* Many experts says India’s purchase of a Russian-made S-400 air defense system last year marked a real turning point in the relations between the two countries; both sides have since taken several major steps to strengthen their cooperation. * Rosoboronexport, Russia’s only state intermediary agency for defense technology exports, has received Indian orders worth …
Has India cocked a snook at the US by clinching a crucial $5.4 billion s-400 Triumf missile defence system with Russia that can potentially place India under severe US sanctions under CAATSA? It appears so at the outset. A narrative is being circulated to demonstrate how ‘independent’ India is in doing trade with Russia despite …
Russia is the first country with which India instituted Annual Summits. This has followed the Declaration of Strategic Partnership between India and the Russian Federation in October 2000 in New Delhi. Since then annual Summits have been held regularly every year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Russia in early June (01-02) for holding the 18th …
Two unexpected developments in the run up to the Big Goa Summit have made the BRICS gathering an event worth watching. This has nothing to do with the failure of SAARC to hold its Islamabad summit with Pakistan leadership getting an earful from member nations on its duplicity on the terrorism front. Washington, which has …
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a two-day visit to Russia on December 23-24 to develop existing strategic and economic ties. While aligning India closely with the US “pivot to Asia” against China, the Modi government still considers New Delhi’s long-standing alliance with Moscow important for its geo-political ambitions. For its part, Moscow is keen …