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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicIndia-Russia relations

Topic: India-Russia relations

India wants Russia to join Indo-Pacific initiative to signal it’s not just a US-centric plan

New Delhi and Moscow have been looking to better ties, which have slowed in the past decade, with Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to visit India this October.

India doesn’t have a Russia problem. New Delhi must stop trying to fix it

India should stop letting it's decades old USSR ties interfere in policies of the present.

Covid-19 pandemic won’t affect S-400 deliveries: Indian Ambassador in Russia

India had signed a $5 billion deal with Russia to buy five units of the S-400 air defence missile systems in October 2018.

Jaishankar’s foreign policy audit sits uneasy with his reading of current global situation

We need Jaishankar’s frank appraisal. But it should go even further, which suggests that the dogmas of Delhi are not that easy to shake.

India announces $1 billion line of credit to develop Russia’s Far East

Prime Minister Modi announced the grant as a part of India's policy to boost engagement with Russia's resource-rich Far East region.

After Modi-Putin meet, Russia scouts for private Indian players to make defence spares

The new agreement will be a bonanza for Indian defence companies since Russian equipment constitute about 70 per cent of Indian military assets.

Modi and Putin tell the world India and Russia still need each other

At the ongoing Eastern Economic Forum in Russia, PM Modi may look to show India’s dedication to a multi-polar world with an embrace of Putin.

PM Modi in Russia, visits Zvezda shipbuilding complex with President Putin

On a two-day visit to Russia, PM Narendra Modi will hold summit talks with President Vladimir Putin, and attend the Eastern Economic Forum.

India-Russia defence ties recover from slump, but aren’t going back to their 1970s heyday

India has a close relationship with Russia again, but it is largely transactional. There are vital security interests and the balance of power to think of.

US sanctions can’t change ‘time-tested’ India, Russia relations, says Russian envoy

Deputy Chief of Mission Roman Babushkin says unilateral sanctions are creating impediments for Russia and those who do business with it.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.