The Drivers of Russia-India Energy Cooperation in 2014-2023

The research focuses on the development of Russian-Indian energy cooperation in the period 2014-2023. The paper uses neo-Marxism as a paradigm, the theory of energy security as a middle-level theory, and the theory of international political economy as a lower-level theory. The analysis of the participation of state and non-state actors in the Russian and Indian energy sectors is carried out, visualization of events in energy relations between government departments and companies cooperating with the partner state is presented. As a result, two study periods were identified: 2014-2021 and 2022-2023, and key years for cooperation were found. Two types of factors of the cooperation's development have been identified and described: structural factors and factors determined by the features of the studied states, as well as their impact on bilateral relations in the energy sector are described. The conclusion is made about the quantitative and qualitative influence of the presented factors on the development of bilateral energy relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of India.