India, Dec. 8 -- Russian journalists accompanying President Vladimir Putin during his recent visit to India have expressed disapp-ointment over what they described as very strict security restrictions during the 23rd India-Russia summit. Putin was on a two-day visit to New Delhi from December 4-5 to attend the annual summit, aimed at strengthening the bilateral strategic and economic partnership. According to reporters from Kommersant and Vedomosti, security checks at Hyderabad House, Rashtrapati Bhavan and other venues were far more intensive than they had anticipated.
In a report published in Kommersant newspaper, Andrei Kolesnikov, a member of the Kremlin press pool, said issues began at Hyderabad House, the venue for the summit, where ...