New Delhi, May 15 -- Russia will deepen technology partnerships with friendly nations while accelerating the creation of independent industrial systems outside Western control, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, framing technological sovereignty as one of Moscow's defining strategic priorities in an increasingly fractured global order.

Speaking at the congress of the Russian Union of Machine Builders in Moscow, Putin declared that Russia would continue expanding cooperation with countries willing to work with Russian industrial, engineering, and technological platforms despite mounting sanctions and geopolitical pressure from the West.

"We intend to create and expand mutually beneficial alliances with other states, support the init...