From Russia with love? Or French connection?

Indian Navy officials categorically deny allowing Russian officials on board the Chakra

The visit by US Navy officials last week to INS Vikramaditya, an aircraft carrier built by Russia for the Indian Navy, has turned into an unexpectedly hot potato in Russia-India military ties.

As Business Standard first reported (October 30, ‘US Navy aircraft carrier team to check out Russian-built INS Vikramaditya’), a team of American naval officers visiting India to discuss US assistance in constructing an indigenous aircraft carrier, was invited on board INS Vikramaditya on October 31.

On Thursday, Russian news portal, Kommersant, sprung a bombshell, reporting that Russia-India military relations were in a crisis, with Moscow furious because the