St Petersburg, Jun 5 (PTI) Hailing Moscow's time-tested ties with New Delhi, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Western pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to scale back ties with Russia will harm global stability, adding that India's growth has not "come out of the blue" but is a result of hard work under Modi's leadership. In an interaction with heads of leading global news agencies, including PTI on Thursday night, Putin also complimented India's independent foreign policy.