Russia- India defence relations - Revision history

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‎An overview

Jyoti: /* Defying the USA for Russia relations */

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‎Defying the USA for Russia relations

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‎An overview

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‎Introduction

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‎US law attacks India’s Russia defence ties

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 The deal, however, will further raise hackles of the US, which under its new law Caatsa (Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act) seeks to prevent countries from buying Russian weapons or Iranian oil. Though India is hopeful of eventually getting US presidential waiver for the S-400s, the latest deal could complicate matters.
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+The Indo-Russian Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement (RELOS) will allow ‘five warships, ten aircraft and three thousand troops to be simultaneously stationed in the territory of the partner country for a period of five years, and if both parties agree, it can be extended for another five years,” first deputy chairman of International Affairs Committee Vyacheslav Nikonov recently confirmed to State Duma in Moscow after Russian Parliament ratified it.
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	The US Congressional report had stated: “Many analysts in India and beyond conclude that the Indian military cannot operate effectively without Russian-supplied equipment and will continue to rely on Russian weapons systems in the near and middle terms… In this sense, much of Moscow’s influence in India comes through its willingness to provide weapons systems and technologies that no other country will export to India. Russia also continues to offer advanced weapons platforms at relatively attractive rates.”		The US Congressional report had stated: “Many analysts in India and beyond conclude that the Indian military cannot operate effectively without Russian-supplied equipment and will continue to rely on Russian weapons systems in the near and middle terms… In this sense, much of Moscow’s influence in India comes through its willingness to provide weapons systems and technologies that no other country will export to India. Russia also continues to offer advanced weapons platforms at relatively attractive rates.”

		+	=Transfer of technology=
		+	==India denies NYT claim of HAL transferring sensitive UK technology to Russia==
		+	[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=01_04_2025_010_004_cap_TOI April 1, 2025: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	New Delhi : The Indian govt has described as factually incorrect and misleading a New York Times report claiming that an Indian firm — stateo-wned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited — facilitated transfer of sensitive British equipment and technology from a Reform UK party donor to Russian arms agency Rosoboronexport.
		+	According to the report, the Indian company received equipment from HR Smith group, which donated £1,00,000(just under $1,30,000) to Reform UK last year, and, within days, sent parts to Russia with the same identifying product codes.
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		+	Govt sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the report was factually incorrect and misleading, and has tried to frame issues and distort facts to suit a political narrative. “The Indian entity mentioned in the report has scrupulously followed all its international obligations on strategic trade controls and enduser commitments. India’s robust legal and regulatory framework on strategic trade continues to guide overseas commercial ventures by its companies,” said an official.
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		+	“We expect reputed media outlets to undertake basic due diligence while publishing such reports, which obviously was overlooked in the instant case,” added the official.  The report said that the components have civilian and military uses and have been flagged by the British and American authorities as critical to Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. “Officials have urged exporters to carry out detailed checks to ensure that their clients are not redirecting restricted equipment to Moscow,’’ it said.
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 The deal, however, will further raise hackles of the US, which under its new law Caatsa (Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act) seeks to prevent countries from buying Russian weapons or Iranian oil. Though India is hopeful of eventually getting US presidential waiver for the S-400s, the latest deal could complicate matters.
-''Consent Given Despite Threat Of US Sanctions''
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-India is now swiftly moving towards acquiring five advanced S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems from Russia despite the looming threat of US sanctions, with the defence ministry clearing the decks for the proposed Rs 39,000 crore deal.
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-Top sources say the defence acquisitions council (DAC), chaired by minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Thursday, approved the “minor deviations” in the mega S-400 deal that had emerged during the recently-concluded commercial negotiations with Russia.
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-“The S-400 procurement case will now go to the finance ministry for clearance and the PM-led Cabinet Committee on Security for the final nod. The country’s top political leadership will have to take a call on when the actual contract can be inked,” said a source.
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-The DAC was held just a day after the US on Wednesday night once again cancelled the inaugural “two-plus-two” dialogue between foreign minister Sushma Swaraj and defence minister Sitharaman with their American counterparts — Mike Pompeo and Jim Mattis — which was slated for July 6 in Washington.
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-TOI was the first to report in October 2015 that India had kicked off plans to acquire the S-400 missile systems, which can detect, track and destroy hostile strategic bombers, stealth fighters, spy planes, missiles and drones at a range of up to 400km and altitude of 30km, in what was touted as a gamechanging military acquisition.
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-Subsequently, the inter-governmental agreement for the five S-400 systems was inked during the Modi-Putin summit at Goa in October 2016. Even as India and Russia were putting the finishing touches on the complex S-400 contract ahead of the next Modi-Putin summit in October this year, Washington jumped into the fray to warn New Delhi against going ahead with the deal.
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-India and Russia have worked on a roadmap to get around the financial sanctions flowing out of the recent US law called CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act) that seeks to deter countries from buying Russian weapons.
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-New Delhi and Moscow have new military projects worth over $12 billion hanging in the balance, as is the question of maintaining the huge inventory of Russian-origin weapons in the Indian armed forces.
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-Under the proposed S-400 deal, the IAF will get the first S-400 squadron, with its battlemanagement system of command posts and launchers, acquisition and engagement radars, and all-terrain transporter-erector-launcher vehicles, 24 months after the final contract is inked. All the five squadrons, with two firing units each, will come in 60 months.
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-Once India inducts S-400 systems, they can be used to protect cities during war or vital installations like nuclear power plants.
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	The US Congressional report had stated: “Many analysts in India and beyond conclude that the Indian military cannot operate effectively without Russian-supplied equipment and will continue to rely on Russian weapons systems in the near and middle terms… In this sense, much of Moscow’s influence in India comes through its willingness to provide weapons systems and technologies that no other country will export to India. Russia also continues to offer advanced weapons platforms at relatively attractive rates.”		The US Congressional report had stated: “Many analysts in India and beyond conclude that the Indian military cannot operate effectively without Russian-supplied equipment and will continue to rely on Russian weapons systems in the near and middle terms… In this sense, much of Moscow’s influence in India comes through its willingness to provide weapons systems and technologies that no other country will export to India. Russia also continues to offer advanced weapons platforms at relatively attractive rates.”
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 [https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/india-russia-military-weapons-defence-ties-7795804/?utm_source=newzmate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=explained&utm_content=6386461&pnespid=CrFyq0MA8iIPjgqF4MHAHUlMvgxoy7kr9h1FG78aLIzK0YDzo_Xqnnqxu5g2La5Sh_u.VOvf  Krishn Kaushik, March 3, 2022: ''The Indian Express'']
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 The US Congressional report had stated: “Many analysts in India and beyond conclude that the Indian military cannot operate effectively without Russian-supplied equipment and will continue to rely on Russian weapons systems in the near and middle terms… In this sense, much of Moscow’s influence in India comes through its willingness to provide weapons systems and technologies that no other country will export to India. Russia also continues to offer advanced weapons platforms at relatively attractive rates.”
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 Once India inducts S-400 systems, they can be used to protect cities during war or vital installations like nuclear power plants.

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	Russia enjoys support from across the political spectrum — for instance, Sonia Gandhi, who doesn’t travel too much, went out of her way to travel to St Petersburg recently for a women’s conference.		Russia enjoys support from across the political spectrum — for instance, Sonia Gandhi, who doesn’t travel too much, went out of her way to travel to St Petersburg recently for a women’s conference.
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		+	=2019=
		+	== India inks $3bn N-sub deal despite US sanctions threat==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F03%2F08&entity=Ar01607&sk=FDAADC90&mode=text Rajat Pandit, March 8, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	India on Thursday inked yet another mega defence deal worth over $3 billion for the lease of a nuclearpowered attack submarine from Russia, despite the threat of US financial sanctions still looming over the earlier $5.4 billion contract for Russian S-400 Triumf missile systems inked last October.
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		+	Defence sources said the over $3 billion (around Rs 21,000 crore) contract for the Akula-1 class submarine, which will be ready by around 2025, includes a comprehensive package for refurbishment of the nuclear boat lying mothballed at Severodvinsk, its sustenance and spares support for 10 years, as well as training and technical infrastructure for its operations.
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		+	This submarine will replace INS Chakra, the Akula class submarine taken on a 10-year lease from Russia in April 2012, under a secret over $900 million deal inked way back in January 2004.
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		+	“INS Chakra’s existing lease will be extended till at least 2025 through another contract till the new submarine, which will be bigger and more advanced, becomes operational,” said a source.
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		+	The deal, however, will further raise hackles of the US, which under its new law Caatsa (Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act) seeks to prevent countries from buying Russian weapons or Iranian oil. Though India is hopeful of eventually getting US presidential waiver for the S-400s, the latest deal could complicate matters.

	=Defying the USA for Russia relations=		=Defying the USA for Russia relations=

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 India has been reducing its weapons buys from Russia, but it does not want to ditch their deep partnership. In fact, India has increased its investments in Russia’s energy sector with oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan officially asking Russia to partner in India’s effort to gassify its economy.
-Russia is also opposed to India’s Indo-Pacific policy, and has unequivocally opposed it. “We urge all our allies and partners to forgo transactions with Russia that would trigger sanctions under CAATSA,” a state department spokesperson said on Wednesday when asked about India’s plan to purchase the multi-billion S-400 missile defence system. “The administration has indicated that a focus area for the implementation of CAATSA Section 231 is new or qualitative upgrades in capability, including the S-400 air and missiles ,” the spokesperson said.
+Russia is also opposed to India’s Indo-Pacific policy, and has unequivocally opposed it. “We urge all our allies and partners to forgo transactions with Russia that would trigger sanctions under CAATSA,” a state department spokesperson said  when asked about India’s plan to purchase the multi-billion S-400 missile defence system. “The administration has indicated that a focus area for the implementation of CAATSA Section 231 is new or qualitative upgrades in capability, including the S-400 air and missiles ,” the spokesperson said.
 Russia enjoys support from across the political spectrum — for instance, Sonia Gandhi, who doesn’t travel too much, went out of her way to travel to St Petersburg recently for a women’s conference.

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	Following up on the visit to Washington of foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale and defence secretary G Mohan Kumar in April, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and national security advisor John Bolton have also had phone conversations with their Indian counterparts on the subject. The outcome though is still uncertain.		Following up on the visit to Washington of foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale and defence secretary G Mohan Kumar in April, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and national security advisor John Bolton have also had phone conversations with their Indian counterparts on the subject. The outcome though is still uncertain.
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		+	==S-400 systems: India tries to please both Russia, USA==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F10%2F05&entity=Ar01213&sk=9E120316&mode=text Indrani Bagchi, New friend & old partner, India tries to please both, October 5, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	''PUTIN IN DELHI TO INK DEFENCE PACT AMID US THREAT''
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		+	As India and Russia prepare to sign a deal for S-400 missile defence systems on Friday, New Delhi is playing the greatest balancing act of all — steering its defence needs and a long standing strategic relationship with Russia past the threat of US sanctions while protecting growing ties with Washington.
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		+	It wasn’t this bad even during the Cold War, when despite cries of non-alignment, India was squarely on the Russian side of the field and the US did not see New Delhi as an ally.
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		+	Russian leader Vladimir Putin landed in Delhi on Thursday evening and drove straight to a dinner with PM Narendra Modi. The official programme begins on Friday morning with a breakfast followed by delegationlevel talks. A large number of agreements are likely to be signed — normal for India-Russia summits.
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		+	But all eyes will be on the defence agreements for the S-400 missile defence system, frigates and assault rifles. The US only last week slapped sanctions on China for buying the same S-400s.
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		+	Putin’s visit comes almost exactly a month after the first 2+2 dialogue with the US, where James Mattis and Mike Pompeo had discussed this scenario with Nirmala Sitharaman and Sushma Swaraj. India made it clear it needed the S-400 and had a long legacy of sourcing defence equipment from Russia, which New Delhi was unwilling to compromise. The US side reassured Delhi that the Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) law would not apply to legacy platforms or spares, but new buys could be impacted.
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		+	What is less known is that Mattis and Pompeo spent over an hour with national security advisor Ajit Doval for a deeper conversation on two issues — imports of Iranian oil post sanctions that will kick in from November 4, and the S-400 from Russia. Sources said both sides emerged with a better understanding of each other.
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		+	The Trump administration, however, still has to certify to Congress that India is reducing its weapons buys from Russia. That is a condition for a waiver on CAATSA, a provision written into the otherwise inflexible law by sustained diplomacy by the Trump administration. The waiver will be available to India, Indonesia and Vietnam. But, as Randy Shriver, US undersecretary in the Pentagon said, India should not treat this as a blanket waiver.
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		+	India is in a slightly difficult place — the US relationship is vital for India to balance China and its aggressive growth. It’s also the economic partner of choice for Indian industry. Russia, however, remains an old partner, with a huge piece of the Indian defence pie. But its closeness to China is a problem that India is uncomfortable about.
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		+	India has been reducing its weapons buys from Russia, but it does not want to ditch their deep partnership. In fact, India has increased its investments in Russia’s energy sector with oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan officially asking Russia to partner in India’s effort to gassify its economy.
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		+	Russia is also opposed to India’s Indo-Pacific policy, and has unequivocally opposed it. “We urge all our allies and partners to forgo transactions with Russia that would trigger sanctions under CAATSA,” a state department spokesperson said on Wednesday when asked about India’s plan to purchase the multi-billion S-400 missile defence system. “The administration has indicated that a focus area for the implementation of CAATSA Section 231 is new or qualitative upgrades in capability, including the S-400 air and missiles ,” the spokesperson said.
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		+	Russia enjoys support from across the political spectrum — for instance, Sonia Gandhi, who doesn’t travel too much, went out of her way to travel to St Petersburg recently for a women’s conference.

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	Following up on the visit to Washington of foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale and defence secretary G Mohan Kumar in April, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and national security advisor John Bolton have also had phone conversations with their Indian counterparts on the subject. The outcome though is still uncertain.		Following up on the visit to Washington of foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale and defence secretary G Mohan Kumar in April, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and national security advisor John Bolton have also had phone conversations with their Indian counterparts on the subject. The outcome though is still uncertain.
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		+	=Defying the USA for Russia relations=
		+	==2018: Missile deal cleared Despite Threat Of US Sanctions==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F07%2F01&entity=Ar00805&sk=0DCA5997&mode=text Rajat Pandit, Defence council clears Russian missile deal, July 1, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	[[File: 2018- India agreed to buy 5 squadrons’- worth of Triumf missiles from Russia .jpg\|2018- India agreed to buy 5 squadrons’- worth of Triumf missiles from Russia <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F07%2F01&entity=Ar00805&sk=0DCA5997&mode=text Rajat Pandit, Defence council clears Russian missile deal, July 1, 2018: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	''Consent Given Despite Threat Of US Sanctions''
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		+	India is now swiftly moving towards acquiring five advanced S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems from Russia despite the looming threat of US sanctions, with the defence ministry clearing the decks for the proposed Rs 39,000 crore deal.
		+
		+	Top sources say the defence acquisitions council (DAC), chaired by minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Thursday, approved the “minor deviations” in the mega S-400 deal that had emerged during the recently-concluded commercial negotiations with Russia.
		+
		+	“The S-400 procurement case will now go to the finance ministry for clearance and the PM-led Cabinet Committee on Security for the final nod. The country’s top political leadership will have to take a call on when the actual contract can be inked,” said a source.
		+
		+	The DAC was held just a day after the US on Wednesday night once again cancelled the inaugural “two-plus-two” dialogue between foreign minister Sushma Swaraj and defence minister Sitharaman with their American counterparts — Mike Pompeo and Jim Mattis — which was slated for July 6 in Washington.
		+
		+	TOI was the first to report in October 2015 that India had kicked off plans to acquire the S-400 missile systems, which can detect, track and destroy hostile strategic bombers, stealth fighters, spy planes, missiles and drones at a range of up to 400km and altitude of 30km, in what was touted as a gamechanging military acquisition.
		+
		+	Subsequently, the inter-governmental agreement for the five S-400 systems was inked during the Modi-Putin summit at Goa in October 2016. Even as India and Russia were putting the finishing touches on the complex S-400 contract ahead of the next Modi-Putin summit in October this year, Washington jumped into the fray to warn New Delhi against going ahead with the deal.
		+
		+	India and Russia have worked on a roadmap to get around the financial sanctions flowing out of the recent US law called CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act) that seeks to deter countries from buying Russian weapons.
		+
		+	New Delhi and Moscow have new military projects worth over $12 billion hanging in the balance, as is the question of maintaining the huge inventory of Russian-origin weapons in the Indian armed forces.
		+
		+	Under the proposed S-400 deal, the IAF will get the first S-400 squadron, with its battlemanagement system of command posts and launchers, acquisition and engagement radars, and all-terrain transporter-erector-launcher vehicles, 24 months after the final contract is inked. All the five squadrons, with two firing units each, will come in 60 months.
		+
		+	Once India inducts S-400 systems, they can be used to protect cities during war or vital installations like nuclear power plants.