The India-Russia relationship has evolved under Modi and Putin, focusing on defense cooperation and joint weapons development.

India sources 60% of its defense equipment from Russia.

India's rivalry with China has strained its relationship with Russia due to Russia's ties with China.

India and Russia have agreed to strengthen their strategic partnership, including joint production of military equipment like AK-203 rifles.

The US has threatened India with sanctions over its purchase of Russian military equipment, including the S-400 system.

India's military modernization relies on Russia for unique military platforms.

International sanctions on Russia may force India to reduce its dependence on Moscow.

India has not condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, causing uncertainty in their relationship.

India and Russia continue to cooperate on defense issues, including joint development of fifth-generation fighter aircraft and cruise missiles.

The India-Russia relationship impacts South Asia's security dynamics, posing a threat to China from India's southwest.

India's rivalry with China may erupt into a medium-high intensity war due to increased border provocations.

The US and Russia's support or refusal of India could impact South Asia's regional security dynamics.

India's foreign policy prioritizes its relationship with Russia, focusing on defense cooperation and joint weapons development.

The relationship will likely continue to evolve with a focus on deepening defense cooperation and joint weapons development.

India and Russia aim for $30 billion in bilateral trade by 2025 and joint weapons development.

The India-Russia relationship has strengthened despite challenges, with plans to expand cooperation.

India's relationship with Russia is built on mutual respect, as seen in its neutral stance on the Ukraine invasion.

India has resisted US pressure and increased its purchase of Russian oil and fertilizers.

The India-Russia partnership is a Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership, with Russia historically supporting India's strategic interests.

Most of India's military equipment is of Russian origin.

Russia and China are countering western influence, while India seeks to use its western ties to counter China.

The US has threatened India with sanctions over Russian military equipment purchases, but India will continue its defence dealings with Russia.

India and Russia plan to cooperate on issues like Afghanistan, defence, and border tensions, with Russia supporting India on Kashmir.

India and Russia aim to increase bilateral trade to $30 billion by 2025.

Western sanctions may increase India's and China's economic influence, paralyzing $500 million in Indian goods due to Russia's SWIFT disconnection.

China and India may use rubles and rupees for trade, while the US considers sanctions on India for buying Russian arms.

Russia is India's largest oil exporter and its main energy partner.

India's growth rate may reach 7% per year, while Russia has withstood unprecedented sanctions.

US actions destroyed Europe's energy security by rejecting Russian gas.

Regionalization of energy, led by the Vostok Oil project, will ensure energy security for Russia-friendly countries.

India is Russia's largest oil buyer and the world's third largest oil importer.

India's population will surpass China's, which is declining, and its economy has become the world's sixth fastest-growing.

India is undaunted by US threats due to its economic strength and population, and has a transport corridor with Russia and Iran to counter the US.

India wants Russia to counterbalance the US, and may cooperate and compete with China.

India, China, and Russia can join hands to counterbalance the US and EU.

India-Russia relations are solid in the short term but declining long-term.

India may shift its stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, balancing Western cooperation with Russian ties.

US policymakers must consider India's reliance on Russia for missile technology and diplomatic support.

India plans to maintain its Russian-made weapons and become self-sufficient in defense within 20 years.

Russia has considerable influence over India due to shared ideology and technology control.

Russia's new foreign policy emphasizes ties with India and China, including joint BrahMos missile research with India.

Russia has technological know-how for next-generation supersonic missiles, and India enhances naval capabilities with US technology.

The US supports India as a strategic defence partner, countering China's opaque infrastructure funding in the Indo-Pacific.

The QUAD discussions prioritize supply chain resilience, and India is a founding member of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.

India has diversified its foreign policy and is a vital US partner in the Indo-Pacific region.

The US sees India as a strategic ally against China.

India declined NATO membership to maintain independent diplomacy and has developed its own GPS system, NavIC.

The US is sharing advanced technologies with India, marking a significant shift from estrangement to engagement in their relations.

The US needs India more than India needs the US, strategically and economically.

China is expected to surpass the US as the world's largest economy, while Russia has the world's second-largest nuclear arsenal.

Russia, China, and Iran have completed joint military exercises, strengthening their relations.

India and Russia have close relations, with Russia as India's largest arms supplier, amid the EU's bid to counterbalance US and China.

China, the EU's largest trading partner, will increase global GDP by $7 trillion by 2040 through its Belt and Road Initiative.

The US has the most powerful military, outspending China, while India and Japan have been hesitant to cooperate with the Quad to counter China.

India and Russia have strengthened their defense cooperation through 28 agreements and memorandums of understanding.

The two countries have signed a 10-year military cooperation agreement, including the supply of S-400 air defense systems to India.

India and Russia have a long history of defense cooperation, with Russia being a major supplier of military equipment, including Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft.

The Indian Navy and Air Force are 80% and 70% equipped with Russian equipment, respectively.

India and Russia have jointly produced the BrahMos cruise missile and will co-produce AK-203 rifles.

The two countries have discussed a military logistics agreement to use each other's bases for repair and replenishment.

India and Russia have agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation through annual summits and regular strategic partnership contact.

The US has tried to undermine India-Russia defense ties, including with CAATSA sanctions, but India remains committed to the partnership.

India and Russia aim for $30 billion in bilateral trade by 2025 and joint weapons development.

The two countries have signed a cooperation roadmap for science, technology, and innovation, and agreed to deepen inter-regional ties between the Russian Far East and Indian provinces.

India and Russia have held joint military exercises, including a "2+2" meeting in New Delhi.

The two countries have agreed to strengthen defense cooperation, trade relations, and establish a joint commission on technology and science.

India's rivalry with China has not impacted its defense cooperation with Russia.

India and Russia have agreed to expand ties in defense, trade, and energy.

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On Monday, PM Modi spoke over the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The phone call reportedly was a follow-up on many of the issues raised during Putin's recent India visit on December 6. According to a statement by the PMO, the two leaders have agreed to remain in regular touch with each other on a range of issues covered under the India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. Insofar as visits from foreign dignitaries and leaders go, Putin's visit to India earlier this month was arguably the most consequential development for India in the field of foreign affairs for quite some time. India, as may be known, has a long and storied relationship with Russia and its precursor, the Soviet Union. From the earliest days, the friendship between the two nations had a strong strategic undertone with both sides supporting each other on the world stage whenever necessary. Indeed, the Soviet Union was undeniably India's greatest ally in the 20th century against the machinations of the western powers like the US that did not take kindly to India announcing itself to be a 'socialist' nation. From Kashmir to the Bangladesh Liberation War, Russia has stood by India in defence of its strategic interests. As a proof of the relationship, a majority of military equipment India currently possesses was either directly supplied by Moscow or is otherwise of Russian origin. In recent years, with the fall of the Soviet Union and India's move towards liberalising its economy, India has ventured out into the world to make a new set of friends. This time around, it is India and the US that are getting along like a house on fire. India has deliberately sought to widen its field diplomatically and militarily in order to not be tied down to a single nation with the rather pragmatic understanding that there are no permanent relationships in international politics. In more recent times, Russia and India have somewhat drifted further apart as Russia bands together with India's rival China to take on the hegemony of the western world that is held up by the US. While India has no interest in joining the US in its power games against Russia, it is very much interested in leveraging its relationship with the west in its struggle to contain a belligerent China. It is here that India has had to perform a tremendous tight-rope walk, particularly following the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia. On the one hand, you have America that wishes to limit or even extinguish India's strategic relationship with Russia. On the other, you have Russia that is increasingly concerned and agitated by India drawing ever closer to the US's sphere of influence as it joins America in endeavours like the Quad grouping. Of particular concern to both sides is India's continuing dependence on Russia for military equipment. The US, already having sanctioned Turkey for the same, looks on menacingly as it threatens India with sanctions for buying the S-400 missile system. Russia, of course, is not only interested in keeping its old defence ties but even expanding them, as it has been recently teasing India with the possibility of being the first nation in the world to buy the improved S-500 missile system. In this regard, Putin's visit to India could be termed as symbolic. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Putin has only ventured out twice from his country, with the second trip being the one to India. His tone and body language during the meeting with PM Modi spoke volumes of the importance he attaches to maintaining the ties with India. Aside from underscoring the good working relationship he has with India's PM, the visit also highlighted that despite the recent turns of history, the two nations still have much to share and collectively work towards. Common concern in regards to the Taliban and Afghanistan is one such area that the two sides are looking to cooperate on in the near future. Another is strengthening existing defence ties between the two nations. Underscoring its strategic independence, India has decided to continue with its defence dealings with Russia, discussing the purchase of the S-400 missile system while also finalising a long-pending Rs 5,000 crore deal for the production of over five lakh AK-203 rifles in a joint Indo-Russian deal. But all said and done, the future of India's relationship with Russia still has some shades of uncertainty. Primary amongst them is the ongoing escalation between Moscow and NATO in regards to Ukraine and eastern Europe. If Russia should choose to brave threats of western sanctions to take action in Ukraine, where does this leave India? Can India still continue its balancing game between east and west at a time when geopolitics are heating up to a boiling point? That remains to be seen.

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NEW DELHI (AP) — India is bracing for a disruption in Russian arms supplies following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tightrope walk between Moscow and Washington could become more difficult due to a border standoff with China. Up to 60% of Indian defense equipment comes from Russia. Modi has so far avoided voting against Russia at the United Nations or criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine. Beijing could pressure Moscow to downgrade its ties with India. President Joe Biden has publicly spoken about unresolved differences with India over the Ukraine issue, but he is building ties with New Delhi under the Indo-Pacific security alliance known as “the Quad” that also includes Japan and Australia.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives Russian President Vladimir Putin at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, on Monday (Photo: PTI)

New Delhi and Moscow on Monday issued to the world a high-visibility reminder about their “Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership”, as Prime Minister and Russian President held the 21st India-Russia Summit, an annual ritual missed only in 2020 due to the pandemic.

Leading into the 21st summit meeting, India and Russia held their first-ever 2 + 2 Ministerial Dialogue, in which External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh together held strategic discussions with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.

“We perceive India as a great power, a friendly nation and a time-tested friend. The relations between our countries are growing and I am looking into the future,” Putin said in his initial comments.

Putin also expressed concern over the developments in Afghanistan and said India and Russia will continue to coordinate on major challenges facing the region.

Modi said Putin’s second visit abroad during the Covid-19 pandemic reflected his personal commitment to the and that the special and privileged strategic partnership between the two sides was getting stronger. In the last few decades, the world witnessed many fundamental changes and different kinds of geopolitical equations and variables, but the friendship of India and Russia remained constant, Modi said. “Your visit to India is a reflection of your commitment to ties with India,” the PM said.

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said 28 agreements were concluded between India and Russia after Modi-Putin meet. After the 2+2 meeting, Jaishankar tweeted: “A productive exchange of perspectives on cross-cutting and inter-related issues. Will be reporting it to the Annual Summit later today.”

Earlier on Monday, there was a meeting of the apex body that governs defence relations between the two: The Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC), co-chaired by the two defence ministers, Singh and Shoigu.

India’s military uses Russian weaponry extensively, such as Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft, T-90S tanks and BMP infantry combat vehicles, Talwar-class frigates, and Kilo-class submarines. The two sides have jointly produced the highly regarded BrahMos cruise missile system.

During the 17th annual summit, the two countries concluded deals on India’s procurement of five units of the S-400 air defence systems for an estimated ~37,000 crore, constructing Talwar-class frigates under Project 1135.6, and a shareholders’ agreement on a joint venture (JV) to manufacture Kamov-226T helicopters in India.

The S400 is regarded as the world’s premier long-range missile system, with the ability to shoot down enemy aircraft at ranges up to 400 kilometres. During the confrontation over the last two years between the Chinese and Indian armies in Ladakh, China deployed the S400 along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

On March 3, 2019, in Amethi, Modi announced another JV —Indo-Russian Rifles — that would manufacture 750,000 AK-203 assault rifles in Korwa under the “Make in India” programme for an estimated $687 million. Russia is also competing for a ~40,000-crore deal for building six submarines in India under Project 75I, and a ~50,000-60,000 crore agreement to manufacture 114 fighter aircraft in India.

To ensure that Russian defence equipment was not hampered by any shortfall in maintenance or spare parts, the two sides agreed during the 20th Annual Summit in Vladivostok in September 2019 to cooperate in producing spare parts for Russian/Soviet military equipment.

The India-Russia defence partnership is being tested by Washington, especially through the piece of legislation the US Congress passed in 2017, titled CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act). This provides for US sanctions on countries that have significant defence or intelligence relations with Russia, Iran, or North Korea. India’s purchase of the S400 missile system is regarded as a potential trigger for Washington to impose sanctions.

While the US Congress has created a “CAATSA waiver” for close partners such as India, the US president is required to determine whether to exercise that waiver. So far, President Joe Biden has not stated a preference.

India, which faces a growing threat from China, is determined to buy the S400 from Russia. Asked whether New Delhi would bow to CAATSA pressure, India’s foreign ministry spokesperson said last week: “India and the US have a special global strategic partnership. And we also have a very special and privileged strategic partnership with Russia. And as you’re all aware, we pursue an independent foreign policy. This applies to our defence acquisitions, and supplies which are and will continue to be guided by our security interest.”

New Delhi and Moscow have identified trade and economic relations as a priority area. Modi and Putin have set a bilateral investment target of $50 billion and a bilateral trade target of $30 billion by 2025. (With inputs from PTI)

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Obviously, this has made some people in the West and some media uneasy.
Because, it seems to be a classic case of the United States being strategically self-defeating.
The United States was too anxious to cause the action to deform.
Since this was the first visit by a Chinese foreign minister to India after the conflict in the Galvan Valley, it sent a special signal for Sino-Indian relations.
Some US media are worried that the US-India-Japan-Australia "four-party mechanism" alliance carefully crafted by Washington will be weakened as a result, and even affect the overall promotion of the US "Indo-Pacific strategy".
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Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India on the 25th.
The news, issued by Reuters in the United Kingdom on the 23rd, has aroused the attention of international public opinion.
The report quoted an Indian official as saying that "although neither side has made an official announcement, this will be the highest level visit since the border conflict between the two countries worsened relations two years ago."
Wang Yi ’ s trip to South Asia began with a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Pakistan, followed by a visit to Afghanistan, then a trip from Afghanistan to India on the 25th, and a visit to Nepal on the 25th.
It can be said that the horse does not stop.
The Indian government source, who asked to remain anonymous, told Reuters that Wang is expected to meet with Indian Foreign Minister Atal Bihari Sujssen and Indian national security adviser Doval, and while the agenda is not yet clear, it is expected to discuss the conflict in Ukraine.
The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs would not comment on the news.
A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said at a regular press briefing on the 23rd that he had no information to provide at this time.
Relations between China and India became tense between May and June 2020, when there were confrontations between border guards in places such as the Galvan Valley on the Sino-Indian border.
In particular, on 15 June 2020, a deadly clash in the Galvan Valley killed 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers.
Since then, Sino-Indian relations have been strained for a time, and Indian border patrol officers have even broken the rules that have been observed for decades and fired warning shots, even in confrontations with Chinese personnel.
Since then, India has restricted many Chinese companies from doing business in India, and has also stopped dozens of Chinese-developed apps.
However, the "knots" between the two countries always need to be unraveled, and both sides have this desire.
On the 11th of this month, the Chinese and Indian armies held the 15th round of military-level talks.
According to official information released after the meeting, the two sides followed the leaders' guidance on resolving the remaining issues as soon as possible. The two sides also reiterated that achieving a settlement of the remaining issues will help restore peace and tranquillity in the West Line of Actual Control and promote the development of bilateral relations.
In the meantime, both sides agreed to maintain security and stability on the frontline in the Western Sector. They agreed to maintain dialogue through military and diplomatic channels to reach a mutually acceptable solution as soon as possible.
According to some analysts, from the Indian side, on December 8, 2021, a Mi-17V5 helicopter flown by India's then defense chief Rawat and his wife crashed in the Gunur region of Tamil Nadu, killing 13 people including Rawat.
Rawat was a representative of the "hardliners" in the Indian Army, and his death weakened the faction.
So the mood in India is changing as well.
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Of course, from the current reality, China and India have a very big "common point", that is, after the Russia-Ukraine conflict, neither followed the footsteps of the United States and the West, blindly condemning and sanctioning Russia.
Because both China and India have maintained a neutral attitude toward peace, the United States and the West have put public criticism and diplomatic pressure on China and India.
Some media in the United States claim that this is China's intention to hold India at a critical time.
India also has border issues, military needs, and traditional strategic considerations of “non-alliance ”.
Since Russia ’ s “special military action ” against Ukraine, India has twice abstained from voting on Russia-Ukraine issues in the United Nations Security Council.
Russia, on the other hand, has always regarded India as a friendly country.
Since the beginning of the Cold War, the Soviet Union has established diplomatic and economic relations with India.
Moreover, Pakistan had close ties with the United States, and India maintained the security balance in South Asia by its proximity to the Soviet Union and the weapons and security assistance it received from the Soviet Union.
Until today, India ’ s active aircraft carriers were purchased second-hand from Russia, and were only deployed after the Russians had been refitted; India was a nuclear-powered attack submarine leased from Russia when it did not have a domestic nuclear submarine.
Look at the main fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force, almost two-thirds of which are made by Russia.
Therefore, even some American scholars studying South Asia have to admit that India does not want to distance itself from its main supplier of defense equipment, Russia.
A clear example is that the United States has threatened to sanction India several times before, but India has insisted on purchasing the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system from Russia, which has frustrated Washington.
In addition, Russia has provided India with military platforms that other countries cannot provide, such as joint development of fifth-generation fighter aircraft and joint development of advanced cruise missiles with India.
In particular, when the United States and the United Kingdom waved the "stick" of sanctions against Russian oil, and when European countries also followed the sanctions against Russia and withdrew from the Russian market, India, the world's third-largest energy consumer, increased its purchases of Russian oil.
The data shows that in March, India imported nearly four times the average monthly amount of oil to Russia last year.
It can be seen that India's thinking is very simple, the more critical the moment, the more can not choose the side team.
Under no circumstances do you want to put all the eggs in the Western basket.
Therefore, in order to maintain a non-aligned presence in order to find space between East and West, India sees Russia as an important part of helping India achieve this goal.
However, at this time, some Western politicians and media, including some pro-Western forces in India, have exerted considerable internal and external pressure on the Modi government to adopt such a posture.
In particular, U.S. President Joe Biden on March 21 called India “shaky ” in its response to Russia ’ s invasion of Ukraine.
India does not want to be isolated, while China faces similar attacks and smears from Western politicians and the media.
Therefore, India and China have a natural need to come together.
What the United States and some Western countries are most worried about now is that China and India continue to trade with Russia in their currencies at a time when they are crazy about economic sanctions against Russia.
This will bring some challenges to the West.
The United States has found that the "four-party mechanism" that the United States, India, Japan and Australia have promoted in order to consolidate their leadership in the Asia-Pacific region has a variable on this point in India.
Will America ’ s efforts be wasted?
The United States threatened and warned other countries that it would face sanctions and retaliation if it helped Moscow.
But if India is doing this, will the United States sanction India?
The United States has been threatening to sanction India because of India ’ s purchase of Russia ’ s S-400 air defense system, but it has also remained a verbal threat.
Will the US impose sanctions on India this time?
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Huang Jing, an adjunct professor at Shanghai Overseas Studies University, said India ’ s main security concerns lie in the northern Asian hinterland (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Middle East).
After the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, India ’ s security concerns in the region have increased dramatically, while US influence in the region has decreased dramatically.
On the sea, India ’ s security concerns are in the Indian Ocean, while the US is bent on maintaining hegemony in the West Pacific. As the misalignment between US and India ’ s security interests grows, India ’ s pursuit of cooperation with Russia in geopolitical, national security and energy supply becomes more pragmatic.
At the same time, the Russian-Ukrainian war has greatly increased Europe ’ s strategic value to the United States, while India ’ s strategic value has significantly decreased. Since the Ukraine crisis, India ’ s “non-aligned ” neutrality has been so determined that the United States has even threatened to impose sanctions on India.
Qian Feng, director of the Research Department of the National Institute of Strategic Studies at Tsinghua University, said that Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to India for the first time since the Sino-Indian border conflict and the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic is of great significance.
The world under the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is increasingly divided into several camps, and China and India, as two independent and independent powers, have made similar policy choices based on the merits of the incident itself and their own interests.
As representatives of the two major developing and emerging countries, China and India share many common interests in maintaining international peace and stability, and are more consistent in their "three views" on many major international issues.
At present, many regional issues, including Afghanistan, have not cooled, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to South Asia shows that China, as a responsible power, will continue to play a constructive role in regional stability. It also shows that China is willing to work with India to implement the consensus between the two leaders and repair bilateral relations, so as to avoid local differences between the two countries from escalating into strategic disputes.
Qian Feng believes that the two countries' positions on the Russia-Ukraine conflict are highly similar, they are calling for a ceasefire as soon as possible, advocating persuasion and promoting talks, avoiding the selection of side teams, and believing that the legitimate and reasonable security demands of all parties should be paid attention.
The Indian government is not willing to submit to the pressure of the United States and the West in the interests of its own country and the well-being of its people.
India's ruling and opposition parties and the public have a deep friendship with Russia, and basically support the government's policy toward Russia.
Russia and India have long been the cornerstone of India 's defense development. More than half of India' s military equipment comes from Russia. Without Russia, India 's aircraft can' t fly, and its warships can 't move.
In the past, China and India often displayed different perceptions of bilateral issues and international issues.
On the one hand, China and India have remained divided, guarded against and quarreled over some issues affecting bilateral relations.
On the other hand, there are many similar and similar views on important international issues such as safeguarding the interests of the broad development of China, calling for strengthening global governance, reforming and improving the current international political and economic order.
However, the conflicting aspects of the two countries' relations over the past two years have overshadowed the consistency of international cooperation between the two countries.
This conflict between Russia and Ukraine objectively brought about an opportunity to improve relations between the two countries.
In the next step, although bilateral issues such as many border disputes cannot be resolved satisfactorily in the short term, China and India can create more conditions for repairing the foundation of mutual trust and resolving bilateral differences in a mutually beneficial manner by expanding mutually beneficial cooperation in international affairs.
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After the start of the war in Ukraine, India ’ s long-term relationship with Russia also attracted attention, with one focus being India ’ s military relationship with Russia.
During a visit to the United States in April, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India wanted to be a “good friend ” to the West.
But she added that India did not want to be weakened and needed to ensure its security.
This means that India will continue to rely on Russian military supplies for a long time.
How dependent is India on Russian weapons?
India is one of the world ’ s largest arms buyers and has had close defense ties with the former Soviet Union for years.
India ’ s antagonism with Pakistan, as well as its growing rivalry with China, meant that Moscow remained Delhi ’ s main partner even after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s.
About two-thirds of India ’ s military equipment since 1992 has come from Russia, according to the Stockholm Institute for International Peace (Sipri), which tracks global arms transfers and military spending.
The Stimson Center, a U.S.-based research organization, estimates that Russian weapons may account for 85 percent of India ’ s major weapons systems.
This includes fighters, nuclear-powered submarines, aircraft carriers, tanks and missiles.
Is India trying to diversify its arms supply?
Over the past decade, India has become less dependent on Russian weapons and has bought more equipment from other countries.
Notable among them are purchases from France, but also from Israel and the United States, and a smaller amount from the United Kingdom.
According to Sipri, France, the United States and Israel sold twice as much weapons to India in 2021 as they did in 2017, although Russia remains a major supplier.
India purchased Gale jets, Mirage fighters, and Scorpene submarines from France.
During Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’ s recent visit to France, the two countries said they had agreed to deepen cooperation on advanced defense technology.
Similarly, during Prime Minister Johnson ’ s visit to Delhi in April 2022, the UK and India pledged to deepen their defence and security ties, emphasizing cooperation on advanced jet fighter technology.
India has also turned to Israel for procurement, seeking to meet a number of high-tech defense and security needs, including:
• Drone equipment
• On-board early warning system
• Anti-missile defense
• Precision-guided munitions
India ’ s military relationship with the United States has been growing strongly, with defence trade between India and the United States increasing significantly from 2018 to 2019.
India ’ s major purchases include U.S. long-range maritime patrol aircraft and C-130 transport aircraft, as well as missiles and drones, and a recent Pentagon statement spoke of deepening cooperation with India in space defense and cyber security.
Is India rethinking its reliance on Russian weapons?
Changes in international politics in recent years have meant that India has become closer to countries like France, the United States and Israel.
Nonetheless, India has yet to join the international community in condemning Russia ’ s invasion of Ukraine, and India has made it clear that it does not want to take sides.
Some defense experts believe that given the impact of international sanctions on Russia, India may find it has no choice but to reduce its dependence on Moscow.
Samir Larwani, a defense and security analyst at the Stimson Center, said critical components of Russia ’ s S-400 surface-to-air missile system may now be problematic.
India purchased the system in 2018, and only a portion of it has been delivered.
"There are good reasons to believe... that Russia will not be able to fulfill its contractual commitment to India to deliver all S-400 systems," Mr. Rawani said.
He also argued that Russia ’ s war losses in Ukraine could mean that it might not be able to meet India ’ s needs “because it will be desperate to use all spare parts to replenish its power. ”
He said Indian policymakers may be taking note of some of the problems Russia faces with its equipment on the Ukrainian battlefield.
Without Russia ’ s weapons, would India ’ s defense be able to do so?
At the moment, this seems unlikely.
In October, a U.S. congressional report said the Indian military would not function effectively without Russian equipment and would continue to rely on Russian weapons systems in the near and medium term.
According to the report, Russia offers weapons at a relatively (more) attractive price than the West.
Sanjita Saxena, editor of the Delhi-based magazine Aeronautics and Defense Space, said the Indian army would continue to buy weapons and equipment from Russia.
She said this was not only because its personnel were familiar with their equipment, but also because relations with Russia had stood the test of time.
But she added that India wants to develop its indigenous defence industry, sometimes in joint partnerships with other countries.
Ms Saxena explained that this involved using the most advanced technology abroad to vigorously promote weapons manufacturing under programs such as “Made in India. ”
She explained that India would buy from anyone it felt offered the most suitable or valuable deal, whether it was Russia or another country.

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Wang Peng, a part-time researcher at the American Studies Center of Zhejiang Institute of Foreign Studies, made a speech on the Indo-Pacific strategy.
Wang Peng said that he has long been concerned about the Indo-Pacific strategy, and that Japan is obviously an important part of the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy toward China.
Therefore, he shared from the perspective of the overall strategic pressure on China in the Indo-Pacific system, and its core views are two: First, China is currently facing a geo-strategic dilemma similar to the "sea defense and blockade dispute" in the late Qing Dynasty, that is, it is facing high-intensity security threats from the two geo-strategic directions of the southeast coast and the southwest.
Second, the key to breaking this dilemma may be in Kashmir.
Let ’ s talk about “sea defences ”.
Affected by factors such as current Sino-US relations, peripheral relations, and changes in the political situation on the island of Taiwan, China is facing security threats from both the southeast and southwest strategic directions, and a geo-strategic dilemma similar to the recent "sea defense and blockade war" is becoming prominent.
On the one hand, China is facing a sharp increase in military pressure in the direction of "coastal defense" in the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.
The fact that the Taiwan independence forces have grown and the Biden administration has united regional allies to help defend Taiwan has greatly reduced the possibility of China's reunification by peaceful means.
The Diaoyu Islands dispute in the East China Sea and the sovereignty dispute in the South China Sea are closely linked with the situation in the Taiwan Strait under the coordination of the United States, and the possibility of military conflict is rising.
On the other hand, in the direction of China's southwestern inland "blockade", India has taken advantage of the US Indo-Pacific strategy to increase the intensity and frequency of border provocations, and coordinated with the United States, Japan, Australia and other countries to achieve the three strategic directions of the sea, land and air space network coordination and linkage, posing a more imminent security threat to China.
Therefore, how to prioritize and respond to threats in two different strategic directions is my top priority.
In this regard, Wang Peng said that China's current actual strategy is to focus on the southeast and the southwest, so India, the main opponent in the secondary strategic direction, will try to adopt a conciliatory strategy, hoping to reduce India's deep involvement in the US Indo-Pacific strategy and attack China from the flank by turning bilateral relations.
However, before accepting India into the SCO, and maintaining restraint and relative neutrality in the India-Pakistan Kashmir conflict in 2019, I not only failed to exchange positive responses from the Indian side, but instead intensified provocations and intensified response to the United States, while I suffered the loss of strategic credibility and China-Pakistan relations.
In view of India ’ s unswerving, seesawed, and forcefully promoted chauvinistic designs of major powers, the regional expansionist strategy aimed at dominating South Asia and its territorial ambitions in Tibet since its founding, especially in view of India ’ s blatant border war in 1962 at the time of China ’ s domestic and foreign difficulties, Donglang confrontation in 2017, Ladakh provocation in 2020, and active response to the United States ’ s crackdown on Chinese enterprises and industrial chain transfer. The opportunistic tactical preference shown in a series of events for taking advantage of the danger of others and laying the stone to the ground, it is almost impossible to expect India to remain neutral in the event of "events" in the southeast of China and not to "make trouble" on the western front.
Once the Taiwan independence forces declare "state-building" and force China to recover by force, or a medium-high intensity military conflict erupts in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, the Indian army will attack from the southwest, and cooperate with the US military to cut off China's maritime energy and foreign trade lifeline in the Indian Ocean, thus putting China at risk of being exposed to the enemy and fighting on two fronts.
In this regard, China must have a clear and objective understanding, and must not fall into the trap of wishful thinking because of its own good intentions.
Let ’ s talk about China ’ s collapse.
He said that Kashmir is the dead-knot of the India-Pakistan conflict and there is no solution to it.
When there is strong support or instigation from outside forces, India and Pakistan may once again erupt in Kashmir a medium-high intensity military conflict.
This situation has done me more good than bad:
First, it is conducive to shifting India's strategic focus from the China-India border and the South China Sea to the Kashmir and India-Pakistan borders, thereby reducing direct military pressure on China.
If there is a war on the southeast coast, China has no allies and can only fight alone, relying entirely on its own naval and air forces, which are not yet dominant, to confront the allied forces of the United States, Japan and Taiwan head-on, and not excluding South Korea, Australia, India, the Philippines and Vietnam from joining the enemy.
Our Indian Ocean lifeline will also face blockade threats from the United States, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and other countries on the Malacca-Andaman Archipelago – Diego Garcia line.
On the other hand, if the war takes place on the front line of the Kashmir-India-Pakistan border, Pakistan is on the front line and has to exert all its national strength to confront India head-on; while China is in the second line, the regional military pressure is greatly reduced, and the strategic space for maneuver is also enhanced.
Whether China directly supports the Pakistani side, or suddenly increases its troops in southern Tibet, or cooperates with Bangladesh, or supports the internal independence movement and anti-government forces in India, it can obtain a strategic advantage that forces the Indian army to be exhausted and unable to move north and east at a minimal cost and risk.
Second, it is conducive to restraining and exhausting India and weakening its economic development potential.
Once a war occurs in the southeast coast, it is bound to pose a direct threat to the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, which are the major financial and taxation areas in the southeast of China, thus accelerating industrial migration and destroying China's core economic advantages.
On the other hand, if the war is carried out on the India-Pakistan border, it will be far from the center of gravity of our economy, not only do us no harm, but will greatly damage India's investment and business environment.
If the war is long-term, and in the form of asymmetric warfare evolves into a protracted war that is beneficial to China and Pakistan in terms of cost and unfavorable to the United States and India, it is more likely to drive international capital and industrial chain to abandon India, delay or even interrupt India's industrialization and modernization process, and ultimately cause irreversible damage to India's civil life and national transportation.
Third, it is conducive to strengthening Pakistan's strategic dependence on China.
Pakistan alone is unable to compete with India, so when the conflict escalates, the need for Pakistan's foreign aid will inevitably increase sharply.
He said that the United States and Russia have reprinted and brushed aside China, so that Pakistan can only count on China, thus preventing Pakistan from swinging between China and the United States and further consolidating China's dominant position in Sino-Pakistani relations.
Fourth, it is conducive to exposing India's true ambitions in the Muslim world, while safeguarding China's positive image and breaking the Western plot to smear China with the "Xinjiang issue".
If there is a war on the southeast coast, China will be smeared by the mainstream Western media as "an authoritarian mainland invading democratic Taiwan" and "a big country bullying small countries such as the Philippines and Vietnam."
The India-Pakistan war has helped to shift the focus of international public opinion away from China, and cast India as the public enemy of the Muslim world through media operations, encouraging the global Islamic fighters, especially the Pashtun armed forces in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Kashmir, to attack India as the main object.
Fifth, the scale and intensity of the war can be controlled.
India and Pakistan are both nuclear states, and have gradually formed a certain strategic stability and a number of crisis management mechanisms after nuclear weapons possession.
The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council will also intervene when the military conflict between India and Pakistan escalates.
On the other hand, China needs to coordinate its position with Russia, Pakistan and other countries, and jointly advance and retreat to ensure that the wartime situation and postwar pattern develop in a direction that is favorable to China, Russia, Pakistan and not to the United States and India.
When India is weakened and defeated under the attack of the Sino-Pakistani joint countermeasure, it is bound to ask for help from friendly countries.
Given the size of China, India and Pakistan, only the United States and Russia are qualified to throw weight in the balance of the great South Asian game.
Let ’ s talk about India ’ s need for aid.
In the face of India's demand, the United States has three choices: refuse support, partial support, full support: if the United States refuses to support, India will no longer trust the United States, Japan, Australia and other countries will also doubt the United States' determination and strength to encircle China, resulting in centrifugal tendencies.
The Indo-Pacific strategy and the quadrilateral mechanism were thus unassailable.
This situation is in my best interest.
If the United States has reservations due to reasons such as distrust of India or preservation of power, and only partial support, the results are similar.
Wang Peng pointed out that if the United States fully supports India, there will be the following regional and global strategic consequences: First, the Indian government may face a crisis of domestic legitimacy due to the transfer of sovereignty to the United States; second, India will lose its diplomatic advantage in favor of the United States.
In order to obtain strong support from the United States, India must become an ironclad ally of the United States, and under the premise of unchanged hostile relations between the United States and Russia, India's move will inevitably stimulate Russia and lead to a centrifugal polarization of bilateral relations.
Third, when the United States splits its its forces into the South Asian-Indian Ocean region in support of India, the military pressure of our enemies in the Taiwan Strait will be reduced.
The United States fully supports India and will objectively divert resources to the South Asian-Indian Ocean region, thus weakening the ability to concentrate forces in the East Asian-Western Pacific region to encircle China and help defend Taiwan, and the military pressure in the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea has been relatively reduced.
When the willingness and ability of the United States to help defend Taiwan and the Diaoyu Islands declines, the possibility of Japan's deep involvement in the Taiwan and East China Seas will also be reduced.
Fourthly, I could further exploit asymmetrical competition-cost to impose strategic restraints and weaken the United States military and overall power in the South Asian-Indian Ocean region.
Next, we will discuss the situation in which India seeks Russian aid.
In the face of India's demands, Russia also has three options: refuse support, partial support, and full support: if Russia refuses to support, India will no longer trust Russia.
After the breakdown of Russian-Indian relations, I can coordinate with Russia and kick India out of the SCO.
If Russia were to provide partial support for a variety of reasons, the results would still be similar.
If Russia fully supports India, it will certainly create a gap between China and Russia, which will give the United States an opportunity and be detrimental to China and Russia.
The great threat posed by the United States to China and Russia at the same time is the main contradiction.
As long as this main contradiction exists, other secondary contradictions will be suppressed.
Therefore, under the premise that US-Russian relations have not been completely improved, it is less likely that Russia will risk sacrificing China-Russia coordination and turn its full support to a pro-US India.
In summary, the two paths and six situations of joint India to seek assistance from the United States and Russia and a comparative analysis of decision trees show that under the given conditions of hostility between the United States and Russia, India faces a surge of China-Pakistan security pressure, regardless of whether it subjectively chooses to fall to the United States or to fall to Russia. Russian relations are damaged, and vice versa.
Wang Peng finally said that from the current situation and development trend of the four-party game between the United States, Russia, India and China, India is likely to be forced to choose the United States under the situation of sudden increase of pressure between China and Pakistan, then I can take the opportunity to divide India and Russia; on the basis of differentiation between India and Russia, further kick out India and restructure the upper union, so that it can be used by us; and then support Pakistan directly hit India directly through asymmetric competition-cost imposed strategy.
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India's rivalry with China may erupt into a medium-high intensity war due to increased border provocations.

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Modi Meets Putin, Putin Praises India as ‘ Strong and Reliable Ally ’
Putin, who is visiting India, praised India as a "strong and reliable ally" of Moscow. Putin's visit focused on "energy" and "defense". The foreign ministers and defense ministers of the two sides held their first 2 + 2 meeting and signed a number of military cooperation agreements.
In a joint statement, the two sides reiterated their intention to strengthen defense cooperation and achieve the goal of reaching US $30 billion in bilateral trade by 2025.
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Indian diplomats said on Monday that Russia had begun supplying India with S-400 long-range air defense systems.
During Putin ’ s meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the two sides also signed a 10-year military cooperation agreement and an oil cooperation agreement.
In a joint statement issued after the meeting, the two sides reiterated their intention to strengthen defense cooperation, including joint research and development and production of military equipment. They also stressed the need to achieve the goal of 30 billion US dollars in bilateral trade by 2025, and strengthen cooperation in energy and satellite navigation.
Speaking to the media before his meeting with Modi, Putin said: "We consider India to be a big country, a friendly country and a security ally."
Putin ’ s trip to India is aimed at strengthening ties with India ’ s traditional allies, which are being eroded by the United States.
To counter China ’ s rise, the United States has established the Quad Security Dialogue (Quad) with India, Japan and Australia, drawing attention from Beijing and Moscow.
During the Cold War, India had close relations with the Soviet Union, a relationship that continues to this day, described by New Delhi as a “special and privileged strategic partnership. ”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss defense and trade relations between the two countries to strike a balance with the United States.
"Over the past few decades, there have been many fundamental changes in the world, as well as various geopolitical elements, but India's friendship with Russia has always been the same," Modi said before the meeting with Putin.
India ’ s foreign ministry said the annual bilateral summit covered political and defence issues.
The two leaders also discussed the takeover of the Afghan regime by the Taliban earlier this year, which has led to a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
India and Russia have long had close ties, and both sides have set a goal of reaching US $30 billion in bilateral trade by 2025.
But recently, India and the United States have drawn closer, seeing the United States as a key force in the fight against China.
India, while strengthening its military ties with the United States, is also trying to manage its defense relations with Russia.
India, a major arms importer, relied heavily on the former Soviet Union for its military supplies during the Cold War, and now buys weapons from the United States in a decentralized manner.
Under former US President Donald Trump, India signed more than US $3 billion in arms purchase contracts with the United States, and the two countries ’ armaments trade has increased from zero in 2008 to US $15 billion in 2019.
On the other hand, India ’ s purchase of the Russian-made S-400 missile system to counter China has become a major problem in relations with the United States.
This sophisticated anti-aircraft missile defense system, once available, is expected to give India the strategic deterrent power against China and Pakistan.
However, the United States has asked partners not to purchase Russian-made military equipment, or it may impose sanctions.
In addition, India and Russia held their first 2 + 2 meeting in New Delhi on Monday, where they signed a number of cooperation agreements on "military and small arms".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in New Delhi on Monday night and held a 2 + 2 meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Igor Sujason and Defense Minister Manmohan Singh.
The Ministerial 2 + 2 meeting was the first between India and Russia.
Singh tweeted after the meeting that discussions on defence cooperation between the two sides had been fruitful and that India valued the "special strategic partnership" with Russia.
He added that the two sides had signed several agreements, contracts and protocols on small arms and military cooperation.
However, Singh and India ’ s Ministry of Defence have yet to release a formal statement or press release disclosing details of the various agreements signed with Russia.
Indian media reported that one of the major agreements was the technology transfer and local production of the Russian-made AK-203 assault rifle.
Under the agreement, India will produce more than 600,000 AK-203 assault rifles in India over the next 10 years through an Indo-Russian joint venture.
Another deal is to extend the 10-year India-Russia military-technical cooperation agreement until 2031.

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Content: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’ s visit to Russia will be agreed through diplomatic channels, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
According to him, which leads TASS, the Prime Minister has a valid invitation to visit the country.
This (Modi ’ s visit to Russia. — NEWS.ru.) has yet to be agreed through diplomatic channels, — said Peskov.
At the same time, the press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation confirmed that the Russian leader Vladimir Putin invited Modi to visit the country.
Peskov added that “in any case, the meetings will take place in the first half of this year. ”
They will be held both in a multilateral format within the framework of international events and in bilateral ones.
Earlier, the columnist of the Croatian newspaper Advance D. Marjanovic said that the West is not able to undermine relations between India and Russia.
According to him, this is indicated by the congratulations of Putin on his re-election to the post of head of state from Modi.
The observer stressed that this statement of New Delhi can be considered one of the biggest failures of the West.
On March 20, it became known that Modi had held talks with Putin.
He congratulated the Russian leader on his victory in the election of the head of state.
During the conversation, the politicians agreed to continue working on expanding the “Russian-Indian especially privileged strategic partnership. ”

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Content: Russian partnership: Jaishankar’s visit cements time-tested ties - The Tribune India

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SUFFICE it to say that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has reassured the Kremlin that from New Delhi’s point of view, there is no attempt to alienate Russia. Also, that India’s deepening economic and security partnership with the West is not at the expense of Russia. That could explain why both Jaishankar and his counterpart Sergey Lavrov felt it necessary to highlight the special relationship. Moscow is a very valued and time-tested partner, Jaishankar, who’s on a five-day visit of the country, responded to a question on the western perception that India’s relationship with Russia is a handicap. Lavrov said the ties were built on mutual respect and not subject to political fluctuations. Inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Russia, President Vladimir Putin said ties with friends were progressing despite the turbulence in the world.

A sweeping review of bilateral relations has been on the agenda. New Delhi has consistently called for an end to the hostilities in Ukraine, but has not publicly criticised Russia following the invasion. It has also resisted pressure from the US to impose sanctions, and ramped up purchase of Russian oil. Jaishankar has described Russian supplies, including fertilisers, as very big components of bilateral trade. The rupee-rouble payment mechanism, though, still has not been resolved. One reason Washington has reconciled itself to India’s stand on Russia could be that on the issue of China, it is seen as aligning itself more closely with the US. For New Delhi, it is also critical to understand that Russia’s isolation would push Putin closer to China.

An agreement has also been reached on future units of the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu. It will have six reactors. Two had become operational by 2016. Lavrov has claimed tangible progress on plans to jointly produce military equipment. That could involve sustained negotiations. India has been open about diversifying arms imports and building stronger military ties for defence production.

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SUFFICE it to say that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has reassured the Kremlin that from New Delhi’s point of view, there is no attempt to alienate Russia. Also, that India’s deepening economic and security partnership with the West is not at the expense of Russia. That could explain why both Jaishankar and his counterpart Sergey Lavrov felt it necessary to highlight the special relationship. Moscow is a very valued and time-tested partner, Jaishankar, who’s on a five-day visit of the country, responded to a question on the western perception that India’s relationship with Russia is a handicap. Lavrov said the ties were built on mutual respect and not subject to political fluctuations. Inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Russia, President Vladimir Putin said ties with friends were progressing despite the turbulence in the world.

A sweeping review of bilateral relations has been on the agenda. New Delhi has consistently called for an end to the hostilities in Ukraine, but has not publicly criticised Russia following the invasion. It has also resisted pressure from the US to impose sanctions, and ramped up purchase of Russian oil. Jaishankar has described Russian supplies, including fertilisers, as very big components of bilateral trade. The rupee-rouble payment mechanism, though, still has not been resolved. One reason Washington has reconciled itself to India’s stand on Russia could be that on the issue of China, it is seen as aligning itself more closely with the US. For New Delhi, it is also critical to understand that Russia’s isolation would push Putin closer to China.

An agreement has also been reached on future units of the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu. It will have six reactors. Two had become operational by 2016. Lavrov has claimed tangible progress on plans to jointly produce military equipment. That could involve sustained negotiations. India has been open about diversifying arms imports and building stronger military ties for defence production.

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Not to be mischievous
20: 34 China without explaining anything removed all its skaters from the world Cup in France
18: 52 Chubais escaped from Russia.
I got it!
18: 45 Bulat Sultanov: "The White House will create a separation barrier between Russia and China in Central Asia"
17: 48 China and Russia today: friendly neutrality.
Ahead of Taiwan
17: 47 US should punish Saudi Arabia for supporting Russia
17: 43 Sky News (USA): Biden continues to disgrace the United States
17: 40 Ukrainian disappointment of Beijing, - Yu.Tavrovsky
15: 37 Putin just announced the transfer of payments for gas from Europe in rubles
14: 40 Mountain Badakhshan.
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13: 24 To cowards and alarmists, - Erik Khanymamedov
11: 53 What will happen if Russia turns on its counter-sanctions? - V. Tetelmin
11: 41 Poland, with the sanction of Biden, is preparing troops to enter Western Ukraine?
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08: 19 24.03.2022
Russia ’ s military operation in Ukraine provoked the expected harsh reaction of the West.
The United States, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom adopted several packages of sanctions, including against the financial, energy, transport and technological sectors of the Russian economy.
Following the restriction of the work of Visa and MasterCard payment systems, many foreign companies announced a partial or complete cessation of activities in Russia.
However, not all states supported the sanctions campaign.
Moreover, China and India have already started talking about expanding cooperation with Russia.
"Lenta.ru" understood why the "Asian giants" decided to support the northern neighbor and what they hope to get in return.
Friendship without barriers
Russia has been developing friendly relations with China for almost a decade since Chinese President Xi Jinping took over as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2013.
Back in 2019, he said that “over the past 70 years, China-Russia relations have reached an unprecedented high level, ” and described relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin as deeply personal friendship.
In early February, Putin, at the invitation of Xi Jinping, attended the opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The visit was the occasion for full-scale negotiations, as a result of which the parties signed a package of intergovernmental, interdepartmental and commercial documents, as well as agreed to increase the volume of bilateral trade to $250 billion.
Friendship between the two states has no borders, there are no forbidden zones in cooperation, the strengthening of bilateral strategic cooperation is not directed against third countries, is not subject to the influence of a changing international environment and situational changes in third countries.
After Putin announced the start of a special operation in Ukraine on February 24, the Chinese authorities did not condemn the actions of the Kremlin and did not call the operation “invasion ”.
However, Xi Jinping called on Russia and Ukraine to sit down at the negotiating table to de-escalate the situation and said that China stands for respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states.
Recently, the situation in eastern Ukraine has changed dramatically and attracts increased attention of the international community.
Xi Jinping
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Nevertheless, after the introduction of Western sanctions against Russia, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the PRC Zhao Lijian said about the harm of economic restrictions in the settlement of the crisis.
He pointed out that the sanctions imposed created new problems leading to mutual loss and multiple economic losses.
She refrained from condemning Russia ’ s operation in Ukraine when voting in the UN Security Council and India.
The Chinese government continues to be neutral – like China ’ s political leadership, it calls for a cessation of hostilities and a return to diplomatic dialogue, avoiding criticism of Russia ’ s actions.
Special attention to the crisis in Ukraine was drawn by the death of a 22-year-old Indian student in Kharkov.
The incident caused indignation in Indian society, which turned into a demand for the authorities to take immediate measures to organize the evacuation of more than 20,000 Indians who are in Ukraine.
Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin
Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin
Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev / RIA Novosti
Later, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed the issue of the export of Indian citizens from Ukraine.
Putin assured that all instructions were given to the military, and they are doing everything possible to ensure the safe removal of foreigners from the combat zone and their return to their homeland.
The prompt reaction of the Russian authorities and the promise to investigate the death of the student allowed to smooth out the possible consequences and maintain friendly relations with the Indian side.
Not the last role, however, was played by the pragmatic attitude of official Delhi: Western sanctions and their attempts to isolate Russia economically open up new attractive short-term and long-term prospects not only for China, but also for India.
The Asian Giants
Today, China is Russia ’ s key economic partner.
The growth of trade in ten years was about 165 percent.
Trade turnover in 2021 increased by 35.9 percent and amounted to $146 billion compared to 2020.
The plans of Russia and China are to increase it to 200 billion by 2024.
However, there is a significant imbalance in the economic relations between the two countries.
While China accounted for about 18 percent of total trade with Russia, Russia ’ s share of Chinese trade was just over two percent.
Under sanctions and a ban from Western countries on the supply of a number of high-tech goods to Russia (microelectronics, marine and navigation equipment), military and dual-use products, aircraft and spare parts, goods for use in the aviation and space industry, equipment and technologies for oil refining, as well as reducing demand for Russian energy resources, this imbalance will increase.
Photo by Shizuo Kambayashi / AP
According to Vasily Kashin, director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics, the restrictions imposed on Russia will make China our country ’ s main trading partner for decades to come, which will inevitably affect coordination in the military and political spheres.
“Everything will be pretty clear here.
The situation, in which we will depend on one China, will require some policy adjustments from us, ” the expert believes.
It is impossible to say that we will be a "junior partner", but we will have to take into account the interests of China to a much greater extent than before, and this will be expressed in some joint actions in the military sphere - most likely, in the region of Northeast Asia.
Vasily Kashin
Director of CKEMI NRU HSE
In such circumstances, the partnership with India, guided by its own aspirations, which on a global and regional scale often do not contradict the interests of Russia, becomes especially significant for Russia.
For both Moscow and New Delhi, bilateral Russian-Indian relations have an independent value.
Today, India is a leading importer of fertilizers, oil and vegetable oil, and the Russian side is one of the main suppliers of these goods.
In addition to hydrocarbons and fertilizers, the Indian side buys from Russia products of the military-industrial complex and nuclear energy.
In turn, India exports to Russia pharmaceutical, agricultural and other goods.
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However, trade between the states is significantly inferior to Russian-Chinese cooperation.
Last year, it amounted to about $12 billion, which was a record figure in the entire history of trade relations between India and Russia.
Nevertheless, Putin and Modi during the meeting in New Delhi within the framework of the Russian-Indian summit "Russia - India: Partnership for Peace, Progress and Prosperity" assessed the volume of bilateral trade as "not corresponding to the potential of strategic partnership" and stated the need to intensify efforts to increase mutual trade to achieve the target of 30 billion by 2025.
Not canceled this desire and new sanctions, which significantly complicated for India the system of payments with Russia.
Russia ’ s disconnection from SWIFT paralyzed about $500 million for goods already sent to Russia.
As reported by The Hindu newspaper, the Indian government has already ordered the creation of a group to study the impact of Western sanctions against Russia on the Indian economy.
It included representatives of the Ministries of Food and Consumer Affairs, Fertilizer, Trade, Foreign Affairs, Oil and Natural Gas.
According to Alexei Kupriyanov, a senior researcher at IMEMO RAS, Russia previously played the role of a mediator in relations between India and China, at the same time a mediator of such a force that helped to find mutual understanding between states in the event that relations were deadlocked.
Now objective circumstances make possible the scenario of closer rapprochement between Russia and China.
The Indians are extremely concerned that, as a result of Western sanctions, Russia may even closer to China, and are trying to prevent this.
That is why they do not plan to curtail further cooperation with Russia - because it will only push Russia into the Chinese arms
Alexey Kupriyanov
Senior Researcher, IMEMO RAS
Ignoring threats
Despite the attractiveness of the voids that have formed in the Russian economic space, both Beijing and New Delhi have close trade relations with Washington.
Thus, the United States is the third largest trading partner of China after ASEAN and the EU (if you evaluate not by individual countries, but by macro-regions).
755.6
billion dollars was the trade turnover between China and the United States in 2021
More extensive economic ties allow the United States to require India and China to comply with the sanctions regime against Russia, since both countries depend on foreign technologies, on Western intellectual property, on the supply of components and developments of European and American companies.
The White House is already considering the possibility of imposing sanctions against India because of the import of Russian weapons and the position regarding the special operation of Russia in Ukraine.
India is now a really important security partner for the United States, and we appreciate that.
I hope that the leadership of India will decide that it is time to distance itself from Russia
Donald Lou
Assistant Secretary of State
According to Vasily Kashin, director of the HSE CCEMI, the abuse by the American side of its role in world finance can cause a negative reaction from the Indian authorities, who "very strictly protect the independence of their foreign policy."
India does not see itself as a "junior partner" of the United States, who is told who to be friends with and with whom not.
Attempts at harsh and brutal pressure will cause an extremely negative reaction
Vasily Kashin
Director of CKEMI NRU HSE
Jen Psaki
Jen Psaki
Photo by Patrick Semansky / AP
Similar threats are being made against China.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki promised China “significant consequences ” from the United States for violating sanctions against Russia because of the situation in Ukraine.
However, the Chinese government has repeatedly stated that it does not accept unilateral economic pressure and the application of the principle of extraterritoriality.
When considering the issue of Ukraine and relations with Russia, the American side must strictly and accurately take into account the concerns of China and prevent the infringement of the rights and interests of the Chinese side.
Zhao Lijian
official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China
Kashin noted that imposing sanctions on China is an order of magnitude more dangerous than imposing sanctions on Russia.
He explained that the Chinese economy controls many key production chains and is a key market for many American businesses, which will require much more careful sanctions pressure on China.
The British newspaper The Guardian, citing sources, reports that the Chinese authorities have already decided to send economic assistance to Russia against the background of a special operation in Ukraine.
The source stressed that Beijing is serious about cooperation with Moscow, since such an initiative allegedly comes from Xi Jinping, who with Putin “shares the opinion of the United States as a despot. ”
Photo by Bikas Das / AP
It does not want to refuse cooperation with Russia and India.
Thus, countries are considering the possibility of switching to trade settlements in rubles and rupees.
The new mechanism will allow Indian exporters to receive payment for their goods in national currency instead of dollars and euros.
It is planned that the Russian bank for this purpose should open an account in the Indian, and the Indian - in the Russian.
* * *
Attempts to exert economic pressure on countries actually translate the confrontation into a political plane.
The economic well-being of the state becomes the subject of bargaining, which has to be sacrificed as a sign of political loyalty to this or that bloc of countries.
Both China and India consider themselves exclusively independent players in the international space.
The authorities of these countries do not want to obey the political will of the United States, to lose the benefit of cooperation with Russia and consider offensive instructions dictating how and on what conditions to build relations with other states.
Russia will remain a strategic partner for both China and India.
However, in the face of Russia ’ s loss of other alternatives, cooperation will be disproportionate.
The Russian side is more likely to retain its role as a mediator in India-China relations.
India is not interested in the loss of a supplier of goods of the military-industrial complex and in the rapid rapprochement of Russia with China.
China, in turn, is not interested in breaking the Russian-Indian cooperation in order to prevent India from rapprochement with the United States.
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Economist Andrianov spoke about the formation of Russia and India new contours of energy security
Starting from February 5, another sanctions instrument came into force, with the help of which the collective West has been trying to “tear the Russian economy to shreds ” for several years.
We are talking about the notorious ceiling on prices for petroleum products supplied from the Russian Federation.
However, this is another blow not to our country, but to the system of global energy security.
Perhaps Western politicians in the heat of anti-Russian hysteria do not understand this (but rather, they simply deftly hide their “knowledge ” from ordinary voters).
But such consequences are clearly visible from the side.
The states that refused to participate in the rabid anti-Russian campaign are well aware of what a “curve path ” the United States and its European satellites have become.
One of these sober-minded states is India, which has many years, and even centuries, experience of economic partnership with Russia.
Therefore, the topic of sustainable development of global energy and the role of the Russian Federation in this process became one of the central topics during the Indian Energy Week (India Energy Week 2023), which takes place from 6 to 8 February at the Bangalore International Exhibition Center.
New Leaders and Old Hegemon
Over the past year, India has become one of the main partners of Russia in the field of energy: Russia came out on the first place among oil exporters to this country, there are prospects for increasing supplies of Russian LNG.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the further contours of such interaction are actively discussed during India Energy Week 2023.
In this context, a speech by Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin set the tone for the most important discussion on the future of global energy in general.
What do two countries like India and Russia have in common today?
First of all, the focus on stable long-term development.
As Igor Sechin noted, India, having become the most populated country in the world, is becoming the leader of the world economic dynamics.
“A big country with a huge young ambitious population, where the most important thing is the dynamics.
It is no coincidence that analysts and experts predict for India the growth rate of up to 7% per year, ” the head of Rosneft said.
In turn, he added, Russia was able “in the conditions of unprecedented sanctions, pressure and confrontation with almost the entire Western world to provide a result more significant than that of many leading economies of the world. ”
Of course, this cannot be liked by the guardian of neocolonial traditions – the United States of America, which today uses the full range of political, economic and military tools in order to prevent the emergence of new leading countries on the world stage.
The victims of such steps are not only individual states, but also global markets, primarily energy.
“The actions of the world hegemon, trying by any means to maintain its hegemony, destroyed the single energy market.
There is no single global energy market.
Energy security has ceased to be global, ” says the head of Rosneft.
It is not straight.
Indeed, as a result of the actions of the United States and its allies, all principles of market trade were destroyed, market pricing, contract law were abolished, and logistics chains that had been built for decades were broken.
It is noteworthy that this process began long before the current round of anti-Russian sanctions — the United States has long sought to cut off Europe from stable and relatively inexpensive energy supplies from the Russian Federation, thereby undermining its economic potential and making it completely dependent on its own will.
Over the past year, this process has only accelerated.
As a result, Europe has completely lost its main advantage - energy security - access to cheap and reliable Russian energy and is now forced to pay three to five times more for gas.
According to Bloomberg, the rejection of Russian gas has already cost Europe about 1 trillion euros, ” said Igor Sechin.
Of course, the leading energy-consuming countries in the face of India and China cannot remain indifferent to these destructive processes.
In response to the destruction of the global market, to the rupture of logistics chains, the regionalization of energy will occur, new safe logistics schemes will be built.
Accordingly, the formation of regional payment systems with their settlement and reserve currencies will begin.
In this context, the next attempts to restrict trade in Russian energy resources, in the form of the same ceiling on oil prices, look absolutely powerless.
As Igor Sechin notes, the reference price for our oil cannot be formed where it does not exist.
“If there is no supply to Europe, then reference prices will be formed where it actually goes.
As it is written in Ecclesiastes: “The crooked cannot become straight, and what is not, it cannot be considered, ” the head of the Russian company said.
Green Barrels for Friends
In addition to purely logistical and organizational-financial issues, the question of the “physical availability ” of energy resources also arises.
It is not difficult to notice that the leaders in terms of reserves of the same hydrocarbon raw materials are the countries that were under the influence of Western sanctions: Russia, Venezuela, Iran.
And in the course of this regionalization of energy markets, these countries will become the main suppliers of energy for the rapidly growing economies of India, China and other countries.
One of the guarantors of energy security for Russia-friendly countries will be the Vostok Oil project, implemented by Rosneft and having a resource base of 6.5 billion tons of oil.
It is important to emphasize that the carbon footprint of this project is only a quarter of the global average of new mining projects.
The oil of the Vostok Oil project is actually “green barrels ”, which are extracted using advanced technologies.
And is there a raw material alternative in the same collective West?
Of course not.
So-called majors under the influence of the “green agenda ” in recent years have reduced their investments in exploration and development of deposits.
And even those record profits that they recorded in 2022 will be directed mainly not to the development of production, but to the payment of dividends to shareholders and repurchase of shares.
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Thus, before our eyes there is a reformatting of the global energy market.
The losers and beneficiaries of this process are already obvious.
The collective West, which has embarked on the crooked path of sanctions, is stumbling towards an economic impasse.
And Russia, India and other countries, aimed at constructive and equal dialogue, are clearing a direct path for an active multifaceted partnership.
And only such a direct road leads to energy security.
Ecclesiastes was right.
The author is an expert of the InfoTEK Analytical Center, Associate Professor of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation Valery Andrianov.
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In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

India's growth rate may reach 7% per year, while Russia has withstood unprecedented sanctions.

US actions destroyed Europe's energy security by rejecting Russian gas.

Regionalization of energy, led by the Vostok Oil project, will ensure energy security for Russia-friendly countries.

India is Russia's largest oil buyer and the world's third largest oil importer.

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India has become Russia ’ s biggest oil exporter, with a quarter of its imports coming from Russia and not subject to U.S. sanctions, international news reports said.
More than 1 million barrels per day were imported recently.
India is now the world ’ s third largest oil importer, with imports smaller than China, the United States and the 26-nation European Union.
India's population size will surpass China's, and China has seen a population decline for two consecutive years.
India ’ s economic growth rate has climbed rapidly.
At current prices, India ranks sixth in the world in terms of economic size, but after price factors, it is already third in the world, behind China and the United States.
If the European Union is added, Europe, the United States and China will become the four pillars of the world.
Japan has been left behind, its population is declining faster than China ’ s, and its recovery is hopeless.
It is because of its economic strength and large population that India can not fear the United States, from its own interests, to buy Russian oil at a discount price, and undermine the sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union.
Unlike the European Union, India is not afraid of the threat of the United States. In addition to importing oil, it has opened an international north-south transport corridor with Russia and Iran, which is obviously a confrontation with the United States.
India will look at the global strategy, do not want Russia to be defeated by the United States, but use the British divide and rule strategy against the United States and Russia to ensure its political and economic rise.
Many people in Hong Kong and the Mainland despise India, and there are many prejudices generated by ignorance.
India ’ s cultural traditions and development model are different from China ’ s, but they have not hindered its development.
Judging by the results, India ’ s development path is a success, and it is more likely that the population bonus will expand further in the future.
If we cooperate with Russia and Iran to obtain a stable and cheap energy supply, the opportunity for development is greater, and we cannot ignore it.
In the post-colonial experience of India, it could not be attached to the United States.
The relationship with China may be one of cooperation and competition in the future.
For a rising India, if Russia and China hold the United States in check, it can withstand the political and economic pressure of the United States, and can also benefit from both East and West as an independent body, and become an important new force in the international community.
Sino-Indian relations In the new Cold War layout of the United States, I believe that it will not be foolish enough to let the United States divide and form hostility and hold each other back.
The two countries can be reconciled and different, but each is actively developing in the world outside the West, which actually has a synergistic effect.
If China, Russia and India join hands, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the BRICS countries of Brazil and South Africa will be enough to compete with the United States, the European Union, the Five Eyes, and Japan.
If Sino-Indian relations can develop in the direction of friendly cooperation, it will be mutually beneficial and beneficial to the world.
Hong Kong, as a one-country, two-system administrative region with independent economic and trade, a large Indian population and excellent relations with India, can be a vanguard of the country, with the help of the local Indian community, and with the help of the huge overseas Chinese community in India and India, as an important part of the new internationalization of Hong Kong.

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Recently, Sameer Lalwani, a senior expert at the Asia Center of the American Institute of Peace, and Happymon Jacob, an associate professor of diplomacy and disarmament at Nehru University, wrote that in the short and medium term, the foundation of Russian-Indian relations is still very solid, and in the long term, Indian-Russian relations are on a long-term downward trend, from partnership to trading. "Change".
Following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022, major democracies have come together to defend Ukraine by condemning Russia ’ s military actions.
But India did not join in, opting instead to abstain in a key UN vote and refusing to condemn its longtime partner, Russia.
Many countries expressed disappointment with India's stance on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
However, some observers believe that India has shown signs of considering a rupture with Russia, and India may change its previous neutral course. In September 2022, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin that “today ’ s era is not an era of war ”, a phrase that seemed to warn Russia, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Modi ’ s stance“ significant. ”
American political scientist Happymon Jacob also wrote that the Indian government is weakening its “long-term partnership ” with Russia and is committed to closer cooperation with the United States.
Based on the interpretation of these events, India needs to strengthen its cooperation with the West and is alienating Russia.
However, the view that "India and Russia will part ways" is too "taken for granted" and does not reflect realistic possibilities.
It is true that in the context of Russia ’ s growing economic dependence on China and its provision of unreliable weapons to India, India should theoretically move away from Russia and promote diversification of partnerships, but this is not realistic or feasible.
The United States, the first Western country to win over India on a number of issues, turned a blind eye to the human rights dispute.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden at last year ’ s G20 summit. (Reuters)
In fact, India is not ready to give up the India-Russia partnership, and in November 2022, Indian Foreign Minister Sujishin visited Russia, stressing that the relationship between the two countries is “strong and stable. ”
For this reason, US policymakers still need to make policy plans around the reality of a lasting India-Russia relationship, but they should also make India realize that Russia is a burden; the United States cannot punish and sanction India because of the close India-Russia relationship.
Because for the United States, India can play a more prominent and more active role in the Indo-Pacific region.
The False Dawn
Analysts have concluded that India is trying to distance itself from Russia based on what Indian officials say, including Modi ’ s verbal confrontation with Putin in September 2022, a vote against Russia at the United Nations, and the cancellation of a multi-billion dollar Russian weapons procurement program (fighters and helicopters).
However, these developments do not mean that India has explicitly chosen to stay away from Russia.
The Washington Post called Modi ’ s September 2022 statement to Putin a “rebuke. ”
But in fact, Modi ’ s statement was not intended primarily to address the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, but to express concern about rising food and energy prices.
Several assessment reports issued in India have warned against over-reading Modi ’ s remarks, which are no different from the official position of India in the past that the war has inflicted great trauma on developing countries.
It is undeniable that India has indeed sided with the West in some of the UN ’ s procedural votes, such as allowing Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to speak at the UN General Assembly in September 2022.
But in more substantive votes, such as the October 2022 vote on four regions of Russia ’ s military campaign in Ukraine, India abstained.
In addition, in early 2022, India cancelled several agreements to purchase Russian weapons (such as the MiG-29 fighter).
But the decision has little to do with the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and is more about promoting domestic arms production and supporting India ’ s “self-reliance ” program.
A few months before the Russian-Ukrainian conflict erupted, the Indian government had planned to cancel these deals, including the purchase of Boeing P-8I aircraft from the United States, in favor of domestically produced weapons.
But India will still buy major weapons such as S-400 air defense systems, stealth frigates and nuclear submarines from Russia, which means India will be tied to Russia for decades to come.
In fact, India cannot really break with Russia, because Russian-made weapons account for a large share of India ’ s arsenal, and Russia still plays a significant role in India ’ s geopolitical considerations, so most of India ’ s political elite still prefer friendly Indian-Russian relations.
India can ’ t really break with Russia because Russian-made weapons make up the bulk of India ’ s arsenal and most of India ’ s political elite still prefer friendly India-Russia relations.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
(Reuters)
(2) Patience and persistence
India has long regarded Russia as a valued partner in its “multidirectional alliance ” strategy.
Within the framework of this strategy, India wants to maintain a constructive strategic partnership with several major powers at the same time, but refuses to form an exclusive alliance with any major powers.
India ’ s leaders believe that the “multidirectional alliance ” strategy is still valid today because Western analysts have misjudged Russia in several important ways.
The authors ’ study found that despite strong Western sanctions against Russia, Indian national security officials still believe in Russia ’ s endurance and durability.
They expect Europe to struggle under pressure from inflation and energy shortages, while Russia ’ s economy will be boosted by rising commodity prices.
After all, Indian companies are investing in Russian energy projects, such as oil and gas extraction projects in Sakhalin, Russia ’ s Far East.
In addition, India has doubled its investment in future India-Russia cooperation in defense technology research and development (including the development of the Brahmos cruise missile).
The leaders also believe that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is likely to turn into a military stalemate that will culminate in a negotiated cease-fire and that Russia will eventually be allowed to reintegrate into the international community.
Indian policymakers also believe that Russia will remain an important geopolitical force that will help India.
India relies on Russia for missile technology, submarine nuclear reactors, and hypersonic weapons, and Russia can still provide diplomatic support to India in the United Nations Security Council, which can exert influence on India ’ s other continental neighbors.
In addition, with the Russian regime in turmoil, Indian officials want to be able to extract more benefits from their dealings with the Russian government, just as India did at the beginning of the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the two countries established the Brahmos Aerospace Joint Venture.
As India continues to maintain friendly relations with its old partner Russia, the West is hesitant to punish India.
Some observers believe that India will downplay the India-Russia relationship as Russia becomes closer to China and even more dependent on China.
But unlike Western officials, Indian officials do not believe that tough sanctions will force Russia into China ’ s arms, because there is no shortage of friction between China and Russia over Central Asia and the Arctic.
In the eyes of Indian policymakers, India can become a "wedge" between Russia and China, helping Russia retain some autonomy in Sino-Russian relations, and avoiding Russia becoming a "small follower" of China.
On September 15, 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Samarkand State Guesthouse to exchange views on China-Russia relations and international and regional issues of common concern. (Xinhua)
Third, get on with it.
Much of the Indian military ’ s combat and strike equipment is dependent on Russia.
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has limited and delayed India ’ s process of acquiring spare parts and equipment upgrades, thus creating a “supply shock ” to India ’ s main Russian-made weapons arsenal.
While India remains concerned about the performance of Russian-made weapons and Russia ’ s ability to provide spare parts, it has not taken any hard measures to curtail the use of Russian materials or to purchase substitutes to accelerate the diversification of military equipment imports.
All in all, India has no plans to achieve a rapid and comprehensive transformation of its Russian-made weapons systems by bringing in other foreign suppliers. After the border crises of 2019 and 2020, there has been some peace and stability in the border area, and Indian strategists believe that India should maintain a low level of operational readiness for the next few years, even if that means increased vulnerability.
In the short to medium term, India plans to keep up with its existing inventory, while at the same time sourcing from the secondary market for Russian components and relying more on domestic military equipment.
India will continue to work with Russia to meet outstanding delivery commitments and selectively sign contracts with the West to support the development of India ’ s indigenous defence industry.
In the long run, India wants to be largely self-sufficient in terms of defense needs and no longer rely on external suppliers.
While India aims to diversify its arsenal and become self-sufficient within the next 20 years, it still needs some key technical support from Russia.
Su-30 fighters will remain the backbone of the IAF for decades, but they cannot be maintained or upgraded without Russian technical support.
India ’ s most important defense export, the BrahMos anti-ship cruise missile, currently sold mainly to Southeast Asian countries to deter China, uses Russian propulsion technology.
As long as Russia is in control of key elements of India ’ s advanced weapons systems, especially fighter jets, cruise missiles and submarines, Russia has considerable influence over India.
Much of the Indian military ’ s combat and strike equipment is dependent on Russia.
Su-30 fighters will remain the backbone of the IAF for decades. (Getty)
The First Friend of India
In addition to the above material considerations, the common ideological orientation has also driven India and Russia to maintain friendly relations.
Both Indian and Russian officials support the “polycentric ” vision of a global order in which there is no single dominant hegemony and each major power maintains its own sphere of influence.
Both India and Russia believe that a “multicentre ” is more stable than an international order governed by one or two superpowers.
India ’ s political elite also maintains a “sense of closeness ” to Russia, which stems from India ’ s decades-long tradition of cooperation with the former Soviet Union.
Two months after the conflict broke out, Yoga Jyotsna, an Indian scholar, said that “Russia is India ’ s number one friend in the eyes of the military and people of insight. ”
According to Rajeswari Rajagopalan, another Indian scholar,
Strategic sympathy for Soviet Russia was widespread not only among Indian politicians, but also among the general Indian population.
This is because Russia ’ s historical support and assistance to India has been “romanticized. ”
Although Indian diplomatic agencies have not helped Russia in its defense, national security officials believe that multiple actors, including NATO, should be held responsible for the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and not all blame should be placed on the Russian side.
A September 2022 survey of more than 1,000 Indian adults found that Indians believe the West and Russia are equally responsible for the Russia-Ukraine conflict. (Reuters)
The Indian public is also sympathetic to Russia. A July 2022 poll found that a majority of Indians refuse to describe Russia ’ s military actions in Ukraine as “wrong. ” A September 2022 survey of more than 1,000 Indian adults found that Indians believe that the West and Russia are equally responsible for the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and most Indians do not believe that a Russian victory will make the world more dangerous.
Public attitudes in India are not only very different from those in Europe, Australia and Japan, but also in emerging countries such as Brazil and South Africa.
Read the second half of the article.
This article was first published in the South Asia Research Newsletter. It only represents the author 's opinion and does not represent Hong Kong' s position.

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India did not join the Western sanctions against Russia

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In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

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India plans to maintain its Russian-made weapons and become self-sufficient in defense within 20 years.

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

Russia has considerable influence over India due to shared ideology and technology control.

Russia's new foreign policy emphasizes ties with India and China, including joint BrahMos missile research with India.

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In the shifting sands of geopolitics, several changes in the past few weeks would make agile diplomacy the key instrument of foreign affairs for any country. First up is the difficult, India-US-Russia tightrope trick. Russia last week announced their new foreign policy, which emphasises the deepening of ties with strategic allies India and China. The Russian NSA and his Indian counterpart also got into a huddle on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, NSA-level meeting, to discuss expanding the bilateral defence partnership. It now emerges that the two sides could have discussed expanding the partnership for joint research and manufacturing of next-generation supersonic BrahMos missile systems.

Russia seems to have greater technological know-how for the development of this high-speed (at least five times faster than the speed of sound with higher degrees of manoeuvrability) missiles, ahead of both China and US. Meanwhile, India is all set to enhance its naval capabilities including its ability for defending its sea frontiers, from the recent acquisition of superior technology helicopters, missiles and torpedoes capable of taking down submarines, from the US. The initial reluctance from the US to have India as a strategic defence partner in the Indo-Pacific region now seems to have given way to a pragmatic approach, keeping in mind India’s strategic defence needs, and its centrality to the Indo-Pacific.

The Indo-Pacific region, at one point in time, relegated to appendix sections of Washington’s foreign policy books, has found complete bipartisan support from opposite ends of the political spectrum in US politics. The imminent threat is the rising heft of China in the region, which has assumed the role of being the biggest bully, having clawed into some of the most influential national economies in the region. Most of the influence China wields in the Indo-Pacific rides on its opaque infrastructure funding policies, which have forced many of these growth-hungry economies to fall into a fatal debt trap. These economic blunders in turn give China the upper hand to start influencing the nation’s domestic politics, which goes well with the dragon’s expansionist agenda.

However, the US has taken note and brokered a peace truce between Japan and South Korea, the two technology-aided Asian giants. These two countries, even though not too warm to each other due to historical reasons, are joined in the common threat of an aggressive China in their backyard. The US knows that any future dominance in the global world order would be defined by technological advancements, and the ability to integrate technology into their defence equipment. Every breakthrough, every new use case and standard set, for emerging technology such as Artificial Intelligence would be critical for the race to the top.

It has already operationalised the US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging technologies, to expand the existing defence industrial partnership and strategic technology partnership to a wider set of stakeholders. Meanwhile, discussions regarding supply chain resilience, expansion and cooperation, on new technology form the pillars for all QUAD discussions, which has the US, India, Japan and Australia, as its members. The US is also aggressively pushing countries in South and South-Southeast Asia into a like-minded bloc of partners through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework initiative, where India is also a founding member. China meanwhile has also managed to stitch together one of the largest free trade agreements in the world, through the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, giving it market access to most of the economies in the region. India chose to sit out of RCEP, citing the unfair advantage accrued to China.

Against this backdrop, the guns are still blazing in eastern provinces of Ukraine. Many expect China and India to play the silent backroom boys role to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia. It is going to be volatile situations ahead for every country.

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Russia has technological know-how for next-generation supersonic missiles, and India enhances naval capabilities with US technology.

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

The US supports India as a strategic defence partner, countering China's opaque infrastructure funding in the Indo-Pacific.

The QUAD discussions prioritize supply chain resilience, and India is a founding member of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.

India has diversified its foreign policy and is a vital US partner in the Indo-Pacific region.

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New Delhi, India Written By: Manoj GuptaUpdated: Jun 18, 2023, 09:35 PM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden Photograph:(Reuters)

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The enchanting bond between India and the United States has blossomed in the vibrant tapestry of recent times. These two nations have transcended the shadows of Cold War-era mistrust. Their shared journey is now adorned with a dazzling array of vibrant threads, as they embark on a waltz of robust collaboration in defence, trade, technology, and climate action, painting the world with a captivating symphony of progress and camaraderie.

The White House faces many challenges from Putin to Trump & Xi Jinping to Kim Jong-un. But among the Oval Office's concern is the Indian Prime Minister's charisma. Last month during the Quad meeting in Japan, Biden confessed to Modi that 'I am getting phone calls from people, I have never heard of before. Everyone from movie stars to relatives.'

In a fast-fragmenting world fraught with geopolitical instability, both Modi and Biden have demonstrated a mutual desire to draw their countries closer. But it is Washington which needs New Delhi firmly in its embrace. Aside from the pomp & pageantry Modi's State visit to the US highlights the trajectory of India-US relations which has witnessed a significant shift, marked by a burgeoning partnership built on mutual respect and shared objectives.

India's big no to NATO entry offer

Times have changed. Such is New Delhi's stature today, that the US wants it to be part of the world's most coveted security alliance i.e. NATO Plus, but India's reply was prompt: Thanks, but no thanks. Modi administration feels that joining the Western military powers would hinder its independent diplomatic manoeuvres.

Kargil War and the Bangladesh Liberation War have played pivotal roles in shaping India-US relations. In 1999 when Pakistan's troops took vantage positions in the high Himalayan mountains, Indian armed forces wanted the GPS data of the conflict zone. But the Americans ditched. A quarter century later India is self-reliant, it has developed NavIC, an indigenous GPS. India turned an obstacle into an opportunity.

Many Western critics question New Delhi's nuanced stance over the Russia-Ukraine war. 'Today's era must not be of war', that's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message to Russian President Vladimir Putin. But the West isn't impressed with India's oil imports from Russia.

But turning the pages of history could reveal the reasons. In 1971, when Pakistan's military was being hammered in East Pakistan, US President Richard Nixon ordered the US Seventh Fleet, led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise, to proceed towards the Bay of Bengal. The intent was clear to back Islamabad and put pressure on New Delhi. But it was the Soviet Union which stood against the US belligerence and thwarted the move to help Pakistan.

Today the US is singing all praise for the world's largest democracy. There are its own interests when the Biden administration growing willingness to share advanced technologies with India. A significant turning point in bilateral relations. The United States recognises India's potential as a strategic ally, a bulwark against the Chinese.

India: Rise of a new global geopolitical power

The balance of power and influence between the two countries has shifted over time, especially in the twenty-first century. India has emerged as a leading global power and a vital partner for the United States in safeguarding the Indo-Pacific region from China’s growing assertiveness and aggression. India has also diversified its foreign policy and strategic partnerships with other countries, such as Russia, Japan, Australia, France, and Israel, to enhance its autonomy and leverage in the international arena.

From estrangement to engagement

The transformation of India-US defence ties over the past decade is remarkable, given their history of estrangement and suspicion. During the Cold War, India pursued a policy of non-alignment, while the United States aligned with Pakistan and China against the Soviet Union. The two countries also had differences over issues such as nuclear proliferation, human rights, and regional conflicts.

Watch | Narendra Modi`s US Visit: A watershed moment for India-US ties

A paradigm shift: Sharing technologies

Today, the United States has exhibited a growing willingness to share advanced technologies with India. This marks a significant turning point in bilateral relations. The United States recognises India's potential as a strategic ally and has extended its hand in fostering technological collaboration. The two countries have signed a series of landmark agreements that have enhanced their defence cooperation, such as the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (2016), which enables mutual access to each other's military facilities; the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (2018), which facilitates secure communication and transfer of high-end technology; and the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (2020), which allows sharing of geospatial data and intelligence. The two countries have launched a new initiative to work together on cutting-edge technologies such as AI, quantum computing, biotechnology, semiconductors, 6G telecommunications and cyber security.

The road ahead for India-US relations

Clearly the remarkable transformation of the US-India relationship from a distant and distrustful one to a close and cooperative one and Prime Minister Modi's US visit will only bolster it. The US needs India more than India needs the US, not only because of the strategic significance of the Indo-Pacific region, but also because of the shared commitment to a free, open, and democratic world order. India, on the other hand, can benefit from the US's support and cooperation in enhancing its economic, technological, and social development.

Moreover, India is also a prominent voice for the global South, championing the causes of justice, equity, and sustainability for the developing world. The US and India can be natural allies and partners in creating a more peaceful and prosperous world for themselves and others.

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The US sees India as a strategic ally against China.

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Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, quoted a famous quote from the Indian holy book Bhagavad-gita: “I am now the god of death, the destroyer of all worlds. ”
Oppenheimer knew that he had built a weapon.
Such weapons are enough to bring humanity to its own destruction.
Today, Australia has stepped into the "nuclear world".
We will not deploy nuclear weapons, but we will have nuclear-powered submarines.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that we have entered a new era.
He was right.
Australia is now on the verge of becoming the seventh country in the world to have nuclear-powered submarines.
The security front in the Indo-Pacific region is becoming clearer.
On one side is the United States and its allies, and on the other is China.
Australia is no longer pretending that it does not need to choose a side between the White House and Beijing.
We have put all our leverage on the US side, and the risk is a catastrophic conflict.
In fact, we are preparing for it.
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Is it time for independence?
Ally relations with the United States have always been a cornerstone of Australia's security.
But is this still the case?
Former prime minister Paul Keating doesn't think so.
On the nuclear submarine issue, Keating said it was a "further dramatic loss of Australian sovereignty."
He said: The United States cannot even defeat the Taliban, how can it win a war with China?
Is it time for Australia to take an independent approach?
The question is critical because the world is thinking about America ’ s staying power.
It is not unreasonable for this era to be called the "post-American world."
It is not the United States that is driving global economic development, but China.
By the end of the century, China will completely replace the United States as the world's largest economy.
Indeed, the United States still has the most powerful military and outstrips China in military spending.
But Beijing is also preparing for a different kind of war — a regional conflict that China sees as inevitable.
China's strategy is to eliminate U.S. naval power and involve the United States in a battle concerning China's conditions and territory.
Other participants
It ’ s not just about China.
Russia has the second largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
The White House views both Moscow and Beijing as its biggest security threat.
Relations between Russia and China are getting closer.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has also re-established Russian influence on its borders and in the Middle East.
While the United States, Australia, Japan and India have stepped up cooperation in the so-called Quad to counter China ’ s ambitions in the region, Japan and India have shunned it.
Relations between India and Russia remain close, with Prime Minister Nstrndra Modi often talking about their “enduring partnership. ”
Russia has always been India ’ s largest arms supplier.
In addition to the G-4, India and Japan also hope to establish "trilateral" relations with Russia.
Each country will pursue its own interests in its own way.
The old “Cold War blocs ” are not so applicable in today ’ s multipolar world.
China and Russia have completed joint military exercises with Iran.
They also have close ties with North Korea and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed countries.
European countries have taken a more selective and cautious approach to China.
The EU wants to become the world ’ s “third pillar ” to check and balance the competition between China and the United States.
Earlier this year, the Chatham House, a think-tank, said in a report: “While the Biden administration has shown its eagerness to work with allies to ‘ confront ’ China, the EU ’ s willingness to unleash it remains limited. ”
There are obvious economic considerations.
China has now overtaken the United States to become the largest trading partner of the European Union.
According to Chatham House, the strategy pursued by the EU is risky and not easy to achieve.
Such a strategy would also make European countries more vulnerable to pressure from the United States and China.
However, the EU's approach also illustrates the challenges the United States will face when it takes a coordinated counterattack against China.
The Challenge of a Global Power
Isolating and containing China is much more difficult than the former Soviet Union. The “Cold War 2.0 ” argument is flawed because Beijing is much more connected to today ’ s globalized world than Moscow was then.
Compared with the "iron curtain" of the Cold War, the boundary of this "bamboo curtain" today is not so clear.
China ’ s Belt and Road Initiative is a 21st century “New Silk Road ” spanning 70 countries.
China is expanding its economic and investment base.
By 2040, the Belt and Road Initiative is expected to increase global GDP by more than $7 trillion a year.
China is a global power.
It is not rising, it is coming.
It is a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), and a signatory to international conventions.
And China is right to point out that the transfer of global power is not evident in the institutions that shape the global order.
For example, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are led by the United States and Europe.
China, as a great power, demands the treatment of a great power.
China is not a democracy, but it does not mean that its rise is illegitimate.
Under such circumstances, what should we do?
Some people believe that the world should embrace Beijing.
But that perception may overlook the tyranny of Xi ’ s China, such as the encroachment on ethnic minorities and the repression of dissent and democracy.
There is also a tendency to believe that there is a moral equivalence between the world led by the United States and the world led by China.
It really is.
It is difficult to describe China as a defender of human rights.
Nor will the world expect China to guarantee the rights of Afghan women.
The Chinese government has made it clear that it will use its power, especially in trade, to bully other countries in order to achieve its goals.
Authoritarian China poses a clear challenge, even a threat, to liberal democratic values.
The world dominated by China is very different from the world we know after World War II.
The flawed superpower
The United States is a flawed superpower; its initiatives, interventions, and military adventurism do not always reflect its self-proclaimed beacon of democracy.
But the American people can elect the leaders of their own country.
In times of crisis, the world will turn its attention to the United States.
The question now is: Is America promising to lead a world that is no longer dominated by it?
America ’ s strength may have opened up a 20th century prescription for the 21st century ’ s conundrum.
For Australia, the stakes are high.
Our region has a long history of enmity, nuclear-armed states, and territorial disputes.
An accident or miscalculation can lead to a rapid escalation of the situation.
And China is trying to become the dominant force in the region.
Then there's Xi Jinping.
He is an unknown factor.
As he himself said, he is ready to go to war in order to reunify Taiwan and the Chinese mainland.
In defiance of international rulings, he has asserted sovereignty and tightened military control over disputed islands in the South China Sea.
He was brutal about his methods of governance at home, but talked about peace and stability abroad.
He announced that he would be re-elected president for life.
Our security is tied to such a man who talks highly about war, and even the Chinese people cannot let him go.
Can Australia cope alone? No.
This does not mean that we are giving up our sovereignty, but it does underline Australia's dependence on other countries.
Just as other countries hide their bets, we double down on the United States.
We can only hope that the threat of war will be enough to prevent the outbreak of war.
If not, Oppenheimer has predicted the end for us.
Stan Grant is the host of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ’ s “Tonight China Show. ”
The program premieres on ABC TV every night at 9: 35 p.m. and reruns every Tuesday at 8: 00 p.m. on ABC News.
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Russia and India have strategic relations in various fields, including in the military-technical sphere, with New Delhi being one of the leading buyers of Russian arms and military equipment.
Dmitry Shogayev, Chairman of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, revealed in an interview the details of the agreements and understandings reached today with the Indian side during the meeting of the Inter-State Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation, which was chaired by the Ministers of Defence of the two countries.
The Russian official described today ’ s meeting as important and prominent because it was held personally in the shadow of the Corona pandemic, where he said: “Today ’ s meeting is an important event because the committee ’ s meeting was held in presence after the meeting was canceled last year because of the Corona pandemic. ”
On the issues discussed, Shogayev pointed out that the issues of cooperation in the military-technical field and the results of the work of 2020 and 2021 were discussed.
Prospects for cooperation for the future were also discussed, where important directions were identified, and a landmark document was signed, namely, the “Program for Military and Technical Cooperation until 2031 ′ ′, i.e., plans for cooperation for the next ten years, which includes the supply of weapons and military equipment and the joint production of some types in India. ”
He added that an agreement was signed today for the manufacture of the modern Russian AK-203 rifle in India, talking about the manufacture of 600 thousand rifles of this type in a joint factory in order to meet the Indian demand for this type of weapon.
He pointed out that India is one of Russia ’ s important strategic partners, as the volume of military orders with this country exceeds the level of $14 billion, and important agreements are being implemented, including the supply of the air defense system “S-400 ”, where the first batch of this system is planned to be delivered by the end of the year.
On the impact of US sanctions imposed on Moscow on military cooperation between Russia and India, the official stressed that the dollar currency is abandoned in contracts and the use of national currencies, pointing to the existence of understandings between Moscow and New Delhi in this regard.
Moscow and New Delhi have strategic ties, with Russia providing India with more than $65 billion worth of military equipment and weapons over the course of military-technical cooperation.
At present, the Indian Navy is 80% equipped with Russian equipment, while the Air Force is 70%, according to expert estimates.
In October 2018, Moscow and New Delhi signed a contract for the supply of five sets of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems worth more than $5 billion.
Notable agreements signed between the two countries include an agreement to supply four Russian 11356 frigates and a large range of Igla portable anti-aircraft missile systems.
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India and Russia have a long history of defense cooperation, with Russia being a major supplier of military equipment, including Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft.

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The pact will allow militaries of the two countries to use each other's bases for repair and replenishment of supplies, besides facilitating scaling up of overall defense cooperation.

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The first edition of India-Russia '2+2' defense and foreign ministerial dialogue may be held alongside a summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin that is likely to take place on December 6, people familiar with the developments said on Wednesday. The two sides are looking at holding the '2+2' dialogue around the time of the summit primarily due to scheduling issues, they said. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are scheduled to hold the dialogue with their Russian counterparts Sergey Lavrov and Sergey Shoygu.

Jaishankar and Singh were to travel to Moscow in the last week of November but the plan is being amended primarily due to the Winter session of Parliament that is scheduled from November 29.

The two ministers were also likely to travel to Washington for the India-US '2+2' dialogue with US Secretay of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin later this month or early December.

But, the people cited above said the talks are now likely to be pushed to January. Putin is likely to visit India for the bilateral summit with Modi on December 6. The summit is expected to produce specific outcomes in further expanding ties in areas of defense, trade, and energy.

It is learned that the two sides are going to firm up a number of agreements in the areas of defense, trade and investment, and science and technology at the summit.

A framework for military-technical cooperation is set to be renewed for the next decade at the summit besides announcing a joint commission on technology and science. India and Russia have also reached the final phase of negotiation for a logistics support agreement and it is likely to be signed either during the two-plus-two talks or at the summit.

The pact will allow militaries of the two countries to use each other's bases for repair and replenishment of supplies, besides facilitating scaling up of overall defense cooperation. The unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and implications of the Taliban's takeover of Kabul for regional security are also expected to figure prominently at the summit.

The summit was postponed last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the countries have a mechanism under which India's prime minister and the Russian president hold a summit meeting annually to review the entire gamut of ties.

So far 20 Annual Summit meetings have taken place alternatively in India and Russia. Russia has been a time-tested partner for India and a key pillar of New Delhi's foreign policy.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the 20th to further develop the "special and privileged strategic partnership" between the two countries.
At the beginning of this month, Russia and India held an annual leaders' summit, launched the first "2 + 2" dialogue between foreign ministers and defense ministers, and agreed to strengthen cooperation and coordination on bilateral and multilateral issues, and signed up to 28 cooperation agreements.
In just two weeks, the summit had two interactions, which sent a signal that Russian-Indian relations were more special than before.
From the interaction on the 6th, Putin led a strong delegation to visit India and held the annual Russian-Indian leaders' summit.
This is Putin's second overseas visit since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, highlighting the importance he attaches to the "special and privileged strategic partnership" between the two countries.
During the visit, Russia and India held their first "2 + 2" meeting, which will help deepen mutual understanding and strengthen the special and privileged strategic partnership between the two countries.
The most important of the 28 cooperation agreements signed by Russia and India is the Agreement on Military Technical Cooperation 2021-2031.
The document will provide guidance for Russian-Indian military cooperation in the next 10 years, especially to promote joint development and production of weapons and equipment.
It can be said that the foundation for the next stage of military interaction between Russia and India has been laid.
In addition, Russia and India are also actively discussing the signing of a military logistics agreement similar to the memorandum of understanding on logistics exchange between the two countries to facilitate the use of each other's military bases.
Once signed in the future, the Russian-Indian military relations will take another step forward.
The two leaders discussed how to implement the agreement reached at the December 6 meeting, agreed to maintain regular contact on all aspects covered by the Russian-Indian “special and privileged strategic partnership ”, continue to deepen bilateral cooperation and consultation and coordination in multilateral forums, and exchange views on international stability and security issues, including the situation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Since taking office as US president at the beginning of the year, Biden has inherited and strengthened the Indo-Pacific strategy of his predecessor, Trump, and has courted India as the key to its success.
To this end, Biden has made efforts to promote the upgrading and implementation of the four-nation mechanism.
In March this year, the four-nation mechanism held its first video summit, issued a joint declaration, and established three working groups to implement the summit consensus.
In September, the four-nation mechanism held its first offline summit, reiterating the implementation of cooperation in the fields of vaccines and high-quality infrastructure, and proposing to jointly train scientific and technological talents to create a "closed loop of scientific and technological talents of the four countries".
For example, the United States has continued to deepen the "comprehensive global strategic cooperative partnership" between the United States and India.
On March 19, U.S. Defense Secretary William Austin visited India, calling the U.S.-India relationship "a key pillar of a free and open Indo-Pacific."
Under the continued cozying up of the Biden administration, India's attitude of strategic autonomy has become blurred, and it has clearly moved closer to and tilted toward the United States in implementing its foreign policy of "multi-faceted alliance."
During his visit to the United States in September, Modi said that "the relationship between the United States and India has entered a critical transition period".
In the face of the continuous promotion of the "Indo-Pacific Strategy" by the United States and the drift and deviation of India in the two strategic directions of the Indo-Pacific Ocean and the Eurasian continent, Russia is certainly alert.
As early as the Cold War, Russia and India established a relatively special strategic cooperative partnership, even reaching the level of quasi-allies.
At the end of the Cold War, Russia pushed India to join strategic designs such as the "trilateral dialogue between China, Russia and India" in an attempt to promote the establishment of a fair and multipolar world order.
Russia also sees India as an important partner in the Indian Ocean region and an important contributor to the effects of radiation in the Indian Ocean region.
To this end, Russia has taken a series of actions, Foreign Minister Lavrov and other high-level leaders directly expressed opposition to the United States using the "Indo-Pacific strategy" as a tool to contain China and Russia and create regional division.
This round of Russian-Indian strategic coordination is also the proper meaning of Russia's anti-Indo-Pacific strategy.
In particular, Russia and India signed a major defense cooperation order, began the delivery of S-400 air defense system, and will soon sign a military logistics agreement, which is conducive to consolidating defense and military cooperation between the two countries, hedging the penetration and erosion of the traditional Russian arms market by the United States in the past 10 years, and preventing India from falling into the "Indo-Pacific camp" because of increased dependence on weapons and equipment.
Therefore, Russian-Indian interaction is conducive to maintaining the relative balance between the two camps of the Eurasian continent and the Indo-Pacific Ocean, as well as to global strategic stability and peace.
(The writer is deputy director of the South Asia Institute of the Chinese Institute of Modern International Relations)
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Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has revealed details of how the summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden will take place on Dec. 7.
Peskov said in a statement to reporters that the Russian-American summit on December 7 will not be broadcast live, and it is planned to show the first footage of the meeting, which will take place via video, after which the meeting of the two leaders will be closed.
A Kremlin spokesman said: “There will be no live broadcast.
I think the first shots of communication are a must.
Of course, these will only be the first shots, while all communications will take place in a closed format. ”
Asked about the expected time to start talks, Peskov said: “Around 6 pm (Moscow time), we think this will be a sufficiently comprehensive and lengthy video conference, and it will be a conference with secure video communications.
I think it will be a long time. ”
Commenting on the issue of the participation of delegations in the summit, Peskov said: "We mean that this will be a conversation between the two presidents directly, and I can not say who will be next to President Biden," adding that Putin, before all important negotiations, "communicates with the relevant ministers and heads of departments...
“All the people involved in our bilateral relations are in constant contact with the Russian president. ”
On the topics to be discussed at this summit, Peskov said that Putin and Biden will discuss tensions over Ukraine, NATO ’ s progress to the borders of the Russian Federation and the Russian leader ’ s initiative on security guarantees, and “it will be necessary to discuss how to implement the understandings reached in Geneva, move forward, and see what is fully implemented, which requires additional efforts. ”
Of course, bilateral relations are still in an unfortunate state. ”
The Kremlin spokesman stressed that security guarantees cannot be unilateral, and that “guarantees are only mutual, ” noting that“ President Putin is the politician who insists that bilateral relations be of a fair and mutually respectful nature. ”
In a related context, the head of the Russian delegation for negotiations on military security and arms control in Vienna, Konstantin Gavrilov, stressed that NATO is escalating tension in all directions and in particular by intensifying its reconnaissance flights near the Russian border.
TASS quoted Gavrilov as saying in an interview with Russia 24 channel today: Tensions are escalating in every direction, NATO members are conducting exercises on the border more intensively and on a scale many times larger than before.
This is an alarming factor.
Russia, for its part, is closely monitoring NATO reconnaissance flights and their intensification over the Baltic and Black Seas, which have reached 50 flights over Russian territory per week.
Gavrilov stressed that reaching written agreements on mutual security guarantees with NATO countries is very difficult, but it is possible and requires steps in this direction from both sides.
There can be some serious talks about possible future agreements, however, this is a long process and there are some opportunities to achieve it and our State Department is working in that direction.
The Russian president announced earlier that his country would take appropriate military and technical measures in response to the provocations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters today that Russia sees US attempts to undermine cooperation between Moscow and New Delhi on S-400 air defense systems.
Lavrov, after talks with his Indian counterpart Subramaniam Jaishankar and the Russian-Indian consultations between the defense and foreign ministers of the two countries in the “2 + 2 ” format, said that the implementation of the deal to supply India with S-400 systems is in accordance with the plan.
Lavrov added: “This deal is not only symbolic, but has a very significant practical significance to ensure India ’ s defensive potential.
So far, everything is going according to plan and the agreements are being implemented.
We see attempts on the part of the United States to undermine this cooperation and force India to buy American weapons, as well as to adhere to American perceptions of how this region develops. ”
Lavrov noted that during the talks, “Indian friends stated firmly and clearly that India is a sovereign country and will decide for itself where to buy its weapons and who will be its partner in this and other areas. ”
Lavrov stressed that Russian-Indian relations have the character of a distinguished strategic partnership.
He said that the meeting of the Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military-Technical Cooperation held this morning clearly showed and stressed that "this cooperation is of interest to both countries."

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Content: Putin has held successive summits with the leaders of India, the United States and China, what is the purpose of Russia's diplomatic drama?
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Russia is actively engaged in the world's two largest countries with the largest population, and it can be said that it is very serious business, as well as leading Russia's foreign policy, so as not to allow the United States to be ahead of the United States, but also to hinder the rise of China.
And India, in the big countries still have strategic autonomy, is also a winner.
Putin visits India for first time in six months, "Putin meeting" strengthens Russian-Indian relations
On December 6, the New York Times reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held their 21st summit in India, reaffirming the “special and privileged strategic partnership ” between India and Russia and witnessing the signing of 28 agreements and memorandums of understanding.
The defence agreement was signed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu, and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh after a "2 + 2" meeting.
According to the report, the new defense agreement, which includes the potential US sanctions risk S-400 surface-to-air missile defense system, amounted to $5.4 billion. In 2020, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Turkey for purchasing the weapon from Russia.
Indian Deputy Foreign Minister Harsh Shringla said at a press conference after the summit: "The delivery of the S-400 missile defense system has started and will continue."
It is important to note that both we and Russia have an independent foreign policy. ”
The 28 agreements and MOUs mentioned above cover trade, energy, technology, intellectual property, space, geological exploration, cultural exchanges and education.
According to the list released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, nine of the agreements and memorandums signed are of an official nature, including: the 2021-2031 Military Technology Cooperation Agreement, the roadmap for cooperation in science, technology and innovation, and the space technology protection agreement; the rest are memorandums between industries, companies or academic institutions.
India and Russia have set a goal of raising bilateral trade to $30 billion by 2025, as well as broader inter-regional cooperation between the Russian Far East and Indian provinces.
This time Russia and India deepen relations, it is important to counter the United States' active deployment in the Indo-Pacific region.
Among them is Joe Biden, a member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue at the heart of Indo-Pacific foreign policy: India.
Not only can Russia pull India ’ s important partner, but it also proves that Russia has other “good friends ” in the international community in addition to China at a time of tension with most Western countries and international isolation.
In addition, India is still under pressure from the United States to buy arms from Russia, on the one hand, to show its foreign policy autonomy and diversification, India in the procurement of weapons options, but also to try to achieve a balance in the United States, India, Russia triangle relations.
After all, since the outbreak of the border conflict between India and India in mid-2020, there has been a trend for India and the United States to get closer and closer.
It also includes the gradual deepening of the "quartet security dialogue."
Russia has a greater influence than the United States in coordinating border conflicts between China and India.
For example, in September 2021, the foreign ministers of China and India discussed border issues in Moscow, Russia, and issued a joint statement.
In addition, according to a report by the Russian News Agency on December 15, Russian presidential assistant Yuri Ushakov said: "Putin and Xi agreed to continue to exchange views on the 'Russia-India-China cooperation model' in order to try to hold the next trilateral summit within the framework of this model in the future."
US-Russia Video Summit: Biden, Putin Discuss "Ukraine Issue"
On December 7, US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video summit, which was also the second time the two met in Geneva, Switzerland, in June this year.
According to a White House press release, the two sides discussed a number of US-Russian issues in the video.
During the meeting, Biden told Russia that the United States and its European allies have expressed strong concern about its actions in Ukraine.
He made it clear to Putin that the United States and its allies would respond economically or otherwise to an increase in military activity.
He also reiterated U.S. support for Ukraine ’ s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and called for a return to foreign interaction to reduce tensions.
The two sides also discussed the U.S.-Russia Dialogue on Strategic Stability, cyber-ransomware attacks, and cooperation on regional issues, such as Iran.
The Kremlin said in a statement after the meeting that Putin stressed that responsibility should not be transferred to Russia, all stemming from NATO ’ s dangerous intentions to conquer Ukrainian territory and establish military potential sites on the Russian-Ukrainian border.
Putin asked Biden to provide legally binding security guarantees against NATO ’ s eastward expansion and the deployment of offensive weapons systems in Russia ’ s neighbors.
But White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters that Biden made no promises or concessions to Putin ’ s demands, including not allowing Ukraine to join NATO and reducing U.S. forces in the region.
Speaking at a Council on Foreign Relations event on December 17, Sullivan said in response to Putin ’ s request: “The United States is ready to start a dialogue with Russia, and we will raise and discuss issues of concern to us. ”
In addition, according to the "Mist Valley Crystal Policy", a recent CNN "Wall Street Journal report, the Biden administration, in addition to maneuvering with Russia at the negotiating table, on the other hand, is also considering increasing military support for Ukraine.
Military support projects under consideration include Mi-17 helicopters and Stinger surface-to-air missiles.
However, a White House spokesman declined to discuss details of military support for Ukraine.
Putin, Xi Jinping Video Summit to Strengthen Bilateral Relations Against the West
Following the US-Russia Video Summit on December 7, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin held an hour-long video summit on December 15 to discuss a wide range of issues between China and Russia.
According to the BBC, the video summit is the 37th meeting of the leaders of China and Russia since 2013, and the frequent meeting reflects the unusual relationship between China and Russia.
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Modi Meets Putin, Putin Praises India as ‘ Strong and Reliable Ally ’
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is visiting India, praised India as Moscow's "strong and reliable ally", Putin's visit focused on "energy" and "national defense", and the foreign ministers and defense ministers of the two sides held their first 2 + 2 meeting and signed a number of military cooperation agreements.
In a joint statement, the two sides reiterated their intention to strengthen defense cooperation and achieve the goal of 30 billion US dollars in bilateral trade by 2025.
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Indian diplomatic officials said on Monday that Russia had begun supplying India with S-400 long-range air defense systems.
During Putin's meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the two sides also signed a 10-year military cooperation agreement and an oil cooperation agreement.
In a joint statement issued after the meeting, the two sides reiterated their intention to strengthen defense cooperation, including joint research and development and production of military equipment.
The two sides also stressed the need to achieve the goal of 30 billion U.S. dollars in bilateral trade by 2025, and to strengthen cooperation in energy and satellite navigation.
The two sides pointed out that it is necessary for the Eurasian Economic Union and India to start negotiations on a free trade agreement on goods.
Speaking to the media before his meeting with Modi, Putin said: "We consider India to be a big country, a friendly country and a security ally."
Putin ’ s visit to India is aimed at strengthening ties with India ’ s traditional allies, which are being eroded by the United States.
To counter China ’ s rise, the Quadripartite Security Dialogue (Quad), established by the United States with India, Japan and Australia, has drawn the attention of Beijing and Moscow.
During the Cold War, India had close ties with the Soviet Union, a relationship that continues to this day, described by New Delhi as a “special and privileged strategic partnership. ”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss defense and trade relations between the two countries in an effort to strike a balance with the United States.
"There have been many fundamental changes and geopolitical elements in the world over the past few decades, but India's friendship with Russia remains the same," Modi said before meeting Putin.
India ’ s foreign ministry said the annual bilateral summit covered political and defense issues.
The two leaders also discussed the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan caused by the takeover of the Afghan government by the Taliban earlier this year.
India and Russia have long had close ties, and both sides have set a goal of reaching $30 billion in bilateral trade by 2025.
Recently, however, India has drawn closer to the United States, believing that the United States is a key force against China.
India is also trying to manage its defense relations with Russia while strengthening its military ties with the United States, the sources said.
India, a major arms importer, relied heavily on the former Soviet Union for armaments during the Cold War, but now it is diversifying its procurement of arms, as well as buying US-made weapons.
During the period of former US President Trump, India signed more than $3 billion of arms purchase contracts with the United States, and the arms trade between the two countries has increased from zero in 2008 to $15 billion in 2019.
On the other hand, India's purchase of the Russian-made S-400 missile system to counter China has become a major problem in relations with the United States.
This sophisticated anti-missile system, once available, is expected to enable India to gain strategic deterrence power against China and Pakistan.
However, the United States has asked its partners not to purchase Russian-made armaments, or it may impose sanctions.
In addition, India and Russia held their first 2 + 2 meeting in New Delhi on Monday, where the two sides signed a number of cooperation agreements on "military and small arms".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in New Delhi on Monday for a 2 + 2 meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Sujson and Defense Minister Manmohan Singh.
The 2 + 2 ministerial meeting was the first between India and Russia.
Singh tweeted after the meeting that discussions on defense cooperation between the two sides had been fruitful and that India cherished the "special strategic partnership" with Russia.
He added that the two sides have signed several agreements, contracts and protocols on small arms and military cooperation.
However, Singh and India ’ s Ministry of Defence have not issued a formal statement or press release disclosing details of the various agreements signed with Russia.
Indian media reported that one of the major agreements was the transfer of technology and local production of the Russian-made AK-203 assault rifle.
Under the agreement, India will produce more than 600,000 AK-203 assault rifles in India over the next 10 years through an Indian-Russian joint venture.
The report also said that another agreement is to extend the 10-year India-Russia military-technical cooperation agreement until 2031.
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