Friendship across the ocean and time

On 2 June 1976, the Soviet Union and the Republic of the Philippines established diplomatic relations. This step the significance of which cannot be overestimated was the deliberate choice of President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. to pursue an independent foreign policy regardless of the realities of the Cold War. Half a century later, this day can be rightly called the starting point of the formation of mature and generally quite successful Russian-Philippine partnership based on mutual respect and con