Russian and Indian leaders reaffirm ‘strategic partnership’ and highlight joint work on nuclear power and critical materials

“By engaging Putin so prominently, India was also sending an overt message of defiance, using its relationship with Moscow to highlight its independent stance in global affairs” said a senior western diplomat in Delhi, declining to be named, as he was not authorised to comment on the Putin visit.

In a historic meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed a strong message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, stating, 'India is not neutral, India is on the side of peace.

President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi for his first state visit to India since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, showcasing warming ties that have angered the US and led to hefty trade tariffs.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled in the same vehicle after the latter received him at the Palam airport in Delhi on a cold winter evening on 4 December,

In this news bulletin, an Unidentified speaker details the diplomatic gifts presented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Russian President Vladimir Putin during the India-Russia Annual Summit in New Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s popular nationalist leader, won a sweeping mandate for a second five-year term, setting the stage for further economic change but also more divisive social policies for his Hindu nationalist supporters.