 now as to whether putin would listen well modi has some influence here because he's refused western calls to condemn russia's invasion of ukraine outright or join sanctions for that matter in fact modi has made these appeals for a diplomatic settlement to the conflict and that hands-off approach has clearly been appreciated here in moscow as we saw with the reception modi received from putin yesterday it was all hugs and back slaps when he arrived for a private dinner at putin's residence outside of moscow last night