Time-tested, friends forever, all-weather, special and privileged –- when one talks of diplomatic relationships, the sheer scope and range of strategic partnership between India and Russia simply can’t be surpassed. For the two countries have consistently stood as a robust pillar of support to each other in good times and not-so-good times.
Now, the multi-layered machinery of India-Russia partnership is set to crackle with a new decadal vision and a resonant anthem of renewal when India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds his first annual summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 11.
