Please wake up.Its 2021 not 1971.If Russia does not want India to embrace Uncle Sam or the Quad then Putin should have used his good offices with Xi to back off PRC's aggresive stance with India.Instead by remaining quiet he has encouraged Xi to violate Indian sovereignty.He also gave in to Pak-China demand to keep India out of Afghan peace talks .With a few exceptions Russian military hardware is obsolete and grossly overpriced.China is getting whatever military hardware they want anyway.Whatever edge we have had over PRC is being eroded.What kind of ally and friend is that?.We are courting disaster by depending on Putin's Russia for our defence needs and requirements.There is no option but to join the Western alliance.As they say there are no permanent friends,just permanent interests.
With Putin there is stability in Russia and that means predictability with regards to indo-russian relations.Moreover they do not threaten sanctions refer to USA with CAATSA, french pulling out of Mistral deal.
While most western media would like to project Russian society on verge of explosion, I would like to posit another view. It's a country that sustain itself out of chaotic rule of drunkard Yeltsin. Not only it saved itself but with limited resources it put it military back on track.
With India armed forces being sizeable, it would bankrupt us if we buy only western tech. Take for example the major powers like France or Germany have only hundred of their tanks. If we shift and we needed thousands, then we are bankrupt.
Secondly, it helps having a sizeable military and energy power on your side. Without having develop a significant defense industry you are saying let's just dump all their weaponry. We can diversify and shift gradually but medium term it's practically impossible.