Holding onto Russia

It was Vladimir Putin’s visit to India in 2000 that injected significant strategic content into the India-Russia relationship after a prolonged drift in the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Putin has returned to the top job in Moscow this year after he ceded the presidency to Dmitry Medvedev four years ago. His rushed Christmas-eve trip to Delhi saw the signing of a number of agreements that covered additional arms sales and technological collaboration.

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