President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi provided the backdrop for a wide-ranging examination of the India–Russia partnership by Dr Lydia Kulik, Head of India Studies at the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO and Senior Research Fellow at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Oriental Studies.

Her talk at an event hosted by the Chintan Research Foundation just ahead of President Putin’s arrival on December 4 offers a map of the constraints and opportunities shaping the next phase of the relationship.

A central theme was interdependence among four major powers: the United States, China, Russia and India. In her formulation, understanding how these states interact is essential to understanding global stability. India and Russia, she argued, occupy a unique niche in this matr

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