Valdai Club

What would be the best framework for effective Russia-India cooperation? The two countries have built a solid foundation for their cooperation, and have gone to great lengths recently to reach new heights in their relations and ensure that their regulators and institutions back these efforts. However, they have a lot of work ahead of them.

Cooperation between Russia and India has a strong foundation, and significant efforts have been made recently to ensure that interactions between them improve in quality and gain regulatory and institutional support. Nevertheless, more work remains to be done. This is a condensed version of the report. The full version will be available on the Valdai Club’s website in February 2025.

One of the seeming paradoxes of today's India is the desire of the country's leadership to achieve a technological breakthrough, and at the same time return to the traditional basics of Indian civilisation, which Indian leaders, led by Narendra Modi, see primarily in the canons of Hinduism and Vedic principles.

Thanks to the extraordinary circumstances of 2020, everyone has time to stop, take stock, and discuss important topics in detail (albeit at a distance), perhaps re-evaluate their priorities and formulate a strategy for the future in a significantly changed environment. Not only connections between people, but also relations between countries are being tested for strength under the influence of unforeseen conditions, writes Lydia Kulik, Head of India Studies at the SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Markets.