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Syria: The Russians are leaving, or are they?
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Russian President Putin’s decision to pull out his military resources from Syria has been received with much skepticism and analysts are pulling out all the stops to examine the decision from every angle. Till late the Russian Air Force was using i....

April 02, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Islamic State , Daesh , ISIS , Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Interaction with Amb PS Raghavan, India’s Former Ambassador to Russia

The VIF, on March 9, 2016, invited Amb PS Raghavan, who last served as India’s Ambassador to Russia till his retirement in January this year, for a discussion on ‘India-Russia relations: opportunities and challenges’, attended, among others, by....

March 14, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Interaction , PS Raghavan , India-Russia Relations , Indo-Russian bilateral relationship
Round Table Discussion on India - Russia Relations

The VIF hosted a focused Round Table discussion on India- Russia Relations- the way Forward on August 27, 2015 to look at ways to reenergize India’s relations with Russia at a time when Russia is isolated internationally and is drawing increasingly....

October 08, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Interaction , India-Russia Relations , 1971 Treaty , India-Russia Defence Cooperation
The Ukraine Crisis and The Challenges Ahead
Dr Harinder Sekhon

A ceasefire deal to end the fighting in Eastern Ukraine was reached in Minsk after a marathon session of negotiations running into almost seventeen hours amongst the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France. This seeks to end a year of bitter f....

February 16, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia
India and Russia: Putin Visit to Boost Ties
Dr Nivedita Das Kundu

The India-Russia Strategic partnership was formed in the year 2000. Russia was the first country with whom India established a strategic partnership and in the year 2010 during the 11th Summit, India and Russia elevated their relationship to a “Spe....

December 10, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia
Interaction with H.E. Alexander Kadakin, Russia’s Ambassador to India

Russia's Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin was invited to VIF on 14 Oct, 2014 for an interaction with a select group of strategic experts to discuss the ‘Indo-Russian Relations and the Way Forward’. The interaction assumes significance in the....

October 14, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Interaction , Indo-Russian relations
India Must Choose the Right Strategic Partner
Mohan Kumar S

Current Scenario It has been rightly stated that, as a nation we can change our friends, but not our neighbours. We have been destined to live in the most dangerous part of the world with two nuclear armed countries, China and Pakistan in o....

September 19, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia
Ukraine Developments: US/ EU Attempt to Stretch Europe’s Frontiers?
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Developments in Ukraine should be understood as part of US/EU's project of stretching the frontiers of "Europe" eastwards as far as possible in order either to eventually topple the present Russian political and economic order from within and make Ru....

March 13, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , US , Russia
The Stakes in Ukraine
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

As the situation in Ukraine deteriorates, foreign powers are getting overtly involved. Russian forces are already deployed in the Crimea, and there is the live danger that they will also enter eastern Ukraine. It is important to try and understand wh....

March 06, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia
President Putin in India
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

The thirteenth Indo-Russian Summit was a fleeting affair, with President Putin spending less than twenty-four hours in Delhi. It came as the stakes in the extended neighbourhood are growing higher – Afghanistan, Iran, and the broader West Asian reg....

January 14, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia
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