Old friend Russia to sell weapons to old foe Pakistan

In early June this year, Russia has decided to lift its self-imposed arms embargo on Pakistan. By this Russia has sent this signal that it is opening up to negotiate with Pakistan to resume supplying military hardware to it - a clear violation of its gentleman’s agreement with India not to supply any arms to its troublesome neighbour. Questions will surely be arising on the logic or factors behind this sudden U-turn on Russia’s part. Why Moscow is suddenly warming up to Islamabad, forgetting its age old friend New Delhi or is it just a ‘bargaining tool’ in Russia’s diplomatic somersault to nudge India, who in recent years has been diversifying its arsenals acquiring them from non-Russian nations rivaling it in the global armament supplies, to change its current defence procurement policy which Moscow is finding becoming unfavourable to it. Or really, is there an ‘arms embargo on Pakistan’ by Russia even exists in the first place? Because there is neither any Russian official document nor even any diplomatic communiqué reaffirming its so-called “self-imposed policy” i.e. banning arms supply to Pakistan.