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500% tariffs threat: Why Trump’s new Russia bill puts India in the crossfire | India-Russia relation
US President Donald Trump has thrown his weight behind a Senate bill allowing tariffs of up to 500% on countries trading with Russia, directly impacting major buyers like India and China.
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Ajit Doval meets Putin over Russia-Ukraine peace talks
On September 12, NSA Ajit Doval met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting is seen as significant in light of India's ongoing efforts to negotiate a peace proposal between Ukraine and Russ
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India-Russia ties are 'special, privileged strategic relations': Rajnath
Russia has been one of India's key suppliers of arms and ammunition
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Letters to BS: India must cozy up to the Americans to become a superpower
For 50 years, India kept irritating the US by wooing USSR and also not missing out on any opportunity to criticise America and American policies on every conceivable forum
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Russia ready to welcome PM Modi, Indian troops in Moscow parade 2020: Envoy
The Indian unit of the France-based International Human Rights Defence Committee was launched on the occasion.
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Indian steel firms should invest in Russia to lower coal prices: Official
Executives of Indian companies met senior Russian officials, and Leonid Petukhov, CEO, Far East Investment and Export Agency in the presence of Union Petroleum and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
Russia plans to deliver S-400 missile systems to India on schedule: Putin
India announced its intention to acquire S-400 'Triumf' surface-to-air missile systems in 2015. The contract worth USD 5.43 billion was signed during the visit of President Putin to India last year
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Russian President Vladimir Putin invites PM Narendra Modi for Victory Day
President Putin reiterated the invitation to Modi to visit Moscow to participate in the Victory Day celebrations next year, which the prime minister gladly accepted
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Russia-India ties based on mutual need, says JNU's Anuradha M Chenoy
Even after two decades of closer ties with the US, India has not got all what it wanted, says Chenoy
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PM Modi announces $1 bn line of credit for development of Russia's Far East
Modi, in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, also unveiled the 'Act Far East' policy to boost India's engagement with Russia's Far East region
Modi, Abe have task cut out in Russia: Prying Putin away from China
Apart from better bilateral ties at the expense of China, Modi will probably seek from Putin support for his new Kashmir policy
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Russia, already India's biggest arms supplier, in line for more
$12 billion of Make In India projects in hand, Moscow eyeing $25 billion more
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Commerce Ministry sets $50-bn bilateral trade target with Russia by 2025
As of end-2018, trade between the two countries stood at $30 billion
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Efforts on to increase Indo-Russian bilateral trade to $30 bn by 2025
The bilateral trade grew by 21 per cent to $9.3 billion in 2017 as against $7.7 billion in the previous year
Russia eyes investments in smart cities, railways, transport: Suresh Prabhu
The key areas of Russian investments have been oil and gas, defence equipment supplies, power and large-scale infrastructure project
Boost security cooperation with Russia
Defence purchases must always form part of the larger strategic relationships and not treated as something of a "stand-alone" as we have tended to do in the past
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Russian sovereign fund keen to invest in India, provide breakthrough tech
On October 5, the RDIF, Russia's PhosAgro and Indian Potash Ltd inked a pact for investments in production of mineral fertilisers in both countries
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Prasad asks Russia to leverage massive potential of India's digital economy
Prasad said India is pushing its digital economy to touch $1 trillion mark in coming 3-4 years, leading to opportunities in areas like IT, e-commerce, communications and electronics manufacturing
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Putin to arrive in New Delhi today; likely to sign S-400 deal with India
He is slated to discuss a number of key regional and global topics with India, including the US sanctions on Iranian oil
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Russia arms purchase: US rules out an automatic waiver for India
The CAATSA was the result of Russian behaviour, not Indian, Schriver said
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