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“China was a very, very big winner for us and Russia, by the way, we were invested in Russia and that did very well. Then only later that India started coming up and becoming important.”

“When we started that emerging markets fund the only markets were open at that time. Were Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore Thailand, and Mexico. That was it. All the other, of course, that time, China was closed. Russia was closed. Most of Latin Amer…”

“We have managed to get a cheap oil from Russia because they couldn't sell it in the global market. So we have been buying the oil, refining it, and selling it to Europe at a profit.”

“Our diamond trade is in trouble, our Surat diamond cutters, because the Europeans and the Americans have said that they will, the diamonds which are coming from roughs, which are coming from Russia cannot be processed and sold in the West. So Since that is a b…”

“Well, now the Americans have brought China and Russia much closer, which I think is a strategic mistake from American point of view, because Chinese American thinkers like Brzezinski and others, and earlier also have all argued that you don't want Eurasia to b…”

“Ukraine is losing the war on the ground gradually, but it is losing the war on the ground.”

“Russia today is the only country which has the capacity to inflict unacceptable damage and even destroy the United States.”

“Unfortunately in the nineties the United States was consumed by hubris, and they felt that, you know, as Francis Fukuyama said, this is the end of history.”

“India has reached this technological state where there is nothing very much that it is buying from Russia in terms of armaments that it cannot produce itself, right? Or should be producing itself.”

“Frankly, the European attitude surprises me because they are de-industrializing. I mean, for 5060 years, they have been dealing with Russia, they've benefited, particularly Germany has benefited from low energy prices, reliable energy supplies.”

“Look, there's no room for sentimentalism in relationships. I think relationship today is not based on ideology as it was in Soviet times. It is based on pragmatism and what serves each country's national interests.”

“So the Russian strategy is a defensive one.”

“Well, basically Russia is winning the war as far as I can see. And Russia has been fighting it for what, three and a half years now almost. They have also invested a lot of money, prestige, lives, and they are unlikely to stop till they have achieved their min…”

“After all, you know, if you're buying 40% of our imported oil from there, it's a lot.”

“There's a slow de-dollarization which is underway. Very cautious, very careful because nobody wants to get on the wrong side of America. But like India or China or Russia or other countries are trading in their national currencies”

“Well, you know, Britain, ah, I think still has delusions of being a great power, you know. And, ah, I think they have a particular, ah, rivalry or antipathy towards Russia.”

“That did not happen in Ukraine. So the oligarchs are still controlling the politics of Ukraine.”

“But Russia will not, ah, unthinkingly support India. They also have their interests to look at, ah, whether it is vis-a-vis China, which is now increasingly influential on Russia. Or, ah, Pakistan, which remains, because of its geography, a very, very importan…”

“India is the only country that has its foot in the door open with Russia and with Ukraine.”

“The defense sector, which you and I were just talking about, is extremely focused on finding the right primes and startups to actually become a second source to Russia.”