New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- As President Vladimir Putin prepares for a two-day state visit to New Delhi beginning December 4, Russia signalled a sweeping ambition to reshape its partnership with India for what it describes as an emerging multipolar world, one defined, Moscow implied, as much by American unpredictability as by the rise of new centres of power.
In a wide-ranging conversation with Indian journalists on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov cast India as a "great friend" and a pivotal actor in a world where "rule of law has been ruined, trade norms broken", and the promise of globalisation weakened.
He suggested that Russia and India, long-time strategic partners, could work together "to stabilise the whole world" as global po...