FACT: 5 days ago, India's Foreign Minister praises the strong relationship between India and Russia. Diplomatically it overrides anything else.
As for weapon sales, oil sales, etc - these are NOT facts that directly refer to RELATIONSHIP between the two countries. There can be any number of reasons. Eg - India said a while ago (read Defence Production Policy of 2018) that it wanted to become a Top 5 Defence manufacturing country.
But, go ahead, put any spin you like! If it makes you happy, that is fine by me.
