Russia has offered to jointly produce the 100-seater Sukhoi Superjet airliner in India.

[nahtanbob]

Certification will be a major issue with Russian engines and subsystems, and most sub systems on that jet is of western origin. Not to forget most of the destinations will be western countries.

100 seater Sukhoi jet will be ideal for flights to 2nd and 3rd tier Indian cities. I am not sure about Russian design/engineering for civilian aerospace projects. a better bet would have been Bombardier, Embraers of the world.

 

[Skull and Bones]

100 seater Sukhoi jet will be ideal for flights to 2nd and 3rd tier Indian cities. I am not sure about Russian design/engineering for civilian aerospace projects. a better bet would have been Bombardier, Embraers of the world.

I agree

 

[Faceless]

It is true that both Russia and West will act in their own interest. It is just that at this point of time, the West 's strategic interests are more closely aligned with India than with China or Pakistan. So, in their own interest, they will support India in a conflict against these countries - just like they will support Saudis against Iran, even though Iran is more of a democracy.

Similarly, India has more to gain with allying with the West than with a declining authoritarian regime in Moscow. Russia is now so weak that it can't help even its treaty allies like Armenia, with which it shares a common border, while Azerbaijan takes its territory. In fact, Russia is being forced to buy supplies from powers like North Korea and Iran even to fight in Ukraine.

If the Soviets supported India in 1971, it was because the two countries had a mutual defence treaty at that time, India had a socialist government, Pakistan was a member of SEATO and CENTO and the Sino Soviet split was firmly entrenched ( in fact Pakistan was facilitating a secret rapprochement between US and China). Moreover, the Soviet Union was a comparable military power to the United States with all of the resources of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe unders its control and major allies all over the world. The situation today is very different.

agreed, its true that west is helping india for its own intrests, there is no denying in that however we should also remember that soviet union also helped us for its own intrests and we shouldn't treat them like some god send saviour friend, and many indians seem to not understand this and act as hypocrites, many of us don't hold russia and west at the same parameters. We (as in common people) still see west as an enemy and russia as a friend

 

[nahtanbob]

agreed, its true that west is helping india for its own intrests, there is no denying in that however we should also remember that soviet union also helped us for its own intrests and we shouldn't treat them like some god send saviour friend, and many indians seem to not understand this and act as hypocrites, many of us don't hold russia and west at the same parameters. We (as in common people) still see west as an enemy and russia as a friend

Ignore your feelings for a moment. You are more dependent on the West for your outsourcing $$$ and technology. your dilemma would be more carefully received if Russia was not in such a sorry state of affairs.

 

[Faceless]

Ignore your feelings for a moment. You are more dependent on the West for your outsourcing $$$ and technology. your dilemma would be more carefully received if Russia was not in such a sorry state of affairs.

There is no dilemma (Most Indian nationalists are hypocrites), and what you are telling is already known to the Indian diplomats and higher ups, Right now Russia is only useful as a veto holder and weapons exporter, our relationship never moved past this, specially in the economic sector.
Indian strategic planners were suspicious of the west, but we're never antagonistic towards them, our relationship was cordial most of the times

 

[nahtanbob]

There is no dilemma (Most Indian nationalists are hypocrites), and what you are telling is already known to the Indian diplomats and higher ups, Right now Russia is only useful as a veto holder and weapons exporter, our relationship never moved past this, specially in the economic sector.
Indian strategic planners were suspicious of the west, but we're never antagonistic towards them, our relationship was cordial most of the times

Countries are free to make deals based on their national interests,. Given the sorry state of affairs in Russia over the past 20-30 years the choices to India was slimmer. As you point out Indian diplomats, leaders and military officers are extremely aware of what I am saying