EAM S Jaishankar to embark on three-day official visit to Russia

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar is going to pay a three day official visit to Russia to discuss the entire range of bilateral issues, including cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as well as exchange of views on various regional and international issues.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

India and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations on April 13, 1947, some months before India’s formal Independence in August that year, through an exchange of diplomatic notes between their envoys in China.

During the Cold War, India and the Soviet Union (USSR) had a strong strategic, military, economic and diplomatic relationship.

Traditionally, the Indo-Russian strategic partnership has been built on five major components: politics, defence, civil nuclear energy, anti-terrorism co-operation and space.

India is the second largest market for the Russian defence industry. In 2017, approximately 68% of the Indian Military’s hardware import came from Russia, making Russia the chief supplier of defence equipment.