India-Russia Arctic Push: The New Great Game Over Talent and Ice
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s high-profile visit to India this week, culminating in 16 agreements and a ambitious roadmap to $100 billion in bilateral trade by 2030, has thrust the enduring India-Russia partnership into the global spotlight amid escalating U.S. tariffs and shifting alliances. While media narratives have centered on defiant energy pledges and defense collaborations, a deeper geopolitical undercurrent is emerging: the consolidation of ties as a bulwark for multipolarity, with fresh dimensions like a proposed skilled migration corridor to Russia’s Far East and joint Arctic ventures signaling a strategic pivot that could redefine power balances in Eurasia and beyond.…
