India-Russia at 25 (Strategic Partnership)
India and Russia marked 25 years of their Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership at the 23rd Annual Summit in New Delhi (4-5 December 2025), which adopted Programme 2030 and a US$ 100 billion trade target. President Vladimir Putin was back in the capital on 11 September 2026 for the 18th BRICS Summit and talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the first Indian edition of Russia's INNOPROM industrial fair running alongside and the Army chief flying to Moscow days later. Energy, nuclear power and defence still carry the relationship; a lopsided trade balance, Western sanctions and Russia's tilt towards China still test India's balancing act.
- India-Russia
- Vladimir Putin
- Programme 2030
- Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership
- INSTC
- Kudankulam
- IRIGC
- INDRA
- INNOPROM India 2026
- Eurasian Economic Union
- Dhiraj Seth
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