Receiving the positive reply from the Tsarist Russian Empire about the Bharat-Russia trade corridor agreement was not surprising to Vijay, since the Russians had very little to lose and a lot to gain. However, what was surprising was the intention to invest shown by the Russians. He was fully confident that the Russian Empire wouldn't invest anything in the trade corridor, but to his surprise, the Russians showed the intention to invest a large amount of money in the project.
Vijay didn't try to figure out what the Russians were thinking, instead he quickly, tasked a delegation composed of the Minister of Trade and Commerce Rajesh, Minister of Finance Jagannath Mohan, Minister of Transportation Nirmal, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar, and finally the Prime Minister of the Empire Vinod, to negotiate and finalise the contract with the Russians, Persians, and Yezidies.
