Moscow has been New Delhi’s all weather friend for 52 years, so the recent China-Russia engagement must make the MEA mandarins queasy specially as its new found friend, the United States of India, can often act like a temperamental mother-in-law.

Back in the 1950s when Russia was the centre of the Communist universe, even Mao Zedong paid unwilling tribute at the court of Emperor Stalin and wannabe emperor Khrushchev. These days, the ruler of the Kremlin seemingly plays courtier to the tyrant who rules China.

Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Beijing on Tuesday for the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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