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President Vladimir Putin hailed India as Russia’s “unqualified strategic partner” and a top foreign policy priority for Moscow.

“Cooperation with India, our unqualified strategic partner, is a foreign policy priority for Russia,” Mr. Putin said after accepting credentials from India’s new Ambassador to Russia P. S. Raghavan and 17 other envoys in the Kremlin on Thursday.
Mr. Putin said Russia and India are engaged in “dynamic and constructive dialogue” based on “shared long-term interests, mutual sympathies and sincere trust."

The Russian leader pointed out that following his talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Moscow in October 2013, the two countries approved “joint programmes in science, biotechnology and innovation” and “concrete plans to expand our military-technical cooperation.”
P. S. Raghavan, with his university degree in science and engineering and a four-year stint as joint secretary in the PMO overlooking atomic energy, space and defence, is well-positioned to follow through on Mr Putin’s emphasis on science and defence in Indo-Russian cooperation.

There are a number of other challenges P. S. Raghavan will face during his stint in Moscow. His immediate tasks will include sorting out the nuclear liability issue that stalled the construction of Units 3 and 4 at the Kudankulam power plant; setting the ball rolling on talks for a Free Trade Agreement between India and the Russia-led Customs Union and expanding India’s foothold in the Russian oil and gas sector beyond Sakhalin-1.

P. S. Raghavan also faces an uphill task of sustaining the dynamic growth in bilateral trade with Russia during the tenure of his predecessor, Ajai Malhotra, and nearly doubling bilateral trade from $11 billion in 2012 to $20-billion, the target Dr. Singh and Mr. Putin set for the two countries to reach by 2015.

Putin: India top foreign policy priority for Russia - The Hindu
 
Russia is a trusted ally and friend. India should further try to expand our business relations too along with defence cooperation.

Russia is a trusted ally and friend. India should further try to expand our business relations too along with defence cooperation.
 
Russia is a trusted ally and friend. India should further try to expand our business relations too along with defence cooperation.

Russia is a trusted ally and friend. India should further try to expand our business relations too along with defence cooperation.

Why the shit should India be in any countries orbit? It won't be long till India has a bigger economy than Russia.
 
Why the shit should India be in any countries orbit? It won't be long till India has a bigger economy than Russia.
doing business means being in their orbit?? Why can't we do business with them especially when they are our most trusted ally in past and even present??
And greater economy doesn't mean greater influence. For eg- compare Japan and Russia.
 
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We have already defeated Russia and india is nothing for us. Whatever indians do: make nuclear or improve technology still they cant defeat Pakistan becoz of the spiritual power of pakistan that is islam.
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Ironically, Pakistan and China have historically been in America's "orbit". You wouldn't know it from some of the posters on PDF, but it *is* the case, like it or not. :usflag::pakistan::china:
 
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