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Two things to note:
- As Indians freely admit, the current India-Russia relationship is based purely on money, regardless of past strategic alignments. Like all relationships it is two-way. If Russia needs Indian money, then India needs Russian tech. India does not want to become too dependent on sanction-prone Western tech, and it lacks any significant indigenous capabilities like China has developed.
- Pakistan can not match India's financial clout to woo Russia, but it can offer geographic advantages to Russia which India can not. However, the balance is still not nearly enough to sway Russia, and India will continue to enjoy the advantage until the equation changes.
Money and national interest .
We also share a common threat of Islamic fundamentalism .
On the Indian side at aleast there is also a nostaligia for the days when Russia supported us and the West was against us . These are not things Indians will forget easily .For these reasons India may tilt this way or that but will never really let go of Russia .