Vinay Shukla

–The writer is a Moscow-based independent defence analyst. The views expressed are personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda

Kremlin Wants Trump to Take His Time for Ukraine Solution

From the very beginning the Kremlin has been skeptical of US President Donald Trump’s declaration of ending Ukraine war within 24 hours of his taking the charge of the White House and dismissed it...

Deciphering Putin’s New Cabinet

Amid the ongoing special military operation in Ukraine, at an ornate Kremlin ceremony attended by over 2000 invitees on May 7, Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin took the oath of office for the fifth...

Narratives Could be Misleading

  After spending almost six months in India under the volley of Western narratives about Russia’s failing special military operation in Ukraine and Kiev on the cusp of turning the tide in its NATO-backed counter-offensive...

Frozen Conflict: Moscow’s End-game in Ukraine?

  As the Russian onslaught on its neighbour Ukraine enters into its second year and the US-led West has declared the strategic defeat of Russia its primary goal, the Kremlin seems to be preparing for...

Why is Russia Facing the Wrong End of the Gun in Ukraine?

With the annexation of four former Ukrainian regions namely Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia, into the Russian Federation, Kremlin claims to have achieved the objective behind the special military operation (SMO) which began on...

Deciphering Russia’s Partial Mobilisation

  Just days before Russia's "Special Military Operation" to 'demilitarise and denazify' Ukraine entered into eighth month, President Vladimir Putin in his televised address to the nation announced partial mobilisation to recall 300 thousand  reservists...

India-Russia Defence Cooperation Faces Big Challenges Now

  President Vladimir Putin by ordering Russian armed forces to launch special military operations to ‘demilitarise’ and for ‘de-nazification’ of Ukraine after almost a three-month-long process to amass at least 140 thousand highly capable troops,...

Learn From the Past with Eyes on the Future

At the age of 18, I came to this side of the erstwhile ‘Iron Curtain’ at the height of the Cold War and since then, I have been witness to the developments in the...

False Narratives have Coloured India-Russia Ties

India at the Global Crossroads” was the theme of panel discussions at the annual Primakov Readings in Moscow on June 8-9, organised by the National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, which...

Jaishankar’s Moscow Visit Sets Agenda for Modi-Putin Summit in 2021

  The three-day (July 7-9)  Moscow visit of the External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar was much more than a routine exchange of visits between New Delhi and Moscow although media comments mainly focused on...

Russia’s New National Security Strategy Identifies India, China Key Partners

  Russia’s new long-term National Security Strategy signed by President Vladimir Putin on July 2 to tide over the disruptive trends in the global order has identified India and China as Moscow’s key partners in...

Top Russian Defence Analyst Konstantin Makiyenko No More

Moscow. A top Russian defence expert - Konstantin Makiyenko, Deputy Director and founder of post-Soviet Russia’s first independent think tank - Centre for Analyses of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) was given a tearful farewell...

India-Russia Relations Under Stress?

The cancellation of the annual bilateral summit in 2020 has led to the widely prevalent view that India-Russia relations are under stress and New Delhi must look at Washington to secure its vital interests....
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