India’s Problem with Russia is Worse Than You Think

India historical geopolitical partnership with Russia is now being tested. Today India is the world’s largest buyer of Russian military hardware accounting for 20% of Moscow’s orders. India has become the 3rd largest buyer of Russian oil at $24 billion dollars annually. But the reality of why India feels they need to work with Russia is far more complicated than you might imagine and it all has to do with their attempts to build an economy and military powerful enough to counter what they believe is their biggest threat. Their neighbor China. Video Edited by: Michael Michaelides Written by: Chris Cappy & Thomas Priddle Buy our new merch, FUBAR & Grill T shirt: In order to understand India’s complicated relationship with Russia we need to recognize that this is nothing new. India has maintained political, economic and strategic ties with Moscow ever since the Cold War, something that Washington has been upset about. In
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