😂😂
A day without hypocrisy is a day wated : USA
@@VikramSingh-dj5hh pl add USA's concubine, UK also
23:00 That is actually a valid point that India had considered as well. From the cursory knowledge I have, those oil offers were not agreed upon from the get go and it was initially rejected. They had to go through a lot of negotiations to agree upon India's terms and conditions about it. Think School did gloss over most of that since that topic by itself is also a very interesting one about SWIFT systems and other considerations about transactions.
TLDR, India is sort of doing "safe trading" where if needed it can benefit from both sides since it is both a diplomatic "friend" of Russia all the while being a part of the G20 and the Quad, between which it has to delicately maintain the balance.
World affairs and Think school are best channels to get genuine geopolitical updates, they don't show only Wikipedia information😂
Yes, someone needs to recommend Prashant sir's videos now. He has world affairs English now.
@@nikhilpolekar8325 'world affairs english' is not ready yet for foreigners...and it needs improvement..
@@Anonymous.96 many times after recognition the channel improves, just like slay point or even Think School started adding subtitles everywhere instead of select videos.
Completely agree Prashant sir rocks😁🤘
No
Jaby just for context even before war , in India the taxes on Fuel were so high we were paying 5$ per gallon already and after the war Oil price rising it increased to 6$ and even now we pay 5$ . For our Indian Incomes 5$ per gallon or aprox ₹100 per litre way high. Our Inflation calculation different and many items are not included . If we don't buy Russian cheap (pre war price of 73$) then impact would be catastrophic.
World affairs Channel is highly recommended for geopolitics
World affairs English
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India has good relationship with Saudi and Venezuela. Alternatives, India always keeps alternatives. Meanwhile, India can't afford going against Russia.
Also Iran
@@siddhantjaiswal9115 iraq
@@siddhantjaiswal9115 yup.. and they are pushing for bio-ethanol too along with solar and wind
Also Guyana (neighbor of Venezuela). India will buy oil in return sell defence items.
R u mad Or what? What is need for india to go against Russia
As an Indian, I think we can jump towards the most beneficial deal for India if things change in the future.
Nobody cares about common man except for the other common man😂
~Syntell Koay
Very true
In 1971 USA and UK sent their Navy to attack India as India was in war with Pakistan which Pakistan was loosing (this war gave birth to Bangladesh)
It was Russia who came to India's support and pushed both UK and US back singlehandedly
Besides US only supported Pakistan for arms supply and never agreed to supply arms to India.
This is one of the reasons India will always be friends with Russia
I think Ganesh said India's import from Russia is still at 20% .80% of oil still comes from other countries
Because there is always good having options. Anything can happen anytime.
Yeah but Russia has become the largest seller of oil to India now, surpassing Iraq.
Russia had a world share of 11%, still everyone is worried about Russian oil, think about what would happen with India at 20%
Glad to see think school video here. I have watched entire video again!
In my view as an Indian, Russia is our BFF and Israel is our new best friend.
We also help out countries who needs help because we believe that world is a one family.
India has invested in guana and brazil. And for lithium we have invested in argentina. And for oil we have invested in ethonal blending. It means by 2030 we will be free from oil market monopoly.
Not to forget oil exploration !
Chilla chilla ke sabko bata de! Just kidding
Those who watches World affairs ( Prashant sir ) already knew about it 😎
World affairs English, short, well researched information on geopolitics
But only few videos on English channel bcz it's just launched, it's Hindi version is great
Less video but carries a lot of weight in each one (cus yeah gora people know nothing about Geopolitics in Indian context)
"Europe thinks it's problems are world's problems but world's problems are not it's problems". FM's this phrase dilutes all the summary of EU's current state and Inflation.
The biggest reason why India still buys from Russia is because Europe has started buying from Middle East switching from Russia and it will increase prices if India and China also buy from Middle East. To balance out prices and keep prices cheap we buy from Russia.
that does not make sense. prices are not going to increase because of the cap. India will buy from where it is cheapest. russia will have to stay competitive.
Words of Wisdom:
"Nobody cares about the common man except other common men"
- Syntell
Atleast for India , Russia is a highly reliable partner. AND INDIA have a long and deep relationship with russia , (all weather friends)
I believe it will be worse for US from February as China 🇨🇳 India 🇮🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 have decided to do business in respective local currency 💱 completely bypassing dollar 💲 monopoly.
Think school is one of my favourite UA-cam channels..very informative and engaging.
Atleast u could've watch the video 1st before commenting 😂
U also seems engaging
@@mayurdhwajsinhrana3858 what she already watched the video ??? (I have a Tesla)
@@mayurdhwajsinhrana3858Well, I’m already a subscriber of Think school and I was just telling how I like their channel.
India will not only survive in the tough of times but it will come out on the better side of geo-political world.
I would recommend you to check out russia and india relationship video from history. You will be shocked why india is always in support of russia.
India and Russia are just old school lovers....it stays forever....it's eternity....! 1971 war will never be forgotten!!
About what you're talking at 22:00 being locked in, I don't think that'll happen. Like the video said, although India increased its oil import from Russia, Iraq and Saudi Arabia are still miles ahead in the sheer volume of Oil export to India. So if that time does come where Putin turns his back, we can always fall back on our regular suppliers.
@Laxman Dhotre yeah👍
Plus with the investment India brings into Russia, there is no chance in long time that Putin will turn his back on their one of the biggest buyers 😅 India is the closest democratic ally Russia has and Russia knows that fact that keeping good ties with India will always be helpful at world stage
Hilarious part is that USA itself is now biggest buyer of petroleum products from India now. 🤣🤣🤣 They are going around their own sanctions
All is important for India because if the oil price rises prices of all the goods automatically rise 👍 .
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22:46 India didn’t wanted a relationship with Russia but the West arming Pakistan with Missiles,aircrafts and funding Billions of Dollars during the Kargil War is what forced India to establish a relation with Russia.
News of the Day : USA just became the largest buyer of Russian Oil from India🤣😂
Indo Russian relationships are strong since the Soviet era & 1st country to recognise Russia as a country after the dissolution of the USSR. Trivia: Raj Kapoor had such great fanbase in russia that his movies were co-produced by the USSR
Also for watching Geopolitics videos, please check "World Affairs" english channel. It is a new channel by Prashant Dhawan Sir.
Hindi channel is better....not English..
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News just came in America become biggest buyer of Russian Oil via India...Lol...It's not a joke this is really happening...
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India can afford high priced oil in future as it's a growing economy..and their culture is strong where dying for your friends is concerned..whether the oil price sky rockets for India they will still respect Russia for it as prices change according to the need of the people..plus Indians are highly educated and works like ants to stock pile before rainy season hits..they are always way ahead with their plans for future and never limit themselves to the present..so yeah I guess it will not turn the relationship sour between the two countries..India is already generating bio fuel and have other oil producing countries as allies... Fiji 🇫🇯
India gets cheap oil as long as it wants as it's one of the largest buyers and rest of the world too wants India as their customer because India is a friend to everyone. Saudi and Iranian are already trying to woo India and Iraq is also one of our biggest supplier plus we are investing in African oil too. So we got an unique kind of leverage too.
The matter of fact is, india and Russia are so gigantic that nothing will work 😂😅
EU and usa can combine to stop oil purchase but china and India can alone fund Russia and help them to earn profits at an unprecedented rate
19:51 so the show 'The Expanse' is finally gonna come true? Syntell's watched it. Asteroid mining.. Man..
Watch Sahibs that Never Left by Prachyam. It's about Indian colonialism and the aftermath of that.
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India will not be locked in as Russia knows the importance of China and india and if they stopped buying oil than who will Russia sell their oil. Moreover, Middle East was india's traditional buyer and now europe is buying from middle East that means they are squeezing our market share so we have to go to Russia which is not our traditional supplier
This Westerners are still underestimating INDIA, they don't even know what kind of a Player we became now!
So that's the power of Indian diplomacy. India is great with every country and we can still maintain good relations with everyone so the aspect of lock in is not possible from Indian perspective!
"so if it works to my advantage i would like to keep that going"
You have to agree Indians are prudent businessmen..God says be prudent in your ways right...I read Bible a lot..it's awesome to learn what life is all about.. Fiji 🇫🇯
@@loveIzuku7878 What you learn in bible is how to be religious or more so a good person. What we learn in Geeta is how to live life and become successful with presence of mind and tackling barrier. More phylosophies🖤
I agree with Syntell. But the strings attached part is applicable to any other nation and not just Russia.
Love from India.
From my prospective this is a Russian vs Europe and USA war, Whereas India has nothing to do with other’s ideologies and above mentioned counties have their own interests and geopolitical stands.
India has maintained a neutral and respectful approach for every other country. On the other hand India have always emphasised both countries for a rational and peace talks that should benefit both the nations.
India has fought many wars without the help of west and we have and still neutralising terrorists, Only we know the damage and repercussions of a war.
India may be a stronger nation now but we have fought harder for the peace. Now is the time for Indian rulers to help its own people (Indians) with the necessities specially in energy sector.
PS if my words offend anyone.
Dude, India is master of managing things. We will get the Energy in the form & money we want it😅😅
But creating a Syndicate like what G7 has done to blackmail and then doesn't allow Venezuela to sell oil to India, that's cheap and tells the story, what so called Developed nation mindset is !
You should react to Think School 's US failure in Afganistan case study
Amazing work by them!
I think russia was not only responsible for the war it ukraine pm mistake also he can stop or delay it for some time and if anyone expect from india then all have to know if in 1971 russia was not there no one can see india today so how can we refuse them in this difficult time
You are right if Russia didn't intervene in 1971 then the situation in India would have become like Afghanistan.
India's stand is simple. It won't shake a billion plus people just to stage an act of solidarity to a few million. Practicality prevails.
Jaby asked valid question about India purchasing Russia oil and how long will it go like that, I'll explain
So what i understand from the news our government learned from Europe that never rely on one source and that's why Indian government buys all from all the sources available not only Russia. You see our oil purchase is diversified to Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, Kuwait, Colombia, Egypt, Angola, Norway, Oman, Malaysia, Russia and US
This gives us advantage if someone of these listed countries decide to block the supply, still it will not hurt India because we can increase oil import from other countries to fill the gap
I hope this will help you understand how India overcome all this 💩 😊
India is dealing with Russia for decades - Maybe scary to you Americans but ask any common Indians from cities to rural villagers about how they feel about trusting Russia and the US.. Guess what their answers will be..
I want more reaction Videos on that type of videos ( Educational Videos Like That Video ....
Nayara and reliance is the biggest importer of Russian oil 🛢 and the products made by them is exported to USA .
Intresting fact "usa and eu want Indian refine petroleum products by private companies nayra and reliance 😀"
And nayra, reliance buy crude oil from Russia 😂😂😂 ualalala 😂😂
India has very smartly managed the Ukraine situation to its interest. Russia, China, and India are countering and rebalancing US and EU monopolistic mindset.
It is a Catch 22 situation for the US. They have sided for so long with Pakistan and they never really got anywhere. Now the US is backing India but the Russia-Ukraine puts them at opposite sides of the spectrum. Ideally, the US will keep India out of the Russia-Ukraine conflict but would try to gain upper hand in the other areas of cooperation between India and the US!
If you ask me
As a global citizen who do i Trust, US or Russia, I'd say US 9-10 times.
As an Indian citizen I'd say Russia 10-10 times. Russia is not a friend, but a time tested ally, whereas we associate US with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and in general a patronizing country who doesn't walk the talk.
We became close with Russia because of US in the first place, because they chose Pakistan over India as an ally to get a pathway to Afghanistan and central Asia. They only went away from Pakistan after 9/11.
Jaby I think you should check out world affairs channel for geopolitics because it's the best and Prashant sir tells everything very clearly
Hindi
Russia helped India in 71’ war period .
But New India knows diplomacy better b/w Russia & US .
So balance will be maintained I believe.
This new Indian era of External Ministry & Diplomacy was so long required .
Though internally we don’t see any price drop in Petroleum Industry in the country.
Jai Hind 🇮🇳✨
Meanwhile USA is now India's top purchaser of oil products followed by other European countries. West is still buying Russian oil through India now🤣😂 they know it but now they can't ignore cheap rates.
May be it was always the plan of the west. To buy through other countries but cause nuisance to russia along the way. Also, they are getting all the fertile refugees men and women from Russia and Ukrain to work for their labour force at the bottom of the work force
Syntell expression is like he doesn't understand a damn but he has to fake it 😅😅
Do you know US become biggest buyer of Russian oil from India? 😂😂😂😂
Great to see you guys reacting to this video.. Under rated channels and everyone must be aware of geopolitics as they are about local politics. Remember guys every thing happens around will directly or indirectly have an impact on our daily life
Indian government already working on alternative sources of energy I.e. solar energy, electric cars etc
India is never about "It's either my way or the highway" concept.. We will not be "locked in", because even though India has increased its oil imports from Russia, our major source is still Iraq and Saudi Arabia. If at all in the future Russia turns its back on India (I highly doubt that, because of the sort of relationship we have) India will simply fall back on its regular sources.
Russia helped India when India had nothing much to offer back. They stood by us time and again on various issues. Russia has used its veto power in favor of India when the other veto countries sided with Pakistan and now it is India's turn to help Russia.
India does not burn its bridges when it comes to diplomacy. Russia is trustworthy compared to the backstabbing western countries. We have many instances throughout history and in geopolitics. A lesson well learned.
We are 3 world developing country (India)and inflation is very low so we can manage as well as we have other strategy also 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
What is the meaning of 3rd world country?
India is the superpower of the first world country
8:44 Exactly same happened in India also .
8:00 One cannot just switch to electric vehicles just to reduce oil consumption . Need to also consider the fact where does the electricity eventually comes from - how electricity is generated and the byproducts arising from oil and gas. This is a more complicated issue as we are more dependent on oil and gas than we think we know.
in 1971 war USSR was on INDIA'S side and USA was on pak's side , INDIA & RUSSIA hold a very old relation , INDIA use RUSSIA'S vito power in UN whenever needed and well USA has always funded pakistan which they still do despite of pakistan's back stabbing in osma bin laden's case , as far USA will keep supporting pakistan their will always be issues in INDIA and USA relation's
In many regards our relationship with Russia is way better than what we have with US or EU, Russia isn't trying to be a monopoly!
Monopoly is very Dangerous in anyfield.
On a short note Venezuela is also been sanctioned by USA and if oil prices goes upto 380 then electric cars will not be cheap because your friend China who supply world 98%. Rare earth elements will also increase there price and there goes the EV
World Affairs English is also better
Bro as you describe that for how long can India rely on Russia for oil...you can look at the diversification we have done in oil imports,approx we are importing oil from approx 14 countries..
Moreover why we believe much in USSR now Russia on every aspect u can read Indian History. We never forget our friends.Its our time to help Russia and India is simply doing it well...
Long live friendship of India and Russia ❤️👍
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I am no expert but when Jaby asked that for how long india will get oil at a discounted price , what immediately came to my mind was, definitely longer than europe will be able to sustain their economy with sky rocketing crude oil prices from the middle east. I may be wrong and I am open to being corrected .
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