India has emerged as Russia's second-largest trading partner, leapfrogging Turkey, which now occupies the third spot after the South Asian country and Moscow's close ally China, statistics from the Eurasian sovereign state's national statistical services showed.
In 2022, India was languishing in fifth place as far as Russia's trade partners are concerned with trade between the two countries hovering around the $35 billion mark.
It is worth noting that the Indo-Russian trade saw a 1.8-fold rise compared to 2022 in 2023.
On the other hand, Russia-China trade turnover broke all previous records in 2023 as both nations traded goods worth $240.1 billion.
Meanwhile, Turkey rounded off the top three with its trade with Russia being recorded at $56.5 billion.
Belarus and Kazakhstan were Russia's fourth and fifth largest trade partners, registering trade volumes of $55 billion and $26 billion in 2023, respectively.
Interestingly, no Western country found a place among the top five as trade between Germany and Russia fell to only $12.22 billion last year.
For the record, Germany was Russia's closest trading partner in Europe till 2022, recording a trade turnover of $65 billion in 2022.