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MOSCOW BLOG: Mr Putin goes to New Delhi
Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be having a good time in India on what is turning into an annual state visit to talk shop. There is a lot on the agenda. The short-term stuff involves security, oil and the ruble-rupee exchange problems.
Russian business and banks seek to expand in India during Putin’s visit
Russia’s VEB.RF Group plans to widen its Indian footprint as Moscow seeks smoother access for Russian firms operating in the country.
During Putin’s visit, Russian air defence and fighters high on Indian agenda
In 2018, India agreed to buy five S-400 battalions for $5.43bn, however two of these systems remain undelivered and delayed, likely due to Russia backfilling its own inventories due to losses and expanded requirements of its war in Ukraine.
Rahul Gandhi links Putin's India visit to claim that government is blocking opposition access to foreign dignitaries
He said the government has discouraged visiting foreign dignitaries from meeting him or other Opposition representatives, describing the practice as a departure from established norms.
Modi extends unusually personal reception as Putin begins tightly scheduled India visit
His arrival triggered an unusually personal gesture from Narendra Modi, who greeted the Russian leader at Delhi’s Palam airport before accompanying him directly to the prime ministerial residence.
India passes milestone power generation capacity as non-fossil share tops 51%
India’s installed power generation capacity has climbed to 505,023 MW as of October 31, 2025, with non-fossil fuel sources now accounting for more than half of the national mix, Minister of State for Power Shripad Yesso Naik told the Upper House.
The Age of Electricity is here -IEA
Electricity is becoming the most important source of energy, but the International Energy Agency warned that the world is entering a period of heightened energy insecurity marked by geopolitical volatility, rising demand, and an oil glut.
Putin speaks to media ahead of India visit
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has set out a broad agenda for his much awaited trip to India, signalling continuity in Russia’s strategic partnership with New Delhi and offering rare insight into ongoing exchanges with Washington over Ukraine.
India advances $2bn submarine lease as Putin arrives in New Delhi
According to reports, India’s naval leadership has signalled that the commissioning of a new attack submarine is imminent, without elaborating.
LONG READ: De-dollarisation gathering momentum, driven by geopolitics and ballooning debt fears
De-dollarisation is gathering momentum, but the process of switching to settling global trade in multiple currencies is going at a glacial pace. The problem is that once glaciers start moving, they are impossible to stop.
COMMENT: Putin's India visit signals push for major overhaul in relations
In FY2024-25 Russia's bilateral trade with India was propelled almost entirely by New Delhi's voracious appetite for discounted Russian crude
Indian tech listings surge as retail investors drive demand
India’s latest wave of tech and consumer internet listings has drawn strong interest from domestic retail investors, with several newly listed companies delivering sharp gains.
Bangladesh adds prison sentence for corruption to Hasina's death penalty
A special court in Bangladesh handed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and family members a combined 21 year prison term across three corruption cases involving plots of land in a state backed housing programme.
India approves domestic rare earth magnet scheme
India has authorised final approval for a programme to establish an integrated manufacturing base for sintered rare earth permanent magnets.
COMMENT: China’s choreographed fury at Japan is backfiring
Beijing, with every threat pushes Japan further out of China’s orbit and deeper into a security posture Beijing will one day wish it had not provoked.
China's latest anti-India move focuses on transit travellers
China’s refusal to acknowledge the validity of an Indian passport held by a UK-based Arunachal Pradesh born traveller illustrates a widening pattern in which Beijing links territorial claims to the movement of ordinary Indian citizens.
ADB follows World Bank in revising policy on support for nuclear power financing
The Asian Development Bank has revised its energy policy to allow direct support for nuclear power, signalling a notable shift in how multilateral lenders approach baseload generation in emerging Asian economies.
COP30 didn’t go far enough to address the Climes Crisis – Carbon Brief
The UN climate summit in Belém concluded with delegates agreeing to a series of measures aimed at accelerating climate action, but the outcomes fell short of what many scientists and vulnerable countries had hoped for.
COMMENT: Xi’s call to Trump smacks of a leader whose bark is worse than his bite
That Japan’s Takaichi – a known fan of Britain’s Iron Lady of the late 70s, 80s, and early 90s, Margaret Thatcher – has refused to bend, break or back down under a barrage of Chinese abuse speaks volumes.
COP30 another failure
The UN climate summit, COP30 in Brazil, ended in the same sort of failure to take the decisive action needed to avoid a planetary eco-crisis, hijacked once again by energy lobbyists and marred by the total absence of the US.