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Discuss the present state of Indo-Russian relations.

  • UPSC 2006
  • 60 marks
  • India and the Global Centres of Power

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When the question was set, the relationship looked settled: Russia supplied most of India's arms, Kudankulam was rising and annual summits ran like clockwork. By late 2026 it is busier but narrower: summitry and energy trade are at record levels, but the strategic convergence that anchored it has thinned. Neoclassical realism explains the shift: a…

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  • Then and now
  • Political and diplomatic
  • Defence: legacy over new deals
  • Economy and energy
  • Strategic frame and strains
  • Competing readings
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion
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