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how to learn to divide by zero, the european elites are worried, the russian factor is on elections, the european parliament is updating its composition, को... folklore. in the most populous democracy in the indian electoral world, the general elections have concluded. the procedure lasted a month and a half, consisted of seven rounds, and the votes were cast. almost 700 million

voters, such numbers make us a little uncomfortable. the ruling obhara janata party, under the leadership of prime minister modi, was aiming for an absolute majority and was going to finally neutralize opponents from the indian national congress, the party nerugandi families. the result was surprising: the bjp noticeably lacked seats compared to 2019, not only did it not gain absolute seats. but even an ordinary majority required a coalition with small parties to form a government, yet rendra modi remains head of the cabinet for an unusual third term in a row for india. relative failure does not negate the fact that modi is a colorful, strong, and very ambitious leader. and by the way, very popular. the personal rating is much higher than the party rating and fluctuates around 75%. in the west. he is accused of being authoritarian

manners, religious intolerance and nationalism, but india is now needed by literally everyone, so criticism is criticism, and courtship from all sides does not stop. let’s talk about the results and prospects with lydia kulik, a wonderful specialist and indologist. lydia, the bdp party is usually called nationalist. india is an extremely heterogeneous country, what does it mean to be a nationalist there? at rendremode, it was possible to unite the country to a large extent under these slogans of unity, and hindu unity, it does not deny the diversity of india in in general, but he seems to give credit to its hindu majority, which, it seems to him, should play a more prominent and more unifying role in life. country - what he

actually did all the years - while in power, and - one can say that in comparison with previous years before render mode came to power in 2014, indeed the impulse - from the political leadership to all layers of society began to pass more effectively, that is, india, in its diversity, at some stage simply lost... controllability lost the general course, but on rendrimod it was possible to formulate this course, restore or establish, for the first time in many years, greater controllability of the country, its slogan is, as it were, less bureaucracy, but more controllability in the country, on these foundations, under these slogans, it really makes significant progress. india in recent

years, what are the main reasons why results have fallen short of expectations? the growth rates that india demonstrates are 7-8% growth. per year - possible, perhaps simply insufficient for - countries of this scale tasks with such a scale of problems, and one of the most pressing problems in the country is, of course, unemployment, and probably the results in this area that the government shows in the economy are not enough for large sections of the population to feel satisfied - from what is happening in the country, plus the cost of living is rising, the cost of living is rising, there is inflation, perhaps, that is, perhaps, these reforms are not enough to move india forward, more qualitatively, more successfully,

at a faster pace, that is, this is simply explained by the huge scale of the problems facing the country, that is... 7-8% is good, but they should be higher than 10-12-13% in order for the quality of life of indians to improve in on a large scale, plus, of course, there are problems with attracting foreign investment; a slowdown is being demonstrated in this area, which is, in principle , due to global processes and the outflow of capital from emerging markets. here, but this is what is important for india, the creation of workers seats, economic development, curbing inflation, curbing inequality, reducing inequality in society, these are the tasks that are quite urgent and, perhaps, not all

voters see the results of the bjp’s work, so there is a fairly significant number of seats in parliament. the party will be lost, but the majority will be saved. in september 2014 , indian prime minister narendra modi launched a program called make in india. the new industrialization program involves turning the country into the largest production workshop. mozi called on investors not only from abroad, but appealed to the citizens of the country to invest money in national production. investments in india grew by 23% in 2015 alone; the country itself has become the third largest economy in the world after the usa and china. apart from the india case programme, the government has initiated several more.

the skilled india program is responsible for improving the level of education and creating a skilled workforce. infrastructure projects are being implemented. digital india is about widespread adoption.

in many ways, it will simply change, there is strategic patience, there is strategic autonomy, and there is a focus on solving one’s internal problems, that is, some kind of momentary situation, it does not dictate a decision, there is a more global understanding of where the country needs to move as a whole, and because of this, one may get the impression that india is just shaking.

in the mid-fifties, after the visits of jevaharlanero to moscow and nikita khrushchev to delhi. until the ninety-first year, the ussr remained one of the most important partners of india, then. a seven-year decline followed, but in december 1998, during prime minister yevgeny primakov’s visit to dally , an agreement on military-technical cooperation was signed, and 2 years later, vladimir putin, prime minister atal-bihari vatpai signed a declaration on strategic partnership. the largest economic projects then began to be implemented in the field of nuclear energy. back in ninety-eight, rusatom and the state nuclear energy corporation ... signed an agreement on the construction of two power units of the kudankulam nuclear power plant in the indian

tamil nath state. they have already been put into operation, four more are under construction. rosatom is also negotiating india's entry into the breakthrough project. creation of new fast neutron reactors with a closed nuclear fuel cycle, which will eliminate an accident. over the past 5 years, the volume of mutual trade has increased fivefold. in 2023, india rose to second place and reached a share of 8% in russia's total foreign trade. after the outbreak of the war in ukraine, india did not join western sanctions and was given the opportunity to buy russian oil at a large discount. as a result, russia became the leading oil exporter to india. russian-indian trade turnover almost doubled last year and reached 65. after the usa, china and the united arab

emirates. in addition to oil and petroleum products, india imports coal, fertilizers and diamonds, and supplies russia with medicines, rice, spices, textiles, ceramics, steel products and other goods. in july twenty-third , sberbank received permission. from the central bank of india to set up its it unit in bangalore. serious the problem now is the trade imbalance in favor of russia. russian exports to the idea are 15 times higher than imports. there is a surplus of rupee in the accounts of russian banks. therefore , india's largest oil refining company reliance industries agreed to buy oil from russia for rubles. in dialogue with us, this is visible in the dialogue between russian and indian businesses, and

india takes a wait-and-see position when it is beneficial for it, or, for example, when it is advantageous to emphasize that russia does not have the strongest position now, yes, that is business sees that it is quite easy for indians to dictate their terms, and maybe simply because we are not in a position to dictate ours now. here, but - this is the situation, it has developed objectively, i would not say that this is the result of the activities of the bjp or narendramode, rather, it is the result of objective processes of the growth of india’s influence and the growth of the indian economy over the past, not even 10 years, more, but there are 15 already years, 20 years, and on the rendering of his coming to power in 2014 at the national level, he just became... a manifestation of the growth of self-confidence

on the part of india, the growth of its national self-awareness, narendri just rode this wave, as it were, of india's self-confidence, in the current situation, what worries india most is the growing dependence of russia from china, or at least that's how it is. india interprets the development of relations in this triangle, but this is explained by the complexity of indian-chinese relations, india maintains a dialogue with china, trade remains between india and china, but of course india would like russia, let’s say, it did not strengthen china’s position in this confrontation between india and china. but india is not a country that tolerates dictatorship against itself and is not a country that dictates

something to its partner. trade between russia and india is growing, despite these difficulties. businesses of the two countries are talking to each other and looking for new complementarity. let me remind you that trade turnover between russia and india in the twenty-third calendar year. 65 billion dollars, the imbalance that has developed in favor of russia in this trade and in general - there is great complementarity between our countries, india is interested in russian resources, india is a global supplier of personnel, human resources for the world economy, that is, we need to look for ways to interact, this is not so easy, since historically our relations were built on the platform of intergovernmental

contacts, for example, we are losing to the united states in china, we are on them for bringing the united states closer, the result is complete disorder. after the collapse of the ussr in india began a reassessment of its relations with the united states. the first major step towards rapprochement was a change in washington's position on the issue of nuclear status.

india and the united states are brought together by their mutual opposition to china. in may this year, the indian government excluded huawei from the list of participants in 5g network trials in india. its place was taken by nokia, ericsson and samsung. cooperation in the areas of defense and security is expanding. since 2008, india has purchased $15 billion worth of weapons from the united states. under the quat alliance, india together with... usa, australia and japan participated in naval exercises in the bay of bengal and the arabian sea. the two countries are partners in various international organizations of the un, the g20, the wto, and asia. at the same time, there are disagreements on strategic issues, such as pakistan, afghanistan and problems related to

climate change. russia, india, china and the usa. the balance of forces in this quadrangle, this is the most interesting, in my opinion, geopolitical issue of our time, in relations between india and the usa, everything is wrong definitely, as they sometimes try to imagine, for example, in our russian press, saying that india, seeing that we are turning away from india towards china, is sailing towards the usa, everything is actually much more complicated, because i will remind you that... the united states is the country in trade with which india has a positive trade balance, that is, india sells more to the united states than it imports from the united states. this is a very significant source of earning e-currency for india. new interesting growth opportunities are emerging in trade with russia. for example, even in

such a traditional item as the supply of medicines, india has now taken... first place, yes, among suppliers to russia, and supplies of coal are growing, and from russia to india, and russia is taking a leading position in this area, but if we take indian exports to russia, for example, the export of electronics, smartphones and so on is growing, that is - that's all - these are india's efforts to build up its own production base, to create those very jobs. which i spoke about, they are reflected , among other things, in russian-indian trade, here there are new opportunities for us for cooperation, for example, in training, that is, in india, although there is a big advantage in human resources, we are seeing a situation where unemployment is especially acute among

trained youth, but... just listen. hasan bleibel from lebanon. general elections in india, a vacuum that is created on rendromode, with the hope of a grand success for the ruling party. nanda

sobben from south africa. the successes of indian nationalists are causing concern. india votes for secularism. secular character indian power becomes more sacred than any other religion. another english one.

for the first time since the beginning of the democratic system in ure, the african national congress, which has ruled continuously for 30 years, has lost its majority and will have to join a coalition, it is not clear exactly how this will happen, there are very heated discussions going on, but one thing is clear, the role of parliament will increase because it represents to a greater extent the diversity of society; its different segments will have to enter into dialogue; it is very important that political parties got a cut...

huge money, almost limitless possibilities for manipulation, all this, it would seem, makes the very concept meaningless. in indonesia, they are currently discussing changes to the constitution, as they say, solely in the name of democracy, everything is completely legal, but not legitimate. we always talk about legality, legality, but the main thing is legitimacy, how certain decisions are perceived by people, whether they are in their interests, in a democracy. everything is legal, a mosquito won’t hurt your nose, but for some reason people are often unhappy. once you are carried away by democratic values, it is easy forget how to run a country at all. second,

a democratic system must operate where people understand how to use it. we need a country with a developed education system and generally well organized. finally, a democratic system cannot be introduced from the outside, like an injection. this is a long, gradual process.

we've just gone through an exciting election process and we don't know what the politics will be when the coalition is formed. i think this is a strength of the current system. we have the opportunity to check to what extent our democracy meets our needs and our culture. discussions about democracy often become moralizing and scholastic. what should she be? and this destroys the diversity of views, without which everything loses its meaning. and by the way. the conversation therefore takes on an excessively emotional character, in conditions when the world is so divided, it is better to remain calm within countries. it is necessary to take a pragmatic

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