US threatening sanctions to spoil India-Russia ties: Moscow envoy

Russian envoy to India Denis Alipov said on Saturday while his country remains New Delhi's "reliable and time-tested friend", US is trying to threaten the relationship with sanctions."In India, Russia enjoys a solid reputation as a reliable, sincere, well-intentioned, time-tested friend. Such an image was initially shaped due to major contribution of USSR to Indian socio-economic development, and it largely persists to this day," he said.