The Prime Minister also strongly pitched for Indian human resource to develop Russia’s Far East, which is sparsely populated, and where, he reminded, India was the first contry to open a consulate when Vladivostok was still a closed city, something that testifies to the “high trust that our two countries share”.
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Indian firms have invested over $7 billion in taking stake in Russian oil and gas fields. India ventured into Russia when its flagship overseas firm ONGC Videsh in 2001 acquired a 20 per cent stake in Sakhalin-1 oil and gas field in Far East Russia
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This was National Security Advisor’s first visit to Moscow following the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status by India
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Russia’s Far East is resource rich, with oil and gas and timber, but parsely populated and is interested in having Indian skilled labour develop it
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