... sustainable development goals finding their place in his annual Federal Assembly address and the new National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation.
Protecting marine and fresh water resources as well as biodiversity is a key global interest. Russia shares it with South Asian countries, including India and Sri Lanka, notwithstanding geographic and socioeconomic differences that determine specific problems and priorities most relevant for each of the three countries. Exchanging experience and best national practices, as well as working out common ...
... deluged the healthcare infrastructure of the country and raised questions about the wisdom of vaccine diplomacy. With a sharp rise in the number of cases and deaths, India struggles to vaccinate its people. As a result, the countries that relied on India for vaccine supplies turned to Russia and China. This change is expected to strengthen China’s foothold in the region. China sent doses to more than 80 countries, and more than 50 countries got vaccines for free. These countries include developing and low-income countries as well ...
On June 23, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held a webinar “Post-Covid Global and Regional Trends and Russia–India Relations.”
On June 23, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held a webinar “Post-Covid Global and Regional Trends and Russia–India Relations.”
The event brought together both ...
... policies, but only speaks to how they have been compelled by the circumstances to revise their grand strategic outlook.
The Eurasian “Balancing” Act
The arguably emerging NWO will be characterized by plenty of “balancing”, especially as regards Russian, Turkish, Indian, and Chinese grand strategies in Eurasia:
Russia
The Eurasian great power will seek to optimize its
Afro-Eurasian “balancing” act
between West and East, the former comprising the U.S./EU while the latter encompassing China vis-a-vis BRI; India ...
... General Andrey Kortunov had a meeting with Venkatesh Varma, Indian Ambassador to Russia
On May 28, 2021, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov had a meeting with Venkatesh Varma, Indian Ambassador to Russia. A wide range of issues related to bilateral Russian-Indian relations were discussed during the meeting, including the current state and prospects for the development of BRICS, RIC and SCO, the role of the United States and China in the Indo-Pacific region, as well as the dynamics of the current situation ...
... of digital transformation
In 2020, Russia and India celebrated 20 years since the Declaration on Strategic Partnership was signed in New Delhi by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Vladimir Putin in October 2000. In December 2010, the India-Russia partnership was upgraded to the level of a special and privileged strategic partnership. In April 2019, President Putin signed an executive order, awarding Prime Minister N. Modi the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called for his distinguished ...
On May 17, 2021, Indian Chamber of International Business held an online conference on topical issues of Russia-India trade, economic and investment relations.
On May 17, 2021, Indian Chamber of International Business held an online conference on topical issues of Russia-India trade, economic and investment relations.
Over eighty businessmen, business consultants,...
... to become the “major defense partner”, now being able to use Indian military bases. But India has no common border with Afghanistan, and the U.S. operations need to pass through Pakistan’s air space. Moreover, the presence of American troops in India is a direct threat to China and may not be welcomed by Russia too. The options left for America is to use military bases from the oil-rich Gulf states is also not quite optimal, as it has to pass through the air space of the neighboring nations. Keeping military bases in any friendly country far away from ...
... result will be that Russia and India find themselves on the opposite sides of the New Cold War. That outcome would be disastrous for stability both in Eurasia and in the Indo-Pacific, since it would be a totally unprecedented development, seeing as how Russian-Indian relations have hitherto enabled a semblance of predictability and, therefore, stability between these two strategic spaces. It is for this reason why the establishment of 2+2 talks between Russia and India should be welcomed. Prime Minister Modi’s ...
... Minister, paid a visit to his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in order to take the Indo-Russian relationship to a new level. Defense was among the topics discussed. Cooperation in the field of defense is nothing new for the relations between Russia and India. Already in 1955, before the Sino-Indian border conflict, the Soviet Union transferred two Il-14 aircrafts to India.[1] This kind of understanding was further enriched in 1960s and 1970s. However, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, an impeding ...
