OPINION | Strategic Autonomy In Action: Why Russia Still Matters to India’s Energy Security

As global instability deepens, New Delhi’s pragmatic engagement with Moscow underscores a hard-nosed foreign policy rooted in national interest not Western approval.

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As the global energy crisis intensifies amid geopolitical upheavals, particularly the fallout of the Iran war, a familiar refrain has returned to India’s strategic discourse: Russia is New Delhi’s “all-weather friend.” This phrase, often dismissed in Western circles as outdated Cold War nostalgia, has regained relevance not because of sentimentality, but due to cold, hard realism. Recent developments reinforce this narrative. During his visit to India, Russian First