Yes they are,, but not to an extent where i can see Russia dumping India and forming a new alliance with Pakistan. The way forward is actually in non-alliance policy, we need to be neutral in most of the aspects. Good relation all around is the keep to progress. SO YES, while Russian-Pakistan relations are improving and will keep on improving given the current Geo-political situation, it is not going to get to a point where Russia and Pakistan will become allies against the west as some people like to claim, neither it will be Russia-Pakistan relation at the cost of Russia-India relations, they cannot afford that, STILL, WE WILL GET CLOSER GIVEN THE NEW FOUND LOVE BETWEEN INDIAN AND US,, CLOSER I SAY, NOT CLOSEST! this is not going to happen.