Russia is our friend Saar. 1971 Saar.
Friends till both are mutually accepted beneficiaries.
France, Japan & Israel are the only true friends of India. The rest are seasonal.
No such thing as "friends" in geopoliteeks, you have countries having an alignment of interests, maybe in olden days it would turn into an alliance.
Our alignment with Russia is being against the West, not letting the Ruskals be dependent on Choyna and ofc maintenance wagera of existing Ruskal platforms.
Ruskal may do ball-lifting of Chongs & Pignats on RT global but Ruskal will not stop supplies to us of military maal like a certain Superpower would surely do.
With France our alignment is of defense Dhandho, pure and simple, aside from this France is the only W*stern ((( ally ))) that is somewhat Independent of US, having an independent foreign policy,Aerospace MIC and Nuclear energy industry.
If they have to choose between US/West and us however they will put us under the bus, they can resist however, they did when the farman came from Washinton DC to invade Iraq and they said NO.
Japanese are US kutta and only ties with them are of dhandho of the Suzuki wagera types, maybe infrastructure and all also like bullet train, nothing much in military, they are as far as a "friend" you can think about.
In the future however with the Chong problem it could be they will expand the relation to include military tech purchases also, maybe
As for Jooz it is our common green terrorist enemies, and ofc the Defense Dhandho relationship, they are the best source for Western-like technology, they have also provided help in terms of CT training and equipment when we were officially ((( secular ))) and not openly fanboying for the jooz.
Same caveat as the French applies here too, if the choice is between US or some core Israeli interest, we get put under the bus.
India is a large enough country to not need #PhullSapport media buddies like the beggar shithole next door us, our "friends" must only be willing to supply us with the necessary gear when shit hits the fan, Israel did during Op Sindoor, if it would have continued i'm sure the Russians and French would also send supplies if we placed some orders