Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attended meetings with the leaders of India and China this week—two countries that have so far refrained from condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—as Moscow continues to be slapped with Western sanctions. Lavrov was first in China where he met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday before flying out to New Delhi on Thursday where he is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Friday. The meetings come as the Kremlin tries to maintain close ties with the Asian powers after being dealt a series of sanctions from the U.S, EU, and the UK, following Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in neighboring Ukraine which began on Feb. 24. They also come as Russia looks to shore up support from both India and China as it becomes increasingly isolated from global financial systems and supply chains. This is the first time Lavrov …