Russian-Indian strategic cooperation has been successfully developing for many decades. The USSR was one of the key countries that provided assistance and support to the young Indian republic in its formative years. Over the years of development of bilateral relations, Moscow has made significant efforts to develop India’s economy, industrial sector and education system, and actively developed military-technical cooperation programmes. The first Indian cosmonaut was sent into orbit in a Soviet spacecraft. Russia and India to this day enjoy the results of many years of cooperation in various fields, including in the international political environment