Military-Technical Collaboration Between India and Russia: An Overview of the Post-Soviet Period

1. For a coherent historical background of the period, see, William H. Mott. Soviet Military Assistance: An Empirical Perspective (Greenwood Press. Westport CT, London, 2001), pp.226–230.

2. For concise presentation of the developments during the period, see Stephen P. Cohen, India: Emerging Power, (Oxford University Press, London, 2001), p. 142.

3. William, H. Mott, op.cit., pp. 226–229.

4. Indian Express, New Delhi, 13 September, 1992.

5. Quoted from Ramesh Thakur, “Russian Policy Towards India: A relationship on hold”, in Peter Shearman ed., Russian Foreign Policy since 1990 (Westview, Boulder, Colorado, 1995), pp. 228–29.

6. Times of India , 8 September, 1992.

7. Hindustan Times , 28 December, 1991.

8. See, Jyotsna Bakshi, “India in Russia's strategic Thinking”, Strategic Analysis, January 1998, Vol. xxi, no. 10, p. 1471.

9. Hindustan Times , 28 December, 1991.

10. Speech by Boris Yeltin at a Meeting with Indian Bussinesmen, in document of Russian President Boris Yeltsin'v visit to India, Strategic Digest . April. 1993, p.585.

11. Quoted by K.V. Ramesh in a news article in The Pioneer , New Delhi, 24 April, 1993.

12. Reported in Times of India , July 26, 1993.

13. Editorial, Indian Express , New Delhi, 7 November, 1994.

14. See, G. Sudhakar Nair, " New Vistas in Indo-Russian Relations “, PTI Feature (Press Trust of India), xiii (98), 9 July, 1994, p.4.

15. The Pioneer , March 31. 1996.

16. See Jyoti Malhotra, “Indo-Russian Relations”, World Focus, May 1997, Vol. 18, No. 5, p. 15.

17. News from Russia, Vol. II, no. 46, RIA Novosti, Information Department, Embassy of the Russian Federation in India, New Delhi, p. 17.

18. Annual Report (1996–97), Ministry of Defence, Government of India, pp. 31–32.

19. Cited by John Cherian, in his article “Arms deals with Russia” in Frontline, August 5–18, 2000, Vol. 17, No. 16, p. 127.

20. Ibid, p. 128.

21. Ibid.

22. Ibid, pp. 127–128.

23. The Hindu , 9^th February, 2002.

24. Strategic Digest, monthly journal of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Analysis (IDSA) India, February 1998, Vol. xxviii, no. 2, p. 336.