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2:31Managing Editor Sandeep Unnithan: Putin’s Pivot to Asia and RIC Alliance a Counterweight to WestIn this Special Report, India Today’s Managing Editor Sandeep Unnithan analyses Russian President Vladimir Putin’s historic visit to New Delhi and his world exclusive interview with Anjana Om Kashyap and Geeta Mohan. Unnithan highlights that this interaction, Putin’s longest with a foreign journalist since his 2024 talk with Tucker Carlson, signals a major geopolitical shift. He observes that Russia is 'pivoting towards Asia' and invoking the spirit of the Russia-India-China (RIC) alliance as a 'formidable counterweight' to the Western-led bloc.