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Can Modi stop the Russia-Ukraine war? India’s peace-maker role in focus

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will be on his way to Moscow to find the possible contours of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Can Modi stop the Russia-Ukraine war? Many in the Indian establishment feel the prime minister is the best-positioned leader to do so, given his equation with both Putin and Zelenskyy. Modi’s arm on Zelenskyy’s shoulder in Kyiv, or his much-criticised hug with Putin, seem a testimony to that.