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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday left Kazakhstan for Ufa in Russia to attend the BRICS and SCO summits. Modi, who visited Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan from July 6-8, will be in Ufa from July 8-10 for the back-to-back BRICS summit…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on an eight-day visit to the five Central Asian countries and to Ufa in Russia for the BRICS and SCO back-to-back summits from July 6-13 that will see a packed schedule with the prime minister spending…

Western sanctions have not crippled the Russian economy, President Vladimir Putin said in a speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. "I would like to point out that at the end of last year we were warned -- and you know…

India has confirmed it will sign a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on June 18 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2015). "We are definitely signing this agreement", Amit Telang, first…

Moscow, May 11 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a 'Namaste Russia' festival of Indian culture here Monday. Indian culture and its heritage of art, music and cinema have enjoyed love and appreciation across Russia over…

Moscow, May 8 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said that Russia has contributed to India's development, growth and security and has been a "pillar of strength at difficult moments" for his country. Addressing the diplomatic…

At least 54 people died when a trawler with 132 people on board capsized off the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East on Thursday. "So far, 54 bodies have been recovered, and 63 crewmembers have been rescued," a source told the TASS…

Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot and killed near Moscow's city centre on Friday night, according to law enforcement agencies. "An unknown person killed Nemtsov with four shots using a handgun on the slope near St. Basil's…

Russia Friday slammed a reported call of the European Union's envoy to India to "persuade" Russia over the turmoil in eastern Ukraine as "a case of sheer duplicity and sly distortion of the core reasons which led to the intra-Ukrainian…

The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France adjourned for dinner after more than four hours of talks in Minsk on Wednesday in pursuit of a solution to the Ukrainian conflict that has claimed more than 5,000 lives. The pause followed…