New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- Anticipation continues to build to the visit of Russian President Vladmir Putin to India on December 4 and 5. Ahead of the visit Kremlin Spokesperson Dimitry Peskov hailed the relationship with India and said that Russia is proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with India during its historic growth.

"Russia and Indian relationship is not just a standard set of diplomatic protocols and trade agreements, it's more of that it's much more important, our bilateral relationship rests on a deep historic background of mutual understanding. A mutual understanding of partnership, and a mutual vision of Global Affairs and system of Global Affairs based on international law on the rule of law, and the ability of taking it into acc...