Unlock Elite Access: Level Up Your Preparation with Exclusive Content

PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Critically evaluate India-Russia relations in the 21st century. How have both the countries responded to America meddling in their relations in the recent times.

  • UPSC 2026
  • 20 marks
  • India and the Global Centres of Power

Unlock the full answer · ₹1,770 ↓

Vladimir Putin's visit of October 2000 produced the Declaration on Strategic Partnership and an annual summit, rebuilding a tie the Soviet collapse had nearly broken. Today the relationship is institutionally durable but strategically narrower, and American pressure, from sanctions law to tariffs, has become a third variable both capitals manage openly.

You are reading the opening of the model answer. The full answer is part of the PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions.

What the full answer covers

  • The record since 2000
  • The critical ledger
  • How America has pressed
  • India: autonomy in principle, adjustment in practice
  • Russia: making itself harder to leave
  • Conclusion
PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions

PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions

Unlock this answer and 1,393 more

  • 1,394 solved UPSC PSIR PYQs from 1991 to 2026, Paper-1 and Paper-2
  • Topic-wise across all 40 syllabus units
  • A full model answer for every question
  • Read online on lotusarise.com, plus PDF download
  • 500 days of access from the day you enrol

₹1,770₹5,00064% off

Get PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions @ ₹1,770 →

One-time payment · No subscription · Instant access · UPI, cards, RuPay

See every India and the Global Centres of Power question (65 solved) →Already enrolled? Log in