New Agenda of Russia-India Relations

... fully met India’s strategic goals. The start of the special military operation came as a shock to Indian policymakers. By then, the Indian leadership had by and large outlined and begun implementing a plan for a major restructuring of the national economy that would ensure sustained growth of over 5% per year and India’s gradual emergence as the world’s third largest economy by GDP, which in turn would help reduce social tensions. This required a relatively stable foreign policy situation and ...