NEW DELHI—It’s been two weeks since U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a video call to discuss a range of issues on the U.S.-Russia agenda, including the United States’ and allies’ concerns about Russia sending troops to the Ukraine border. But just a day before the video call, Putin had made a quick trip to India for a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Radomir Romanov, a Senior Officer of Asia-Pacific International Institutions and Multilateral Cooperation Studies Center at the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, told The Epoch Times that by meeting Modi on Dec. 6, Putin made a very “simple and understandable” signal to Biden that he can negotiate behind Biden’s back with nations that matter to the United States.
