It is a timely reminder that when faced with twin threats, India has succeeded by wisely choosing allies, points out Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

August 9 is etched in golden letters in history of India’s freedom movement as the day when Mahatma Gandhi gave the call ‘Quit India’ to the British in 1942. Twenty nine years later, on this very day, India signed a ‘Peace and Friendship’ treaty with the Soviet Union to lay the foundations of a glorious…

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Bangladesh–Russia relations

Bangladesh–Russia relations (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ–রাশিয়া সম্পর্কRussian: Российско-бангладешские отношения) are the foreign relations between Bangladesh and Russia. Bangladesh has an embassy in Moscow and Russia has one in Dhaka and a consulate-general in Chittagong. Diplomatic relations between the USSR and Bangladesh were established on January 25, 1972.[1] These relations have continued with Russia being the successor state to the Soviet Union. Soviet-Bangladeshi relations[edit] The Soviet Union had been a strong supporter…

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