As expected, there were no big-ticket public announcements on defence and energy after the parleys between India and Russia in New Delhi during the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit.

On Friday, the joint statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi contained no such grand announcements, but allusions were there to the sensitive domains, while the headlines focused on agreements in the maritime and labour mobility domains.

Putin’s high-profile visit to India had raised expectations of the inking of pacts that would have enhanced collaboration between India and Russia in the sensitive domains of defence and energy supplies. They would have still taken place, but they remain cloaked under the hidden folds of diplomacy.

While the visit remained very strong o

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