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December 4, 2025 10:56 PM

“Laid out ambitious plan for our collaboration in key domains”: Vladimir Putin on his India visit

Russian president Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that his country's partnership with India spans various fields, including technology and energy, and that the two nations will cooperate in many other "interesting areas". He said that India-Russia's partnership in nuclear power is exemplified by the prominent Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) project set up in Tamil Nadu. In and interview with Aaj Tak and India Today, Putin said that India and Russia will work together on issues deeme...

December 5, 2025 3:13 AM

PM Modi hosts private dinner for Putin ahead of Friday’s key India-Russia summit

7 Lok Kalyan Marg was decked up with India-Russia flags and special lighting on Thursday evening as Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Vladimir Putin inside his official residence for a private dinner, shortly after the Russian President landed in New Delhi for a two-day State Visit. The two leaders had travelled together in the same car from the airport after PM Modi received Putin at the tarmac in a special gesture, showcasing the time-tested bond of friendship between both countries and the we...

December 4, 2025 10:54 PM

India–Russia trade has big untapped potential, says Piyush Goyal at business forum

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said Russia has always stood by India “in good times and difficult times”, as he called for a more balanced and diversified trade partnership between the two nations. Speaking at the India–Russia Business Forum in New Delhi, Goyal said bilateral trade has touched USD 70 billion, far surpassing the USD 30 billion target set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin in 2014. He stressed, however, that the curre...

December 4, 2025 9:46 PM

Delighted to welcome ‘my friend’, says PM Modi after receiving Russian President Putin at airport

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday personally received Russian President Vladimir Putin at Delhi’s Palam Airport, a rare diplomatic gesture that underscored the strength of India-Russia ties. Putin arrived for a two-day state visit, his first trip to India since 2021. Reflecting the camaraderie seen at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin in September, the two leaders travelled together in the same car as they left the airport for 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, the official...

November 28, 2025 8:46 AM

Putin says Russian army has surrounded Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk

Russian forces have surrounded the embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and control 70% of it, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, but Kyiv's top general said Ukraine was pushing back hard and that fighting was raging in the city centre. Moscow has been trying to take full control of Pokrovsk, which Russians call by its Soviet-era name of Krasnoarmeysk, since mid-2024 as part of its push to take the whole of the wider Donbas industrial region. Instead of mounting a full frontal assault ...

November 22, 2025 12:18 PM

Putin envoy Dmitriev: Peace plan seeks to end Ukraine losses of land, lives

Russian President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Friday the U.S. plan for a settlement of the war in Ukraine was aimed at preventing more Ukrainian deaths and loss of territory. Several sources told Reuters and other media outlets that the plan to end the four-year-old war was the result of back-channel conversations between Dmitriev and Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy. "Because of warmongers’ propaganda, many people miss that Trump’s...

October 30, 2025 4:12 PM

Kremlin reacts cautiously to Trump’s nuclear testing remarks

The Kremlin on Thursday reacted cautiously to President Donald Trump's remarks about the resumption of nuclear weapons testing by the United States, saying that Russia had not tested but that Moscow would follow suit if Washington did. Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump said that because of "other countries testing programmes" the United St...

October 24, 2025 9:08 AM

Putin says Russia will never bow to US pressure, warns on missiles

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow would never bow to pressure from the United States or any other foreign power, and cautioned that it would deliver an "overwhelming" response to any military strikes deep inside Russia. U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday hit Russia's two biggest oil companies with sanctions in a sharp policy shift on Moscow's war in Ukraine, prompting global oil prices to rise by nearly 5% on Thursday. Putin told reporters that U.S. and Western sancti...

October 17, 2025 6:47 PM

Hungary to ensure Putin can enter country for Trump meeting in Budapest

Hungary will ensure that Russian President Vladimir Putin can enter the country for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump planned in Budapest and return home afterwards, Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday. Trump agreed on Thursday to a second summit on the war in Ukraine to be hosted in the Hungarian capital, saying it may happen in the next two weeks. Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban spoke with Trump on Thursday and talked to Putin on Friday, saying preparations...

October 17, 2025 3:05 PM

Zelenskiy to seek weapons from Trump in the shadow of a new Putin summit

U.S. President Donald Trump will discuss the possible supply of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday but the surprise announcement of a new U.S.-Russian summit cast doubt over the prospect. Trump said on Thursday he may meet Russian President Vladimir Putin within the next two weeks in Budapest after a more than two-hour phone conversation about Russia’s war in Ukraine that he said was productive. “My whole life, I’ve made deals,” Tr...