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Modi's Prudent Approach to Tackling Fakes Earns Respect from Russia
Modi's Prudent Approach to Tackling Fakes Earns Respect from Russia
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It looks like the PM of India has, through luck or, rather, experience has avoided a big diplomatic problem during his visit to Russia on July 8-9. The... 17.07.2024, Sputnik India
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India on Monday raised with the Ukrainian Ambassador to India the remarks made by his President Volodymyr Zelensky against PM Narendra Modi during his Russia visit, Economic Times reports. The MEA had summoned the Ukrainian envoy on Monday and raised the issue, ET has learned. This clearly indicates New Delhi’s displeasure with the Ukrainian dispensation on the issue of Zelensky’s comments against the PM.Last week Zelensky had criticized Modi's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at his dacha, calling it a "devastating blow to peace efforts", according to ET. "It is disheartening to see the leader of the world's largest democracy embrace the world's most notorious criminal in Moscow," he was quoted by the publication.A lot of details of that episode are well known by now, and the most obvious thing is the absence of murdered children. The clinic in Kiev, used to be known as the best children’s medical facility in the ex-Soviet republic, was if not empty, then empty of any civilian personnel. To add, the missile that hit it was not Russian, but NATO's (most probably Norwegian), and got itself on video. It was launched by Kiev's air defence against a Russian missile, and then it went astray.These are the facts, and then there are various suppositions about that case. Sergei Mirkin, a well-known investigative journalist from Donetsk, formerly East Ukraine, now Russia, is putting a question: was it an accident, or was it a deliberate plot to ruin Narendra Modi's visit to Russia?What makes Mirkin's idea interesting and relatively plausible, is the date of the incident. That’s how the author is seeing the pre-planned sequence of events: the missile hits the hospital, the Western media starts showering the audience by the footages of “dead children”. Modi, after that, was supposed to cut short the visit and leave Moscow in a hurry, giving a big blow to Russo-Indian relations. However, suddenly, somebody fails to produce obedient immobile kids, smeared by tomato sauce.What do I think of Mr. Mirkin’s logic? In short, it may be right, or it might be wrong. Indeed, there were cases of similar flops of NATO-Ukrainian fake factory, and the Bucha massacre is the most famous of them all.That Bucha case is currently been taught, with videos and all, in at least three Russian universities (I have accidentally attended one of such lectures). That episode has been nicknamed "the day of the rising dead".To remind, the Russian troops have taken that township near Kiev on March 12, 2022, but abandoned it on March 31, as an act of goodwill after two rounds of Russo-Ukrainian negotiations (which have failed, as we know now, due to the British high-level advice to Kiev to stop negotiating and go on fighting). Footage of dozens or hundreds of dead Ukrainian bodies along the roads to Bucha began to appear soon, some with their hands tied behind their back, etc. Shot by the angry Russians, in spite of that being an absolutely idiotic thing to do?And that fake was by far not the only one of a kind. In fact, there are dozens of them, circulating around the Web. You may also remember a similar fake from Syria of 2018, when a “chemical attack” by the governmental troops at the residents of Duma had been staged rather crudely, and, subsequently, ridiculed in the UN. The Brits did that movie, and it was rumored that the same Brits were staging a Bucha incident, too. Moreover, do not forget a weird story about downing a Malaysian liner in 2014, when it’s clear as a day it had been done by anyone but Russia.But, still, I would not be too fast to accept Mr. Mirkin’s version of the Kiev hospital case being aimed at Mr. Modi’s Moscow visit. First, the cases when Ukrainian anti-air missiles aimed at Russian rockets and, instead, exploded in Ukrainian residential areas, are too numerous, so why couldn’t it also happen accidentally in that Kiev area?Second, Mr. Mirkin is definitely biased. He is from Donetsk, you see, and this is a city where about 150 children have been murdered by Ukrainian shelling and air strikes, and that was only in 2014-2015, others such cases accumulated afterwards. You may take a walk along the Alley of Angels, commemorating that, or go to a neighboring city of Gorlovka with its famous Madonna monument, honoring a lady with her 10-months old daughter, also killed by a Ukrainian air strike. All these facts have been recorded and filed for a possible future tribunal. Sergei Mirkin certainly not only knows all that, but have been participating in investigation of these Ukrainian atrocities. So, for him, there is iron logic in that story, not an accident with subsequent attempts to do a fake.But, still, that story of a hospital in Kiev must have been a great test for Narendra Modi and his team’s experience and wisdom. Imagine the first bit of such news from there reaching the Prime Minister’s ears right on his arrival to Moscow. It obviously took the Indian delegation some resolve to wait for confirmation or lack of it, and proceed with the visit as planned.According to Economic Times, during the summit, Modi had said, "Any person who believes in humanity feels pain when people die, and especially when innocent children die." We, here in Moscow, would subscribe to every word of his. Then Mr. Zelensky broke down and started lecturing the Prime Minister of India on what to do, and what not to do. And then, the Kiev ambassador to Delhi have been summoned to Raisina Hill.Dmitry Kosyrev is a Russian writer, author of spy novels and short stories. 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Modi's Prudent Approach to Tackling Fakes Earns Respect from Russia
15:21 17.07.2024 (Updated: 14:15 01.08.2024) It looks like the PM of India has, through luck or, rather, experience has avoided a big diplomatic problem during his visit to Russia on July 8-9. The finishing touches to that story were been put on Monday by MEA in Delhi.
India on Monday
raised with the Ukrainian Ambassador to India the remarks made by his President Volodymyr Zelensky against PM Narendra Modi during his Russia visit, Economic Times reports. The MEA had summoned the Ukrainian envoy on Monday and raised the issue, ET has learned. This clearly indicates New Delhi’s displeasure with the Ukrainian dispensation on the issue of Zelensky’s comments against the PM.
Last week Zelensky had criticized Modi's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at his dacha, calling it a "devastating blow to peace efforts", according to ET.
"It is disheartening to see the leader of the world's largest democracy embrace the world's most notorious criminal in Moscow," he was quoted by the publication.
For those not in the know, the issue here is the flopped case of "children murdered in Kiev by the Russian missiles". The incident was supposed to happen on July 8, when the PM was on the way to Moscow.
A lot of details of that episode are well known by now, and the most obvious thing is the absence of murdered children. The clinic in Kiev, used to be known as the best children’s medical facility in the ex-Soviet republic, was if not empty, then empty of any civilian personnel. To add, the missile that hit it was not Russian, but NATO's (most probably Norwegian), and got itself on video. It was launched by Kiev's air defence against a Russian missile, and then it went astray.
These are the facts, and then there are various suppositions about that case. Sergei Mirkin, a well-known investigative journalist from Donetsk, formerly East Ukraine, now Russia, is putting a question: was it an accident, or was it a deliberate plot to ruin Narendra Modi's visit to Russia?
"Yes, we know that the missile that hit the hospital was a NASAMS [Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System]. There are passerby's videos made of that incident, and you can see the missile in detail in those videos. The question is, was it an accident, as in a failed attempt to shoot down a Russian missile, or maybe that was a pre-planned action by the local and NATO propaganda machine? Technical experts are saying it is absolutely possible to zero an air-defence missile on the designated land target," Mirkin's article for Vzglyad, one of the most respected discussion website in Russia, reads.
What makes Mirkin's idea interesting and relatively plausible, is the date of the incident. That’s how the author is seeing the pre-planned sequence of events: the missile hits the hospital, the Western media starts showering the audience by the footages of “dead children”. Modi, after that, was supposed to cut short the visit and leave Moscow in a hurry, giving a big blow to Russo-Indian relations. However, suddenly, somebody fails to produce obedient immobile kids, smeared by tomato sauce.
What do I think of Mr. Mirkin’s logic? In short, it may be right, or it might be wrong. Indeed, there were cases of similar flops of NATO-Ukrainian fake factory, and the Bucha massacre is the most famous of them all.
That Bucha case is currently been taught, with videos and all, in at least three Russian universities (I have accidentally attended one of such lectures). That episode has been nicknamed "the day of the rising dead".
To remind, the Russian troops have taken that township near Kiev on March 12, 2022, but abandoned it on March 31, as an act of goodwill after two rounds of Russo-Ukrainian negotiations (which have failed, as we know now, due to the British high-level advice to Kiev to stop negotiating and go on fighting). Footage of dozens or hundreds of dead Ukrainian bodies along the roads to Bucha began to appear soon, some with their hands tied behind their back, etc. Shot by the angry Russians, in spite of that being an absolutely idiotic thing to do?
You have to look at the car’s side mirror, say the people who teach Russian students to discern fakes. Somebody is making a horrible video, filming a line of dead bodies along the road from inside a car. But a side mirror often gets in the video frame, and you only have to enlarge that part of the video to see some of the “bodies” sitting up after the car’s passing on.
And that fake was by far not the only one of a kind. In fact, there are dozens of them, circulating around the Web. You may also remember a similar fake from Syria of 2018, when a “chemical attack” by the governmental troops at the residents of Duma had been staged rather crudely, and, subsequently, ridiculed in the UN. The Brits did that movie, and it was rumored that the same Brits were staging a Bucha incident, too. Moreover, do not forget a weird story about downing a Malaysian liner in 2014, when it’s clear as a day it had been done by anyone but Russia.
But, still, I would not be too fast to accept Mr. Mirkin’s version of the Kiev hospital case being aimed at Mr. Modi’s Moscow visit. First, the cases when Ukrainian anti-air missiles aimed at Russian rockets and, instead, exploded in Ukrainian residential areas, are too numerous, so why couldn’t it also happen accidentally in that Kiev area?
Second, Mr. Mirkin is definitely biased. He is from Donetsk, you see, and this is a city where about 150 children have been murdered by Ukrainian shelling and air strikes, and that was only in 2014-2015, others such cases accumulated afterwards. You may take a walk along the Alley of Angels, commemorating that, or go to a neighboring city of Gorlovka with its famous Madonna monument, honoring a lady with her 10-months old daughter, also killed by a Ukrainian air strike. All these facts have been recorded and filed for a possible future tribunal. Sergei Mirkin certainly not only knows all that, but have been participating in investigation of these Ukrainian atrocities. So, for him, there is iron logic in that story, not an accident with subsequent attempts to do a fake.
Living in a world of fakes is not impossible, you just have to get used to it. You need to see who profits from this or that tug of total disinformation, what facts are there and who produces them, etc. Soon you’ll start to see familiar “handwriting” of yet another fake, and you won’t let wild emotions control you.
But, still, that story of a hospital in Kiev must have been a great test for Narendra Modi and his team’s experience and wisdom. Imagine the first bit of such news from there reaching the Prime Minister’s ears right on his arrival to Moscow. It obviously took the Indian delegation some resolve to wait for confirmation or lack of it, and proceed with the visit as planned.
According to Economic Times, during the summit, Modi had said, "Any person who believes in humanity feels pain when people die, and especially when innocent children die." We, here in Moscow, would subscribe to every word of his. Then Mr. Zelensky broke down and started lecturing the Prime Minister of India on what to do, and what not to do. And then, the Kiev ambassador to Delhi have been summoned to Raisina Hill.
Dmitry Kosyrev is a Russian writer, author of spy novels and short stories. He also did columns for the Pioneer and Firstpost.com
