India is a natural option for Russia as Moscow turns increasingly towards Asia after its ties with Europe turned bitter, with New Delhi's relationship with Moscow staying steady for nearly eight decades.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made the remarks on Tuesday while speaking to John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, in New Delhi. He said the Russia-Europe relationship had become "pretty much a broken, embittered relationship" since the Ukraine war.
