‘Europe imported 6 times fossil fuel energy from Russia than India’

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has taken a jab at Europe once again and said that Europe has imported six times the fossil fuel energy from Russia that India has done and that if a USD 60,000-per-capita society feels it needs to look after itself, and I accept that as legitimate, they should not expect a USD 2,000-per-capita society to take a hit. A New York Times report titled as “Russia’s War Could Make It India’s World” stated that the Ukraine war’s compounding effects have fueled the country’s ascent. Global supply chains are reducing the risk by diversifying toward an open India and away from China’s surveillance state. India is relatively insulated from economic turbulence by its huge domestic market, the New York Times report read. The report quoted Jaishankar as saying “world order which is still very, very deeply Western” is being hurried out of existence by the impact of the war in Ukraine, to be replaced by a world of “multi-alignment” where countries will choose their own “particular policies and preferences and interests.” “I would still like to see a more rules-based world.