Jaishankar Laughs Off West’s Criticism Over Putin Meet, Russia Visit; ‘Please Look In The Mirror’

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has dismissed western criticism over his visit to Russia and meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the Ukraine war. “If people can't read me, that means my mind games are working. I see no reason we should take anything other than at face value because we have always maintained that the Russia relationship is a very important one,” Jaishankar said. “It is the mind games that others play that as a democracy you should do this and that. Please look in the mirror and tell me how you were behaving as a democracy.”