Russia-Ukraine war: Which countries supporting both nations| All you need to know
With crisis deepening between Ukraine and Russia, the world has been divided into two parts for the first time in 40 years since the end of the Cold War. Many countries have already announced sanctions on Moscow following Russia's order of troops into the rebel 'republics' of Donetsk and Luhansk.
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Who will support Russia?
Cuba, a close ally of Russia, has sharply criticised the United States for imposing the progressive expansion of NATO towards the borders of the Russian Federation and called for a diplomatic solution to preserve international peace.
Russia will get the strongest support from China. China has already announced that NATO is doing arbitrariness in Ukraine. Ever since the stance of Western countries has turned against China, Russia has always been supporting China. In fact, both Russia and China have a multi-dimensional partnership with cooperation ranging from trade to military to space.
Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Belarus once a part of Soviet Union will support Russia due to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) agreement signed between the 6 countries. This means that in an event of an attack on Russia, these countries will consider this an attack on themselves.
North Korea would wholeheartedly support Russia if a full-scale war was to take place. In fact, China and Russia recently blocked the US bid to impose sanctions on North Korea at the United Nations following a spate of missile launches in the peninsula.
Who will support Ukraine?
The European countries of NATO - Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States fully support Ukraine. The United States and Britain have emerged as the biggest supporters of Ukraine.
Germany and France have recently tried to defuse the controversy by making a speedy visit to Moscow. But after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway Ukrainian regions as independent states and ordered Russian troops to deploy there, Germany halted approval of the key Nord Stream 2 pipeline and other Western nations issued sanctions.
Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada are all supporting Ukraine and have imposed sanctions on Russia after it recognised Ukraine's two provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk as independent countries.
Neutral stand on Ukraine-Russia crisis
India is one of the most geopolitically important countries in Asia and is typically known for its neutrality and being a non-aligned state despite having strong ties with Russia and the West. India has a very close relationship with both, Russia and the United States.
Nearly 40% of India's GDP comes from foreign trade. In 1990, this number was around 15%. The bulk of India's trade takes place with the US and its allies in Western Europe, and in the Middle East. India does around USD 350-400 billion trade with the Western countries.
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India's trade with Russia is around USD 10-12 billion. Even though India has started diversifying her defence procurements (in recent years, Indian defence purchases from the US and Western Europe have surpassed purchases from Russia), India remains quite dependent on spares and equipment from Russia.
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