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Russia’s Putin hosts Indian PM for talks

“I am very optimistic about the outcome of this visit”.

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He added that the Kremlin expected Putin and Modi to ease some visa requirements and oversee the signing of agreements by Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom and railway monopoly Russian Railways, without giving details. The Prime Minister of India and President of Russian Federation have met each other on a number of occasions with their last formal interaction during the BRICS summit in Ufa in July 2015, but they did interact with each other in the UNGA, at the G-20 in Turkey as well in November2015.


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“Energy is a sphere where we can do much more”, the Indian premier said in an interview to TASS agency this week. The mutual investment between the two countries stands at $11 billion.

The visit will also include a visit at the Emergency Situations Ministry and a speech at a “Friends of India” event.

Today, he will be greeted with twin cultural programmes Abhinandan and Abhivyakti. “Abhinandan” will commence with a Shloka recital and a creative rendering of Vande Mataram by Russian Brahmakumaris, followed by continuing sequence of brief Kuchipudi, Kathak and Dandiya Raas.

On the eve of veteran leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birthday, artists will perform musical enactment of Atal ji’s poem Geet Naya Gata Hoon rendered by Lata Mangeshkar.

Stating that India observes public holidays for important festivals of all major religions such as Holi, Diwali, Id, Christmas, Baisaki and Buddha Purnima, he said that these festivals remind people of the unity of mankind.

The prime minister’s itinerary features a go to to Russia’s National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC) in Moscow on Thursday.

Modi reached Moscow on Wednesday and is likely to meet Putin on Thursday for the annual India-Russia summit.

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Also, the Kremlin has said that economic cooperation will be the focus of the talks. Officials in India and Russian Federation have told ET that in the absence of a pact – which could take time to negotiate – Moscow will find it hard to directly deal with Indian private sector companies that wish to take on large projects like helicopter manufacturing, warship production and overhaul and modernization projects.

Russian President Vladimir Putin left and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for