India, Dec. 6 -- Vladimir Putin's arrival in India for the annual summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi signals a defining moment in global diplomacy. As world politics undergoes a profound transformation-with the Ukraine conflict reshaping energy routes, Western sanctions weaponising global finance, and new coalitions like BRICS expanding their influence-the India-Russia partnership stands out as one of the few enduring, interest-driven relationships capable of influencing the broader geopolitical landscape.

The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, too received Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, at Rashtrapati Bhavan and also hosted a banquet in his honour. Both leaders expressed confidence thatthefriendship between ...