Russia's power will go down while China will become assertive, predicts CDS Gen Chauhan

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New Delhi: Russias geopolitcal importance will go down in the times to come in spite of being a major nuclear power while the world will witness the rise of an assertive China, Indias Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said Saturday...

The world is now transiting between two orders and the current global geo-political environment is in a state of flux, he said in a keynote address at the 14th Chief Marshal L.M..

In spite of Russia being a major nuclear power, the geopolitical importance of Russia will go down in times to come..

The Wagner rebellion indicates the internal weakness and is indicative of what may lie in store for the future as far as Russia is concerned, the CDS was quoted as saying by news agencyANI...

For the armed forces as well, change and evolution are as important as for any species because change is occurring around us, the CDS said...

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