Vladimir Putin's visit to India is not just another box to be ticked in the fixture of diplomatic calendars, but one shaped by an imperative to revisit the relationship.
A state visit to India by Russian President Vladimir Putin comes at a particularly delicate moment. The two countries hope to strengthen what they call a ‘special and privileged strategic partnership’.
Envoy Denis Alipov said last week that Moscow had stopped recruiting Indians to armed forces since March 2025. However, 27 Indian families claim their kin were duped & recruited recently.
German companies are handing Beijing sensitive supply chain information, which is demanded by Chinese officials before they approve exports of rare earth elements, used in an array of modern products.
New Delhi: India’s “old, strategic and privileged” partnership with Russia is crucial at a time of global “unpredictability” and “uncertainty”, National Security Adviser (NSA)...
India’s strategic decisions suggest a pragmatic reading of the US' duality. While defence cooperation with the US has accelerated, India continues to diversify its military suppliers.
New Delhi’s growing optimism around the delivery of the two remaining S-400 Triumf air defence systems belies the long and complicated journey of the deal.
General MM Naravane’s memoir—Four Stars of Destiny—reveals that he was left hanging by political leadership for more than two hours as Chinese tanks drove towards Indian positions.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
Wonderfully written.
It would have been helpful to also mention loss of Wagner protectorates in Africa that may have been providing Russia with critical minerals that Russia is now dependent on China for.
Another key feature is the lack of support to Armenia that is, in many ways, a mini-Russia.
It means that India is caught in a difficult bind vis-a-vis Russia and the Western bloc. If the new bill passes in the US Senate, India may have to face its wrath for the oil it purchases from Russia. If Ambani / Adani are able to ‘persuade’ the Trump administration, we may be safe.
Neither the private sector of USA nor the govt sector of Russia could deliver GE404 jet engines and S 400 respectively on time.
Wonderfully written.
It would have been helpful to also mention loss of Wagner protectorates in Africa that may have been providing Russia with critical minerals that Russia is now dependent on China for.
Another key feature is the lack of support to Armenia that is, in many ways, a mini-Russia.
It means that India is caught in a difficult bind vis-a-vis Russia and the Western bloc. If the new bill passes in the US Senate, India may have to face its wrath for the oil it purchases from Russia. If Ambani / Adani are able to ‘persuade’ the Trump administration, we may be safe.