Strategic Lens

Nuclear and space: India and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, Russia sold USD 183 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to India.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft grew 78 percent, from USD 103 million in 2019 to USD 183 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Russia sold USD 183 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft, and India sold almost none.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

India's imports from Russia: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by India

2019: 102.8Low 102.8 / High 182.82025: 182.8

2019102.8
2025182.8

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

More on this relationship

Benefits

  • BothTwo 1,000 MW units at Kudankulam are operating, and talks cover more units and a roadmap to build many more reactors.
  • BothIn October 2022 Glavkosmos supplied equipment for the Gaganyaan crewed spacecraft.

Constraints

  • BothLarge reactor plans are long-term, with a roadmap running to 2030, and two units are operating so far.

Sources: Wikipedia: India–Russia relations (revision of 24 September 2026)