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India is cutting back its reliance on Russian arms

The West wants to take advantage of its push to diversify

AT A MEETING between senior Indian and American officials this week, both sides emphasised their growing co-operation on defence. But warm diplomatic words hide an awkward feature of Indian procurement: the country, which imports more arms than any other, has long been Russia’s biggest foreign buyer of weapons.

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