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Why India cannot choose sides in fractured world order

Putin’s red-carpet welcome underscores self-interest, not alignment, in foreign policy

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi on Friday, December 5, 2025. India’s relationship with Russia has strong roots, underlined by a robust defence partnership over the decades.

Putin visit: Dinner invite for Tharoor but not Congress

Party backs Rahul Gandhi’s charge that Centre is breaking democratic conventions

Russian President Putin thanks PM Modi for making efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict.

Russia offers India uninterrupted fuel

Modi reiterates India’s pro-peace stance on Ukraine and praises ties as ‘pole star’

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi after their joint press statements at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on December 5, 2025.

India ‘on the side of peace’: Modi

Modi and Putin talk defence, trade and Ukraine

Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Indian President Droupadi Murmu stands nearby during the Russian leader's ceremonial reception at India's presidential palace, Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on December 5, 2025.

Hug, handshake, car ride: Modi gives Putin warm welcome

Modi greets Putin at Palam airport ahead of a private dinner and high-stakes summit talks

Putin is welcomed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi upon the Russian leader's arrival at Palam Air Force Base in New Delhi on December 4, 2025, the first day of his two-day state visit to India.

Inside Hyderabad House: Putin’s venue built by Nizam

Once built for world’s richest ruler, Hyderabad House now hosts most vital summits

Hyderabad House was built in the 1920s for the Nizam of Hyderabad by architect Edwin Lutyens.

US, Russia find ‘no compromise’ after Ukraine talks

Kremlin says ready to meet as many times as need to reach peace settlement

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian Presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, left, attend talks with US special envoy Steve Witkoff, back to a camera, at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025.

Drones, AI, snipers: Delhi on high alert for Putin

Security layers activate from touchdown; control rooms to track cavalcade

At the heart of the security web is a vehicle Putin trusts more than anything else.

India eyes S-500 missile deal ahead of Putin visit

Putin’s Dec 4-5 trip to see talks on next-generation missile defence, energy, trade

Narendra Modi will meet Vladimir Putin on December 5, 2025, during Putin’s state visit to India.

Putin to visit India on December 4-5: Kremlin

Leaders will sign trade deals, 'discuss all aspects' of Russian-Indian ties

Talks between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Putin will also touch on regional and international issues.

Russia says recent weapons tests ‘not nuclear’

Move comes after US President Donald Trump ordered his own nuclear tests

US President Donald Trump with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Trump orders US to start nuclear weapons testing

Move comes after Moscow tested nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered underwater drone

This grab from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry press service on October 22, 2025, shows the launch of a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile at Plesetsk testing field in northern Russia during drills of the country's nuclear forces.

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