{"id":142568,"date":"2022-03-02T14:42:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T09:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?p=142568"},"modified":"2022-04-06T16:35:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T11:05:34","slug":"russia-ukraine-crisis-indian-origin-politician-backs-putins-move-learn-more-about-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?p=142568","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Indian-Origin Politician Backs Putin&#8217;s Move; Learn More About Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"2a6a8c3593e6620bd92d71f585bdd19b\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6453632170035383\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- NEW RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6453632170035383\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2960496911\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Amid Russian military expansion inside Ukraine, an Indian-origin member of President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s party Abhay Singh has come forward in support of the military action. He compared it with &#8216;India&#8217;s surgical strike&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with a leading Hindi news channel, Singh defended the Russian military action and refrained from calling it a war. He said the Russian troops are only targeting military camps in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/864043-abhay-kumar-singh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the military enters a supermarket and then attacks Russian soldiers, then we will have to reply,&#8221; Singh said regarding attacks on Ukrainian supermarkets and residential places.<\/p>\n<h2>Indian-Origin Russian Politician: A Brief<\/h2>\n<p>Abhay Singh holds a position as a deputat, similar to an MLA in India, from western Russia&#8217;s Kursk city.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest, Singh is among such students who went to pursue medical education in Russia after completing his studies at Patna&#8217;s Loyola High School.<\/p>\n<p>After completing his studies in Russia, Singh returned to India to practice medicine. He later settled in Kursk. He started a business there and eventually joined politics.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Abhay-Kumar-wins-the-assembly-election-in-Russia-makes-India-proud-1280x720-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He maintained high-level connections with politicians as a businessman and became influential in Kursk before taking the leap into politics. Based on his earlier interviews, Singh said he never felt like an outsider being in Russia.<\/p>\n<h2>Possibility Of Nuclear Attack<\/h2>\n<p>During the interview, Singh said Russia is not considering any nuclear attack on Ukraine. It was a preparatory drill to respond to a possible attack.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid Russian military expansion inside Ukraine, an Indian-origin member of President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s party Abhay Singh has come forward in support of the military action. He compared it with &#8216;India&#8217;s surgical strike&#8217;. In a recent interview with a leading Hindi news channel, Singh defended the Russian military action and refrained from calling it a war. 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