India, Dec. 5 -- India and Russia on Friday unveiled a range of measures to bolster their economic partnership, including a five-year plan to address growing imbalance in two-way trade, pacts on mobility and steps to ensure energy security, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi impressed on President Vladimir Putin the need for a peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine.

Economic and commercial ties took centrestage at the India-Russia Summit, for which Putin made his first visit to India in four years, marking a shift in a long-standing partnership that has traditionally focused on defence and strategic relations. The development was in some ways a riposte to Western powers that have pushed India to reduce its economic ties with Russia as pa...