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October 2025 marks 25 Years of India-Russia Strategic Partnership

Posted 03 Oct 2025

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India and Russia have built a robust relationship over 25 years, encompassing political, security, trade, technological, and cultural cooperation, with significant advancements in strategic, economic, and defense ties.

Since the signing of the “Declaration on the India-Russia Strategic Partnership” in October 2000, India-Russia ties evolved with enhanced levels of cooperation in areas, including political, security, defence, trade and economy, science & technology, culture, and P2P ties.

Multi-faceted India-Russia Diplomatic ties

  • Strategic Partnership framework: The bilateral relationship was elevated to ‘Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership’ in 2010 signifying a deeper level of trust and collaboration.
  • Institutional Dialogue mechanism: Annual Summit level dialogue; 2+2 Dialogue between Foreign and Defence Ministers of two nations; India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission for cooperation on Trade, Economy, Science & Technology, and Culture, and Technical cooperation between Militaries of the two nations.
  • Trade and Economic cooperation
    • Bilateral trade reached a record high of USD 68.7 billion in FY 2024-25.
      • Major Indian Exports: Pharmaceuticals, organic and inorganic chemicals, iron & steel, and marine products.
      • Major Russian Exports: Oil and petroleum products, vegetable oil (sunflower oil), fertilizers, coking coal, and precious stones and metals.
  • Defence and Security cooperation: Cooperation has shifted from a buyer-seller framework to one involving joint research, development, and production of advanced defence technologies. E.g., Joint development of BrahMos Cruise Missiles.
  • Multilateral cooperation: Both the nations cooperate closely at forums including UN, G20, BRICS, SCO, among others.
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  • BrahMos Cruise Missiles
  • 25 years of India-Russia strategic partnership
  • 2+2 Dialogue
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