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The invasion of Ukraine by Russia may not end abruptly, though diplomatic and economic sanctions are being strongly applied. The sanctions are working as major Russian business sectors find themselves severely affected. The sanctions have been applied with a great deal of precision and sophistication, much more than those that were applied on Iraq, Afghanistan, or Iran
The national political narrative will go even more firmly into the hands of the BJP, and PM Modi will control it unchallenged
The slide had started in 1998, with the nuclear tests in Pokhran that got several countries very upset and led to, among other things, a decline in foreign investment in India. A country that was all set to take off, having liberalised earlier in the decade and stabilised its economic fundamentals, was suddenly left struggling for investment that is important at the take-off
Future historians who study Russian, Ukrainian and Western archives on the history of the Ukraine conflict will probably conclude that misunderstanding, mutual distrust and underestimation of the seriousness of intentions led to it.
Russian President Putin finally attacked Ukraine, which was expected, on February 24. Again, as expected, the OECD countries, led by the US and EU, have imposed financial sanctions. But there has been no direct involvement in terms of sending their militaries to support Ukraine.