Back in the mud 19th century the Russians curried favour with the Indian’s who were dissatisfied with Poms and the British East India company.
The “Pandy” uprising/rebellion supposedly had links to Russian agitators and I’m sure that there are some other instances where they (Russians) stirred resentment for the Pommy interests.
Geopolitical tensions are like the tide, they come in and go out, sometimes they work in one’s favour and sometimes they don’t but they never remain stagnant for very long.
