To that end, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Moscow this month, meeting with Putin on the sidelines of a convening of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation heads of delegation. In August, Jaishankar and Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval also undertook back-to-back visits to Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit India on Dec. 5 for the countriesโ€™ 23rd annual bilateral summit. The trip, Putinโ€™s first to New Delhi since Russiaโ€™s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, is taking place at a particularly fraught time; India has expended considerable diplomatic capital as his arrival looms.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit India on Dec. 5 for the countriesโ€™ 23rd annual bilateral summit. The trip, Putinโ€™s first to New Delhi since Russiaโ€™s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, is taking place at a particularly fraught time; India has expended considerable diplomatic capital as his arrival looms.

To that end, Indian External Affairs Minister S.

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