Despite the shifting tides of global power in this century, the partnership endures as one of India’s most reliable ones. In fact, the story of India’s strategic autonomy is incomplete without Russia. Through crises and churn, the partnership has adapted rather than faded. In 2025, although Russia is no longer the Soviet Union and great-power dynamics have often pulled the two apart, Moscow still occupies an important place in New Delhi’s strategic planning.

There’s cooperation in defence, nuclear energy, hydrocarbons, diplomacy, connectivity projects, and emerging trade routes such as the Northern Sea Route. Today, the relationship has evolved — India and Russia are no longer in a hierarchical equation but deal as equals, and see each other as partners in the geopolitics of the future.

At a time when Russian oil and Su-57s grab most of the headlines coming out of this relationship, one key area that continues to power this relationship is the nuclear energy link. We’ve all heard of the Kudankulam power plant built in collaboration with Russia in India. But this is just the beginning. With Moscow having just hosted the World Atomic Week, it is worth putting into context some of the incredible new things that India and Russia are doing together.

In Russia, nuclear energy continues to unlock new doors to sustainability and economic progress, while its premier nuclear agency Rosatom is emerging as a global leader in cutting-edge technology like small modular reactors and even additive technologies — 3D printing with metal alloys at an........

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