New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- Following his ceremonial welcome and a tri-services guard of honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in the national capital.

He laid a wreath, paid floral tributes at the memorial to the Father of the Nation and also signed the visitors' book at the Rajghat.

The Russian President was accompanied by Minister of State for the Ministry of External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, to the memorial site.

Putin is on his first visit to India in four years and during his State visit, the Russian President will hold the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit with PM Modi.

The Russian President is on a two-day State visit to India at the invitation of Prime ...