... kind of ‘equidistance’ towards New Delhi and Islamabad in recent years. Or that Russian diplomacy is, allegedly, skilfully and cynically playing the ‘Pakistani card’ to get some concessions from its Indian partners.
However, genuine experts on Indian Russian relations have to be clear that such ideas have no valid grounds. Relations with Pakistan are important for Russia, but they are largely situational. Today, the significance of Pakistan is increasing not just for Moscow, and that is due to the ...
... Chinese matériel to supplement own production and securing Pakistan-China military interoperability. Pakistan also has very strong tech competences in IT and other advanced areas, which makes a cooperation with China an obvious option.
Fraying of India-Russia Relations
Andrey Kortunov:
India — Pakistan and Russia — Ukraine: What if We Compare the Two?
We should agree with Russia’s overall analysis on India-Russia
relations
. A lot of Indians too see Russia as an old, important, and beneficial ...
The changing rules of the global geopolitical game and the current diversification of New Delhi’s foreign policy priorities make it all the more urgent to explore new avenues in Russia–India partnership
Over recent years, there have been growing concerns in Russia over India’s foreign policy being increasingly tilted towards the United States. The pivot is evidenced in a number of developments, ranging from the build-up of the once-stagnant ...
... about the OSCE
Besides, potentials of the legs in both pairs are obviously asymmetric. India is far larger, richer and stronger than Pakistan, while the same is true for Russia vis-a-vis Ukraine. That said, neither Pakistan nor Ukraine is so weak that India or Russia could ignore or manipulate their neighbour with impunity. For India, Pakistan is much more important than, say, the neighboring Sri Lanka, where New Delhi also faces numerous challenges in sustaining bilateral ties. Similarly, Ukraine is far more ...
... Kortunov, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) Director General. hosted Vijay Chauthaiwale, Head of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Bharatiya Janata Party, main political party in India. The discussion was focused on the latest agenda of the Russia — India bilateral relations.
Mr Chauthaiwale was accompanied by the officials of the Embassy of India in the Russian Federation.
... Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF, India), and Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS, Iran) held a joint roundtable “Developments in Afghanistan and their regional implications: Russian, Indian and Iranian Perspectives”
On October 6, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF, India), and Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS, Iran) held a joint roundtable “Developments ...
... finding the solutions to the existing challenges and identifying most valuable national practices. Sarath Premalal, Retired Director General of the Meteorology Department of Sri Lanka; Konstantin Zgurovsky, Senior Advisor to the Marine Programme, WWF Russia; and Vinay Kumar Dadhwal, Director of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology and Professor (Indira Gandhi Chair), National Institute of Advanced Studies, India, shared their perspectives.
The main sessions were followed by a Q&A and closing remarks. Sabyasachi Dutta, Executive Director ...
... more active role in international affairs, particularly in countering Pakistan and China’s influence on the Asian continent. India may seek
greater involvement
in the Afghan peace process; likely through increased coordination and cooperation with Russia and Iran. Besides, India may want to utilize its position as a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), of which China and Pakistan are also members, to find common ground on the Afghan security issue with its traditional adversaries. It is also important ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
