India Russia Relations: BrahMos Aerospace chief Atul Dinkar Rane has said that India-Russia defense ties will never be affected by Western sanctions on Moscow.
Asked if the West could put a dent in India-Russia defense ties, Rane said, “My personal feeling – it’s never.”
Speaking on India-Russia relations, Atul Dinkar Rane said, “…if anyone tries, he will only fail. The bond between Indian scientists and Russian technologists is just too deep to be severed.” ” Even if someone tells us by law – don’t talk to Russia any more, you start talking to someone else – but we will always say that the Russians were easier to work with.”
“The trust that we have developed between both the partners…the trust is good enough for us to work, and we are going ahead despite all these restrictions,” Rane said.
India and Russia have defense ties dating back decades with Moscow being the main arms supplier to India.
BrahMos Aerospace is an Indo-Russian joint venture that specializes in the production of nuclear-capable supersonic missiles. India’s BrahMos missile is a product of BrahMos Aerospace. The company is currently working on the hypersonic cruise missile ‘BrahMos II’.
Since the Ukraine war, the West has been pressuring New Delhi to condemn Moscow for waging war, however, India has remained firm on its autonomous stance.
In fact India is buying cheap oil from Russia while sanctions have been imposed on Moscow.
In keeping with its good relations with Russia, India has always abstained from voting in various resolutions brought by the West in the United Nations since the start of the Ukraine war.
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