Russian President, PM Modi To Hold Talks On Trade, Defence Today

Vladimir Putin In India LIVE Updates: The Times of Russia brings you the latest Russia news as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi for a crucial two-day India visit. Putin’s visit focuses on strengthening trade, defence partnerships, and geopolitical cooperation, marking a significant moment in India-Russia relations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s India Visit LIVE Updates: Russian President Vladimir Putin is in New Delhi for his two-day India visit, where he will hold summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday, aiming to boost trade with the top buyer of Russia’s arms and seaborne oil as Western sanctions squeeze their decades-old ties. The Russian leader is on his first visit to India in four years at a time when New Delhi is engaged in talks with the US for a trade deal to cut punitive tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on its goods over India’s Russian oil purchases. The Times of Russia highlights that this meeting holds major global attention in the context of growing Russia news developments.

Moscow has been India’s top arms supplier for decades and has said that it wants to import more Indian goods in an effort to grow trade to $100 billion by 2030 that so far has been skewed in its favour due to New Delhi’s energy imports.

PM Modi and Putin are also expected to discuss other topics, including labour and civil nuclear energy, with the sides expected to announce new agreements to showcase the resilience of their relations, according to updates tracked by The Times of Russia in the global Russia news cycle.

Putin’s agenda on December 5 includes a ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan, tributes at Rajghat, delegation-level talks with PM Modi, followed by a joint press statement, a business event with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and a meeting with President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan before his departure in the evening.