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Putin’s Delegation Arrives in New Delhi With a Shopping List: Food, Tech, Clothes—Everything
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Russia wants Indian manufacturers to dramatically expand exports to the Russian market, said Deputy Chief of Staff Maksim Oreshkin, who is accompanying a Russian leader during a visit to New Delhi, Russian outlet RBC reported on December 4.
“The Russian delegation and business community came here with a very specific goal. Namely, we came for Indian goods,” Oreshkin said.
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Trade between Russia and India has risen 430 percent since the start of the war—from $13 billion to $69 billion annually—but nearly all of that growth has been driven by discounted Russian oil purchases, where India now trails only China in volume.
Despite repeated claims of a “strategic partnership,” the Kremlin has seen little flow of Indian consumer or industrial goods in return.
Russia is inviting Indian producers of food, household items, electronics, clothing, and footwear to enter its market, said Economy Minister Maksim Reshetnikov, who is also part of the delegation. He added that Indian-made products are expected on Russian online marketplaces, where they would gain “direct access to millions of consumers.”
Oreshkin said Moscow is highly interested in telecommunications equipment, industrial components, and pharmaceuticals.
Russia hopes to buy $40 billion worth of Indian goods and services annually, an increase he says should come “from the growth of Indian exports to the Russian market.”
“This is not some momentary story, but a strategic choice in the development of relations between the third and fourth largest economies in the world,” Oreshkin said.
Earlier, India finalized a $2 billion agreement to lease a nuclear-powered attack submarine from Russia, marking a major step in its long-term naval modernization program.
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