When Vladimir Putin’s plane touches down in New Delhi this week, he will be met with the pomp and ceremony reserved for one of India’s most steadfast partners. Yet his host, Prime Narendra Modi, is simultaneously forging a deep strategic relationship with a key global rival: the United States.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to expand and diversify trade beyond oil and defence despite Western pressure on New Delhi to scale back its decades-old close ties with Moscow.

Moscow finds itself even more dependent on China as war and sanctions curb artificial-intelligence efforts.

India gave Russia's leader a warm welcome in his first visit since his country invaded Ukraine. The visit in part signaled India's defiance of the U.S., which has punished New Delhi for buying Russian oil.

As the White House tries to curb Moscow's energy income, Vladimir Putin enjoys a warm welcome in India, and promises an "uninterrupted supply" of Russian fuel.

RUSSIAN state television propagandist Vladimir Solovyov has threatened to kill EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas

President Donald Trump said that the Moscow talks on resolving the war in Ukraine were “reasonably good” and that his negotiators say Putin wants an agreement.

Ukraine’s top negotiator is scheduled on Thursday to meet in Florida with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, two days after the American's high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to a senior administration official.

The Kremlin leader and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been all smiles during their time together. Photos widely distributed on social media show the pair beaming like old pals as they shared a car ride from the airport.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting India to strengthen economic and bilateral ties. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed him in New Delhi.

Pictures and video smuggled out of Russia and shared with The Post show Ivan, 10, and Vladimir Jr., 6, at a gymnastics event run by the president’s mistress, Alina Kabaeva, a former Olympian.