Excellent article, and the article is quite right that an India-Russia partnership can yield great benefits to both sides. However, Russia needs to market itself much more to Indian students and workers. This includes both making the application / visa / travel process smoother, and getting Indians to consider Russia as an attractive work destination. This could also balance the current trade imbalance - Russia could pay Indian workers in rubles, and India can then use those rubles to buy oil directly, without worrying about US sanctions.
Excellent article, and the article is quite right that an India-Russia partnership can yield great benefits to both sides. However, Russia needs to market itself much more to Indian students and workers. This includes both making the application / visa / travel process smoother, and getting Indians to consider Russia as an attractive work destination. This could also balance the current trade imbalance - Russia could pay Indian workers in rubles, and India can then use those rubles to buy oil directly, without worrying about US sanctions.