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Revision note: India–Russia Relations: Time-tested Partnership in a Changing World


  • Bhilai 1959; UNSC vetoes on Kashmir; Tashkent 1966; Indo-Soviet Treaty Aug 1971
  • 1993 Treaty; Strategic Partnership 2000 (annual summits); "Special and Privileged" 2010
  • Defence: Su-30MKI, T-90, INS Vikramaditya, S-400 (2018), AK-203 (Korwa), BrahMos (exported to Philippines); INDRA exercise
  • Kudankulam (VVER-1000); Rooppur (Bangladesh); Sakhalin-1; Nayara
  • INSTC (2000); Chennai–Vladivostok corridor; Gaganyaan astronaut training
  • Ukraine war: abstentions; "not an era of war" (2022); discounted Russian oil
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