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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're all wrong.  None of this is recent.

India has had a long term relationship going back to the 50s, when India was very poor and socialist.  They were a former colony of the west and did not want to get sucked into either Superpower's orbit during the cold war. So they became a Non-Aligned Nation, which permitted them to have relationships with both sides.  They also had a lot to fear from China, so they needed a friend in that part of the world.

The Soviets gave them weapons and aid, helped them end the conflict with Pakistan, and got an ally to counter the Chinese, with whom India had border issues.

Things ebbed a bit as China-Russia relations thawed, then around 20-ish years ago it picked up again. The biggest area of cooperation is military technology to India.  They fly lots of MiGs, lease russian nuclear subs, S400s, even a Soviet aircraft carrier.

It's in India's national interest to not be forced into picking a side.  [/quote]

+1.  The USSR helped India a lot in the past.

India doesn't hate the US like some people are saying, but neither does India feel beholden to the US.  It's not like the US has been a great ally to India.  On the contrary, the US helped Pakistan against India.

India has a working relationship with the USSR.  They don't want to burn that bridge.[/quote]

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