My dear, there is no pro-Russia media in India. What people misunderstand as pro-Russian media is just insecure guys in media who lack clear vision of whats happening and conviction on the matter, but being obliged to "sound" and "look" neutral, coz of Indian PM.par far wrote:Dima, India is in a complicated place, it has to balance between the west and Russia. Some of the elites have strong business ties with the west, I think India is doing a decent job of balancing everything, they may have abstained in the UN vote but they are buying Russian oil and other deals with Russia.
As for the media, most of it is pro west and some pro Russia.
I don't want to go offtopic but I would like to give a very brief history of how things went.... Maybe some other time I shall elaborate it a little longer in appropriate thread.
# First of all India was ruled by the colonial western powers with the loyalty of Indian mercenaries or traitors or what ever terms suits them best. be it the military & civilian establishment, including foreign services, police, intelligence, judiciary, etc.
# The "independence" that happened in 1947 was basically a transfer of power, retaining the entire stooges of the colonial empire in every establishment of independent India. This is exactly what happened in almost every single colony that got "independence" from their colonial masters through a peaceful transition. The system was NOT PURGED!
This is in contrast to what we saw w.r.t Germany after reunification. Every single establishment was purged.
# So it was these colonial stooges which made the strong foundation and the reason why allmost all the initial deals w.r.t military, etc were with their former masters & allies.
There was sort of a status quo. And all those who deviated from this line, was basically branded as Russian stooges, etc. This has been the - silent - norm since many decades. You will find this very much in the military. A hell load of western fanboys exists, courtesy their parent/grandparents colonial mercenary heritage.
# And its those decades, which is usually painted as India being in the Soviet/Russian camp, that India actually showed some spine and had voice other than that of their colonial masters.
# What people see now, is almost similar to what India has been even in the 70-90 period, not exactly in the Soviet/Russian camp, but playing out "neutral" to appease the west due to the strong "origin" of the Indian establishment.
And even without India being firmly in the Soviet/Russian camp, the Russian's gave so much support to India, which hardly anyone in India value or appreciate now and instead blame all bad things in India to its association with Soviet/Russia.