Russia and India Forge Arctic Alliance

Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Rising Indian influence in the Arctic serves as a counterbalance to China’s, which meets both Russian and Western interests... The Russian-Indian joint working group on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) through the Arctic Ocean, which is expected to become one of the world’s most important trade routes, just held its first meeting last week in Delhi. It was formed as a result of Indian Prime Minister Modi’s trip to Moscow over the summer where he and Putin signed nine agreements for expanding…