A day after assuring the prompt discharge of conscripted Indians in the army and their subsequent return to India, Russiaโs Charge dโAffaires Roman Babushkin on Wednesday claimed that Russia โnever wanted Indians to be part of the Russian Armyโ. โThey are there purely for commercial reasonsโ, Babushkin further remarked. When asked about compensation to the families of those deceased, Babushkin mentioned that โcontractual obligationsโ mean it โshould happenโ.
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