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What Stalin thought of Gandhi and Nehru

May 3, 2012 Valeriy Kashin, specially for RIR
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin saw India's independence as a sham and its iconic leaders like Gandhi and Nehru as counter-revolutionary forces. Stalin's attitude only shows how ideology can prejudice diplomatic relations

India-Russia Partnership at 65

April 4, 2012 D. Aurobinda Mahapatra, specially for RIR
The relations between India and Russia can be marked by the phrase ‘continuity in the midst of change.' I doubt whether this can be said about India’s ties with any other countries.

Anti-thesis – Gorbachev and Churchill

December 21, 2011 Aanchal Anand, specially for RIR
Gorbachev and Churchill were not contemporaries but if you switched their places in history, India may never have suffered a partition and the Soviet Union may never have collapsed

Congratulations Sonia Gandhi

December 12, 2011 Combined reports
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday congratulated Congress President Sonia Gandhi on her 66th birthday.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Delhi Declaration

November 25, 2011 Nivedita Das Kundu, specially for RIR
The Delhi Declaration on the Principles of a Nuclear Weapon Free and Non-Violent World signed by Rajiv Gandhi and Gorbachev on November 27, 1986 was a landmark global document.

Multi-party system: Learning from Indian experience

October 24, 2011 Andrei Volodin, specially for RIR
As Russia braces for the Dec 4 elections, it’s time to look at the experience of India and the West in evolving a multi-party system and forging a dynamic opposition, says Andrei Volodin.

Tolstoy and Gandhi: Letters about Peace

October 17, 2011 Polina Ryzhova
At the time when young lawyer Mohandas Gandhi was struggling with injustice in South Africa he learnt about Leo Tolstoy’s doctrine of non-violent resistance to evil, and it had an impact in shaping his philosophy of satyagraha.

Red Line: Syria, Abkhaz elections and Anna Hazare

September 8, 2011 Ekaterina Kudashkina, Mira Salganik, Sergei Strokan, Voice of Russia
Each week, Voice of Russia hosts Red Line, a discussion about global events as seen from Moscow. In this edition: Syria, Abkhazia and Anna Hazare.

Mahatma Gandhi in Moscow

July 18, 2011
The statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Moscow’s “Museon” park with the monument of Peter the Great in the background.

India divided over legacy: Glasnost, Gandhi, Grouchy Marx

March 29, 2011 Shweta Chand, RIR
The man who brought down the Soviet colossus continues to mean different things to different people in india.

Revolution of ideas: When Gandhi wrote to Tolstoy...

October 22, 2010 Achala Moulik, specially for RIR
Tolstoy’s ideas influenced Mahatma Gandhi and Tagore and spawned a deep spiritual connection with India.