Who is the key player amid tensions between India and China?

Russia has emerged a key player amid tensions between India and China. A look at how Russia’s ties with China have grown over the decades, and how New Delhi and Moscow have engaged over the current crisis. Russia President Vladimir Putin with China’s Xi Jinping (then Vice President) in Beijing in 2012.

Should India engage Russia and China in the RIC?

While there is merit to India engaging both Russia and China, it cannot mask the fact that there are growing tensions within the RIC grouping. You have reached the limit of 5 free articles a month.

Why India’s Jaishankar is heading to Russia?

India’s Minister of External Affairs Dr. S Jaishankar will be heading to Russia later in the month for a ministerial-level trilateral meeting among three Eurasian powers of the RIC group: Russia, India and China (RIC).

Why does India want a Sino-Russian quasi-alliance?

And India, for its part, has always felt that it was the West which has pushed Russia towards a tighter embrace of Beijing. A Sino-Russian quasi-alliance has formed in recent years, and this has been possible due to the anti-Chinese rhetoric from Washington, collapse of oil prices and growing dependence of Russia on Chinese consumption.

Why did China and the USSR go to war in 1969?

During the Cold War, China and the USSR were rivals after the Sino-Soviet split in 1961, competing for control of the worldwide Communist movement. There was a serious possibility of a major war in the early 1960s and a brief border war took place in 1969.

What has brought Russia and China closer together?

New Delhi believes that the approach of Western countries, especially that of the US towards both Moscow and Beijing, has brought them even closer. Russia and China have had a rocky start to their relationship, after Mao Zedong founded the People’s Republic of China.

Does Russia want a more assertive India in Asia?

There is the opinion that Moscow wants a more assertive India to counterbalance China’s growing hegemony in Asia . Russia has long supported India’s ascension to having a permanent seat in a “reformed” UN Security Council, for example.