Chairman of India-Russia Foundation, Sudhir Pal Sabharwal: "Relations between Russia and India are elevated to privileged partnership"
More than five centuries ago the great Russian navigator Afanasy Nikitin voyaged to India, laying the foundations for relations between the two countries. Nowadays the countries cooperate in a number of important areas, among them are education, culture, science and economics.
In what ways is Afanasy Nikitin revered in India? Why is another Russian figure – orientalist Andrey Snesarev – considered an ambassador of culture in the republic?
TV BRICS reporter: Yana Panferova
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