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A plain-talking Joe Biden is likely to greet the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on their video call this morning, the president expected to seek a harder line from New Delhi towards Russia over the Ukraine war.
The US and allies are concerned by recent Indian actions, including abstaining from last week’s vote that saw Russia suspended from the United Nations human rights council, buying 3bn barrels of Russian crude while other nations were ramping up oil sanctions, and acquisition of Russia’s S-400 air defense systems.