“It’s the first time a Russian delegation arrived in India in such huge numbers. I can point out representatives of the economic bloc of the Russian government. We could see ministers from financial bloc, from the banking sector. It’s an indication of growing interest from the Russian side to expand trade and economic cooperation. ”

Dr Aleksei Zakharov, Fellow of the Observer Research Foundation based here, closely monitored the two-day visit of President Vladimir Putin to Delhi. As he said during a conversation on The Gist :

“Russia has rediscovered India as a huge market , as an economic partner, as a country of many opportunities. And I think that Russia has been trying to adapt, to explore the Indian market, to learn how to operate here, and to find new partners.”

He believes

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