Cooperation between Russia and India: cultural and civilizational foundations

Introduction. Relations between Russia and India have been rapidly developing in the political and economic spheres in recent decades, however, within the framework of cultural and civilizational interaction, the two countries are still quite far from each other. In modern conditions, Russia is making a “geopolitical turn to the East”, which opens up opportunities to overcome accumulated stereotypes and search for new mechanisms of cooperation in the spirit of dialogue of cultures.