The Russian government is a bunch of gangsters. India deserves whatever it gets if it is going to sign multi-Billion dollar contracts with gangsters.
And the 1.2 Billion dollar price increase would not be the end of it. India should try to negotiate a deal to take the ship as-is.
Well that bunch of gangsters are the only ones who offer you a 20 year old mid-size aircraft carrier or nuke-subs for lease.Kind of a hard choice.
& those gangsters do know how to catch you by the Ba**s.