(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: India-Russia Defence Ties

Topic: India-Russia Defence Ties

Guest:

Dr. Vasily B. Kashin, (Senior Research Fellow, National Research University, Russia)
P. S. Raghavan, (Former Ambassador)
Maj. Gen. P. K. Chakravorty (Retd., Defence Expert)

Topic Description:

The relations between India and Russia are one of “Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership” and the ongoing military contracts between the two sides will be maintained and in a number of cases will be taken forward in a shorter time, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday. Singh, who was in Moscow on a three-day visit at the invitation of the Russian Ministry of Defence to attend the 75th Anniversary of Victory Day Parade, said his visit to Moscow was the first foreign visit from India of an official delegation after the COVID-19 pandemic. All our proposals have received positive responses from the Russian side. I am fully satisfied with my discussions,” Singh said, indicating the timely delivery of the S-400 missile defence systems to India. Moscow was to begin the delivery of the system by the second half of next year. Russia has been one of India’s key suppliers of arms and ammunition. However, it has been a long-standing grievance of armed forces that supply of critical spares and equipment from Russia takes a long time affecting maintenance of military systems procured from that country.